So my sister decided to save money by not having a florist for her wedding and instead bought the flowers in bulk. No big deal, that's what I did for my wedding. But she didn't really have a plan for how they were going to go from flowers in a box to flowers for a wedding. So this weekend I learned to make boutonnières, corsages, and bouquets with hidden ribbon ends. Then with the leftover flowers I made a bunch of bud vases. The pictures I took weren't actually for me, they were to show my sister or brother in law to get their approval. I wish I had gotten one of the bridal bouqet (I know the photographer did and I'll share when I see it) because it had some of all of the different flowers.

I did have a partner in crime, Regina, who I would have to go into business with. But by the skin of our teeth we got all of the flowers done, to the venue, and had just enough time to get ready for the ceremony.

It's finally done! I purchased a fleece backing at the JoAnns going out of business sale and a rotary tool that cuts holes equidistant apart. I crocheted a boarder on the fleece then joined the blanket and fleece together with single crochet all around.

I struggled a bunch with the border. I ended up deciding to make more flower petals around the edge and to alternate the colors.

This blanket is for my sister who became a Rose this past weekend with her wedding. She definitely won the new last name lottery. I'm hoping that this Wrapped in Roses blanket keeps her warm for years to come.

I wish that I had learned this earlier. This was so much faster and with basically no ends to weave in. I don't think I'll ever go back to sewing squares together. I got the idea from this blog page which gives you the basics of what it is, but there are lots of pages and videos on how.

Now I need to add the backing and the edging.

I feel like I've been making squares forever, but its only been a couple of months. I designed and redesigned this blanket a few times before settling on 7x9 square pattern. It meant I needed 8 squares of all the variations except 1 where I only needed 7. Technically I needed 9 of one and 7 of another, but I fudged it since I had didn't have the yarn to change :) No one will notice but me.

This square pattern is from the Granny Square Sourcebook by Joke Vermeiren. It is the Rose Square on page 74. I used the 100% cotton yarn recommended in the book Yarn and Colors Must haves and got it from Linde Hobby.

I'm going to try join as you go stitching, fingers crossed. River has decided to supervise.

It's been quite some time since I made gnomes. I was really feeling like making them lately for some reason.




I started with some normal size gnomes making half male and half female.




Then moved on to some smaller gnomes, also male and female, that can be used as wine topers.




One of the females ended up with Princess Leia buns!




I also had in my head to make some mushrooms.




And before I knew it 2 birds and a fish happened too. This has gotten me thinking about the menagerie of animals I made a couple of years ago that never got glazed. I wonder how many could become wine toppers!

I am nearing the end of weekends that are taken over by wedding events. There's only one more at this point which is the actual wedding in 2 weeks. I did manage to sneak in some clay this weekend. I didn't have time to make mugs, but was feeling a bit more abstract and made leaf forms.

The more I make these the better I get at them. I made these rolling the leaf forms into the clay and then trying to soften the edges before making the shapes. I think it's going to make a difference in the final product. The small vase is a new form.