Gluten Free AND Talented?

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2546 Location: Washington State

If I were a better photographer, this would be a better picture. Very Happy

Here is a baby afghan I just finished for a friend. I love to knit.

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-Colleen
Dx 8/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
10-YO son Dx 11/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
Daughters (12 and 2) have neg. bloodwork

A woman is like a tea bag-you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 8607 Location: WI, USA

Holy Cow!! You are just a yarn processing machine!!

Hey, that's a funny looking chicken Shocked

Very nice!!

and you don't have what it takes to do stained glass...pppfffhht
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

Torrey · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 925 Location: Hawthorne, NJ

Oh, wow, Colleen! Shocked

That is ADORABLE!!! You made that? Wow--that is quite some handiwork, lady!

We have quite a creative bunch here! I am very impressed with everyone's craftwork! Very Happy

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~Torrey Smile

August 24, 1975
GF BD July 12, 2004

Fidissimus · Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 1569 Location: Portland, OR.

I had a baby shower this summer to go to so I made a quilt for little Rowan. His folks live in Seattle and they're scuba diver instructors. I was going for boy beachy without being too "baby".

I also made a scrappy I SPY quilt top for my babe but still need to quilt it...

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Cheers!
Jenn

GF BD: Feb. 2001
Free of wheat, barley, rye, oats, dairy, eggs, almonds, pineapple and brewers yeast.
http://graindamaged.blogspot.com/

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2546 Location: Washington State

Those quilts are absolutely amazing, Jen. I wish I had more time to quilt. It is amazing what differnet combinations of fabrics can turn in to.
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-Colleen
Dx 8/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
10-YO son Dx 11/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
Daughters (12 and 2) have neg. bloodwork

A woman is like a tea bag-you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt

rpf1007 · Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Posts: 193 Location: Chicago

Colleen-
That baby afghan is so cute! Can I ask where you got the pattern...or if you made it up yourself? I have a ton of friends who are pregnant these days and I love to knit. I haven't really gotten into doing baby stuff yet...but will likely start soon. Thanks
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Rachel

BassistKara · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 51

Wow! Now that's some serious talent. I wish i had the co-ordination to knit, and the patience to quilt, but sadly as i lack both those things i'm stuck with a sewing machine!

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2546 Location: Washington State

isto · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject:

We had no baby girl clothes - nothing "girlie" for a girl to come home from the hospital in. My husband said I should draw my own pattern for a dress - so I did. I sewed the dress, my daughter sewed the bonnet and I actually made a matching pair of Mary Janes, but didn't take a picture of them. We had so much fun that we made 6 more dresses and bonnets!! Very Happy

I don't know WHAT I'm doing wrong, but no matter what size I choose when I upload pictures, they post at this small size! It is very frustrating!!!

celiacmaine-iac · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 696 Location: Maine

Isto- those are beautiful!!!
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Steph

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2546 Location: Washington State

Those are adorable, isto. I can't wait to see the pictures of the new baby wearing them. Very Happy

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-Colleen
Dx 8/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
10-YO son Dx 11/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
Daughters (12 and 2) have neg. bloodwork

A woman is like a tea bag-you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt

isto · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

Thank you! I keep telling my daughter and husband that a boy is going to look really odd in those dresses!!! Laughing

luvscowznh · Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 320 Location: Groton, MA

So cute!!

I got a few home made things at my baby shower - two quilts and a blanket. I can't sew or knit and haven't gotten back into baking since going GF.

--Manda
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isto · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:58 am Post subject:

celiacmaine-iac · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 696 Location: Maine

OK. I don't have any pictures yet, but I'm so excited I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas! On Wednesday I start weaving lessons! DH bought me a 4 harness loom at a little antique/curio shop we go to. The lady who owns the shop used the loom for many years and wove beautiful things on it. She needed more room, so decided to get rid of that loom. She sold it to us for an unbelievable price, and on top of that, her mother is going to teach me to weave. It is something I have wanted to do for many years (37 to be exact), and can't believe it's really happening. So, hopefully, in a few weeks I will have a pic of my first weaving. I'm going to start doing dish towels, because they are simple and my beginning flaws won't matter because it is just a dish towel.
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Steph