New Projects and a Finish

First a finished scarf made from leftover fabric. I made David's big brother a scarf out of the leftover fabric. This is my own design with flannel and fleece. I sewed the sides and left the fleece longer than the flannel so I could have a little fringe.

I had my first knitting lesson yesterday. I have homework! Practice 30 minutes a day. Look for future posts about my (hopeful) progress. Switching from crocheting to knitting should be interesting.

Baby Ava's jacket is cut out. I can't decide what to embroider on the pocket.

I'm leaning toward the fox but the owl and hedgehog are cute, too.

What do you think?

Red Jacket Finished - Oh, Yes!

Part 2 of David's jacket.

The lining was easy to sew together.

The outer shell was easy, too. It took time to finish the little dog embroidery.

I lined the pockets which is not called for in the directions.

Two parts have to be sewn together - but not like this.

Another peek at the cute little dog.

Now the sewing together part.

Right sides together I sewed the hood and bottom.

But not the sleeves. Mmm. I thought there was a way to hem the sleeves on the machine but the directions did not say to do that.

Below is the bottom hem sewn together.

Another look. Now to tackle the sleeves and zipper.

They went together quickly. 

I love how David's jacket turned out.

The back is cute, too.

Can't wait to see a picture of David in his red doggie jacket!

The pattern is Burda 9828 with several sizes. The outer shell is fleece and the lining is flannel.

Next up a pink version for baby Ava.

Finished lining for hooded jacket

I'm in the middle of constructing a lined fleece jacket for little grandson David.

He loves dogs and I found this doggie flannel to pair with a red fleece.  

the lining was quick to sew - only front, back, sleeves, & hood

This is what is holding up the complete finish. I wanted to embroider a dog on the pocket. First I sketched the dog on wash away paper. It was hard to fit the fleece and paper in the hoop. Every time I made a stitch the paper split. So, I decided to take the paper off and just free hand the rest of the dog.

Started last night and this is how much I have done.

I will show pictures of the finished jacket as soon as I have time to sew again.

Finding time to sew is a challenge.