Sew Tami

Next Project!!

2011-03-11T21:07:00.000-08:00

WIP that I had put away for a couple of months. I'm detertmined to get it done this time. 20 granny squares with 12 rounds each. Then crochet together 4 x 5. Will be a comfort afghan for someone dealing with loss of a loved one.

Finished Project!!

2011-03-11T21:00:00.000-08:00

Simple knitted shawl!! CO 5, increase each row until desired size, BO!! I ended with 150 stitches on needles!

Next Project

2011-02-27T15:21:00.000-08:00

Next project!! A simple triangle comfort shawl!!! Knitted on size 11's.

Knitted Afghan!

2011-02-27T15:12:00.000-08:00

Made a small afghan to send to some friends who are going thru a difficult time. My first knitted afghan!! I used Micheals brand of yarn, think it's called Loops & Thread. Was wonderful to work with!

Blue Baby Blanket

2010-03-21T00:37:00.000-07:00

Here is a baby blanket for baby Richard. I used Red Heart Eco. The pattern is a real easy diagonal. One down, four to go!!!

Baby blankets!!

2010-02-28T20:21:00.000-08:00

Right now I have five baby afghans in the works. One for a friend of my daughters (boy), one for a co-worker of husband's (girl), one for daughters brother-in-law (only 10 more rounds on this one)(boy), one for our favorite waitress at Pappy's (boy) and one for husbands couisin's grandbaby (girl). Hope I can get them all done in a decent amount of time.

pink camo baby blanket

2010-02-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

This is a baby blanket I made for my son to give to one of his friends, who just had a baby girl. I made a version of granny squares, 16 total. Six rounds each square.

2010-01-21T18:44:00.000-08:00

This is a baby blanket I made for a family member. It came out kind of small, but will be a perfect carseat or stroller blanket. It's made with Red Heart, red fleck. I used a simple shell pattern and then a couple of rounds of sc for a border

Latest projects!

2010-01-21T18:37:00.000-08:00

This is a scarf I made. Love it with my favorite jeans!!

Brown afghan

2010-01-12T23:29:00.000-08:00

This is an afghan I made as a wedding gift. Don't remember how many I chained, maybe 120. Then one row sc, one row dc etc. Then for the border a round of sc and then to finish it off a round of shells.

Introducing Fraizer!!

2010-01-03T20:10:00.000-08:00

This is my new kitten Fraizer!! He is so cute and fun to watch!!

He is about three months old!!!

Opening 2010

2010-01-01T15:36:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!!! Have had a wonderful first day of the year. My baby brother, Tim, his wife Terri and their daughter Kelsey came to Bakersfield for the day. Along with Mom and Dad, Jerry we all got together for a late breakfast at Pappy's! Add the grandbabies and we had quite a group. Was wonderful!!
Made a trip to the Bead & Yarn store yesterday. I bought a skein of yarn to make a cowl. It is hand dyed yarn in black and grays. Anxious to get it started. Need to get some paying sewing jobs done first. Maybe tonight before bed I can co (cast on).

Closing 2009

2009-12-29T20:26:00.001-08:00

Wow, just can't believe how 2009 has flown by. Has been a good year. Our sweet Anna turned 3, Ezmy will be 2 on the 31. Scooby is 6 and is in the 1st grade. Such wonderful grandbabies.

We lost Kirby this summer! Was very sad. We have a new kitten we've named Frazier. He is somewhat cross-eyed and has fat, furry feet. He likes to chew on my yarn and pounce on Frankie in the middle of the night. lol.

I have lots of wanna do's for the new year. Afraid if I list them, I will curse them, lol, so will just post when I have success.

Here's to a Happy 2010!!

Tami and family

2009-06-10T17:38:00.000-07:00

My little brother, Tim, made this for me. Just love it!! He did a wonderful job. Check out his blog. http://woodwithtim.blogspot.com

Baby Bonnets

2009-04-10T19:29:00.000-07:00

Was hired to make hankerchief baby bonnets this week. Love the way they turned out. Wished I would have seen these when my kids/grandkids were born.

2009-03-12T21:48:00.000-07:00

Finally finished Dusty's round afghan. It is done in odds and ends of green with one row of black in between color changes. I used mostly red heart ww. Not 100% sure where I got the pattern, but it was a free one online.

2009-01-31T09:44:00.000-08:00

Here is an afghan I made for my son in law's cousin Steve. He just bought his first home and he is a huge 49er's fan. I used a diaganal pattern and rolled the die to determine how many rows I did of each color. Will give it to him today.

Motorcycle vest!

2009-01-22T18:56:00.000-08:00

This is a vest that had been torn up in a motorcycle accident. I was hired to put it back together. Left is the before picture, right is the after picture. Customer was very happy! Thank goodness he wasn't seriously hurt in the accident!

Afghan

2009-01-22T18:54:00.001-08:00

This is an afghan that I made to give to my secret sister at our revealing dinner. Finished just in time, the dinner is Sat.

2009-01-04T09:58:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone out there is having a Very Happy New Year!!!

This is a female white peacock. She lives at a park in the foothills about 30 minutes from my home!!

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-26T11:20:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! We had such a nice day. All three kids were here, grandbabies, Mom and Dad, was just perfect. Tomorrow my brother and his family will be here!!

Frankie!!

2008-11-22T17:14:00.001-08:00

Finally got a cute picture of Frankie!! We were at Vista Point near San Simeon. He wasn't sure if he liked the elephant seals that were nearby.

Happy November!

2008-11-01T14:27:00.000-07:00

I love the 1st of every month. It's kind of like mini New Years! And we are having a rainy day which makes it even better!!

2008-10-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

Uncle Dusty singing to Ezmy while she has her dinner.

My Baby Brother!!!

2008-10-09T11:40:00.000-07:00

Check out Tim's new blog. He can do awesome work! Hoping some will be sent my way!! LOL
http://woodwithtim.blogspot.com/

New baby blanket!!

2008-08-19T21:53:00.000-07:00

Made this baby blanket for my step-sisters new baby girl!

Sox Crazy!!!

2008-07-28T18:20:00.000-07:00

I finished my first sock!!! The other one is still OTN, about half way done! This is so fun. Thanks Mom for all of your help!!!

Independence Day!!

2008-07-04T14:35:00.000-07:00

Hope you are all having a wonderfully safe and sane holiday!!!

Check 'em Out!!

2008-06-22T15:21:00.000-07:00

My gradbabies!!! Aren't they just beautiful!!

I've been sewing!!!

2008-06-16T20:25:00.000-07:00

This is the baby blanket I made for my nephew, Dominick. It goes out in the mail tomorrow.

Purple Tinkerbell!!

2008-06-16T17:44:00.000-07:00

This is a shopping cart cover I made for my granddaughters.

Freedom isn't Free!!

2008-06-10T20:00:00.001-07:00

Saw this on Mom's blog (see link at left) liked it so I copied. Thanks Mom!!!

Dusty

2008-05-31T12:55:00.000-07:00

Our youngest has graduated from high school!! So proud of him!

relaxing!!

2008-05-10T10:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we picked up some lunch and drove out to the Elk Reserve and had a picnic. It was absolutely a beautiful day. The weather was perfect, the trees were just gorgeous. The elk came to check us out. I took along some crocheting, we took a short walk. Was a wonderful day!!!!

They're gone!!

2008-03-23T19:56:00.000-07:00

Knock on wood, the bats have moved down the street.

They're back!!!

2008-03-10T23:57:00.000-07:00

Spring is in the air and the bats are in the attic. Second year in a row. Found one dead bat in the sewing room and saw them leaving the attic at sunset a couple of nights ago. Yucky!!!!

Starting another one!

2008-02-29T08:57:00.000-08:00

Darling Dusty has requested an afghan done in greens. We went thru my stash and this is what we came up with. Going to use a round pattern.

Gorgeous!!!

2008-02-27T20:32:00.000-08:00

Here is Ezmy with one of her gifts from the baby shower
this weekend. We had a wonderful time!!

Finished!!!

2008-02-27T20:28:00.000-08:00

Finished Uncle Jack's afghan. Will mail it to him early next week. Hope he enjoys it.

Vinnie's birthday!!

2008-02-18T12:50:00.000-08:00

My sweet little Vinnie Boy is 22 today. Goodness how time flies. Making his favorite dinner. Slow cooked tri tip, potato casserole, and salad. He asked for pink champagne cake, but couldn't find one so got another kind instead.

Doing good on Jack's afghan. Only a few more rows, then the border and weaving in the ends. Hopefully by the end of the week it will be done. Finished a green beanie. Was going to send it to the soldiers, but it has alot of acrylic in it, which the soldiers can not use. So going to give it to my SIL. Will start a couple of black beanies for the soldiers.

Having a baby shower for DD and Ezmy on Sun. So busy cleaning, planning games etc.

Back soon.

Progress and new projects!

2008-02-06T16:59:00.000-08:00

Have been crocheting on Uncle Jack's ghan. Is coming along nicely. I'm not quite half way done. Will post pics it's finished.

I have decided to start knitting caps for the soldiers overseas. I have joined Socks for Soldiers. I don't knit socks, but I can send caps instead. Here's the link to see what it's all about. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SOCKFORSOLDIERS/

I am so cold today. Found out the heater has been turned off all day. lol. Think I did it and forgot to turn it back on. Could have been one of the boys. Yeah, it was one of the boys!!

2008-02-03T14:55:00.000-08:00

Lola!!!

2008-02-03T14:49:00.000-08:00

Vinnie and Kat!!

They're so cute!!

Starting another one!

2008-02-02T20:20:00.000-08:00

I'm going to make an afghan for my Uncle Jack. He was recently diagnosed with colin cancer. He lives in Northern CA and I rarely get to see him. But want him to know I am thinking of him.

Was thinking about using the die to decide the number of rows of each color, but now not so sure, may just do 3 rows of each color.

Blue afghan.

2008-02-02T19:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a comfort afghan I knitted for a friend at church. Her son is in Iraq.

I just knitted back and forth until it was the length I wanted. I used 3 1/2 skeins of Lion Brand Homespun, the color is Montana. Size 15 needles.

Ezme is here!!!

2008-02-02T19:12:00.000-08:00

I have a new granddaughter!!
Esmeralda Kaye made her appearance on New Year's Eve. She is beautiful, just like big brother and big sister!! You can see her yellow blanket I made for her to have in the hospital. It has bunnies and hearts worked into the pattern.

Merry Christmas!!

2007-12-25T12:07:00.001-08:00

Hoping all of you are having a wonderful Christmas!! So far my day is very quiet. Jerry worked all night and is sound asleep right now. Boys are just kicking back and relaxing. We are going to Mom and Dad's for dinner pretty soon. Ashe and her family will be there too.

Rah! Rah!

2007-11-19T12:13:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of one of thirteen cheerleader dresses I made. I was hired to make these for the cheerleaders for the Bakersfield Jam, our cities basketball team.

Friday

2007-09-14T22:45:00.000-07:00

Just finished watching the movie 'Georgia Rule.' It was pretty good. I liked the ending. I'm not a big fan of Jane Fonda, but it was still pretty good.
As far as projects, I've started a quilt. It's an american flag with pinwheels around the edges. Hoping to hang it over the staircase by the front door. I'll send pics. Also working on a crocheted baby blanket for my new grandbaby due in Jan. Need to make myself some new tops too.

Why Worry When You Can Pray!!!

2007-09-09T14:13:00.000-07:00

Made it to church this a.m. Was a very nice service. Really have to practice the not worrying thing.

More afghans!

2007-09-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

Here is a set of 3 ghans that I put together with donated squares. They went to a group of friends that were going thru an especially difficult time. I used Red Heart dark plum.

Yellow afghan!

2007-09-06T16:51:00.000-07:00

This is an afghan I made for my Grandma Verna several years ago. When she passed away, my dad gave the ghan back to me. This is a double crochet diaganol pattern done is shades of yellow. Grandma's favorite colors.

Guess I'm partial to diaganol patterns! lol.

Pretty in Pink!!

2007-09-05T21:03:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine recently became a grandmother to a beautiful baby girl. I made this afghan using 3 different shades of pink, of Red Heart Yarn. The pattern is a single crochet diaganol pattern. To get the stripes I rolled a die, whatever number came up, that's how many rows I did of the next color. It was a hit!!

New Blog!!

2007-07-09T15:45:00.000-07:00

I've decided to start a new blog. Just got kindof tired of the old one, so just starting new. Hopefully I will be more faithful about posting. lol. After I have gotten this one going good, I will be deleting the other one.