Christina's Socks

Christina's Sock, a photo by dragongrl4 on Flickr.

Whooo hoo!! Finally finished the first sock! ( I actually finished it last month, but I finally saw Christina to model it for me....my feet are toooooo big!)

The second one is about a quarter of the way done and knitting up fast! As long as I stick too it she will have them in now time =) Ahhhh I do love this yarn and pattern!

Vintage Sheet Quilt - The Beginning

I have begun cutting for my vintage sheet quilt! I am not doing anything fancy, just a simple patchwork quilt so the colors and patterns can all be seen nicely. I absolutely LOVE the sheets I got from etsy! They were all different patterns and colors, perfect for what I want this quilt to be! Since I don't want more then 6 squares of the same sheet in the quilt I was only able to get 99 squares so far and I will need about 16 more sheets to finish. In other words I will be scouring thrift stores this weekend for more! I love the hunt!


I estimated I will need about 192 for the size I am hoping for which about 60" x 80". The are 5.5" unfinished and 5" finished. I think they are going to look super pretty! Might do a small border too, but we will see how it turns out.


Sorry for the dark pics. It was about 11 at night when I finished cutting them all! The batting has been purchased so all that is left to do is collect more sheets and find a good backing and binding! This is so exciting!

Goings On

Alot has been going on around here. Baking, thrifting, shopping, plants, puppies and fabric. Notice I didn't say sewing haha. I am having a very hard time finding a new quilt project. I want to do a big one! What I think I am going to do is use vintage sheets. They have plenty of fabric and all kinds of pretty colors to use. I bought some on etsy this afternoon so I can hopefully get the ball rolling soon =) I bought these a few weeks ago. Hope they go well with the others!




I have also decided to change the name of the blog to just "Crafty Mushu" instead of "Crafty Mushu Knits" since I have been taking on alot more crafts then just knitting and I want to share those more. For example: cross stitching.




My new hobby! I love it now =) It is very relaxing (and inexpensive). I bought this pattern at The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. They have the cutest little patterns! I am working on the May Fruit of the Month right now, how cute is this!?




I bought all of them so far, think I am going to try to make some kind of a calender out of them =) If you like to cross stitch you should definately check them out!

Other then that it has been alot of family get togethers and fabric shopping which might not be a good thing since I can wrap my brain around what it is I would like to sew. Hopefully I will have a good update about that one! Right now I will leave you with pretty pictures of some Moda Fandango by Kate Spain charm packs I plan to cut into something!