Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Why Ketchup?

Ok ok...apparently the allusion is not obvious to everyone else. I was not a huge fan of Pulp Fiction but it was definately memorable. There are quotes from that movie that still rattle around in my brain and I only saw it once in the theater years ago.

"Three tomatoes are walking down the street- a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him... and says, Catch up."

Christmas Ketchup #3

This is one of three crafting aprons I made for Dottie, Dylan, and Lisa. The fabric is a little different on each but the design is the same. I used this wonderful tutorial from Creative Little Daisy.

Christmas Ketchup #2

Clearly, I am pretty slow with the posting - nothing new really. Here is a picture of the bag I made for Mike's mom. I was trying to match a pattern that she saw in a quilting store (but they didn't have in stock.) It was designed with her knitting in mind with a long pocket inside for her needles and smaller pockets for stitch markers etc.


Monday, January 08, 2007

Christmas Ketchup #1

This was the year of the Crafty Christmas. As everyone knows by now, Mike's family celebrated the infamous "Make-it-Yourself Christmas." It is all good fun until someone gets hurt.

Seriously though, Mike's finger is healing like a champ. I'm amazed by how much better it looks. There is no pretending that it will ever look normal again. That's OK though, Mike already imagining how much fun it will be to shake his ugly finger at our hypothetical kids while reminding them that Norm always says, "Safety First."

Anyway, back to the Christmas crafting...



I made this messenger bag for Logan out of dark brown corduroy. I went for a very simple and quiet design on the outside. Partially because Logan is a quiet guy and partially because this was my first messenger bag.

The inside was a different story alltogether...



I'm not sure what he *really* thinks about the pin-up girls on the inside of his bag, but Mike is convinced that it is perfect for a teenage boy.