Fall Crafting

I've been on a mini craft kick the last couple of weeks. I say mini because for anyone else the wimpy crafts I've been doing are nothing major, but for me-the wanna be crafter- they're big time. I am not a great sewer, and all the crafts happen to be sew-made (yeah, I just made up that word), so they're all very imperfect and I'm sure in a year or two I'll look at them and think, I can't believe I let people see these... but for now, I'm a proud Holly Homemaker.

My first project was a throw blanket. I didn't dare do a regular finish on the outer edges, so I just clipped them. I think I also used the wrong batting; it's a bit thick, but that only makes it extra snugly and cozy. It's pretty much a grown up's baby blanket.



Close up of clipped/frayed edges:



I've been really, really wanting an orange pillow (seriously, ask my sister how many times in the space of one week I said I was dying for one), but couldn't find anything I loved. I've also wanted to try my hand at making a ruffle pillow, so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and make an orange ruffle pillow.



It's so not perfect. I don't exactly know how to do ruffles... but I still love it.



And the last craft to make the blog (I'm sparing myself some embarrassment and not posting the painted frames and door wreaths) is my brand new fall decoration: my very first material banner. I followed this tutorial and I think it turned out ok. I could have matched up the colors better (you can barely see the V and S), but oh well.



It says Harvest. See? I could have matched up the colors better. But it took me hours and I will display it, gosh darn it!



And that is all. Happy fall!