What I Have Been Working On

   Here are a few things I have been working on.

   I helped Chrissy get ready for a Harry Potter birthday party for her daughter. We made a Golden Snitch cake. It was pretty simple to make. We used my ball cake pan and then frosted it with vanilla frosting. I added some swirls and such to give it some texture. We then used some gold food coloring spray to color it. The wings are cut out of some thick paper and taped to tooth picks. Easy peasy!

   My eight year old kiddo has had two surgeries in less than a month. This has given me plenty of time to sit around and crochet while I wait for a whimper or a "Mom, I'm hungry/thirsty/in pain/cold/tired/can I watch..." Since I have a hard time just sitting, I usually have some sort of project going.

   My friend had twin girls so I made her babies these. I don't have a picture of them in it yet since they are still in the NICU. They are doing well, just not home yet.

   I have a favorite YouTube gamer guy. He does a segment on Board Game Breakfast. They have board game news and such. Anyway, he does a segment called Head in the Clouds so I made him this dice bag. I thought it was rather cheesy, but he loved it!

   His YouTube channel is Pair of Dice Paradise, so I also made him this mat. He can use it for his games or hang it on his wall. Whatever he'd like.

   There's a game convention coming up called GenCon. Since there are so many gamers that can't make it, last year they started a GenCant. It's silly fun and run on Twitter. People and game companies donate prizes and there are giveaways involved. I made this dice bag to donate this year.

   That's all of my projects I've done recently. I hope the kiddo stays healthy now so we can get back to some sort of normalcy and enjoy what's left of their summer break. What projects have you been working on? Feel free to share in the comments!

Tapestry Crochet Pillow

   Earlier this month, Hubby's cousin got married. We were talking about things we could make for a wedding gift and decided that since they met at school and both played sports, we wanted to incorporate that into the gift. Hubby mentioned it would be neat to do a tapestry crochet with a big U in the middle and their numbers on either side. I thought that sounded like a great idea. It would take a bit of time to make it, since I would have to design it as well, but I was pretty sure I could do one pretty quick.

   First, I designed the front side. I found the center of my graph and worked out from there. Since it was a big U it wasn't too hard. Then I did a bit of Facebook stalking to find their numbers.

   Next I got to work. It didn't take me too long to make it. Once the front was done, I decided to make it into a pillow. So I drew up a pattern for the back side. I tried a couple different things but settled on their last name.

   Once that was made, I was talking with hubby about how I was going to stitch it together.

   He mentioned trying to do it the old fashioned way of putting the two front sides together and sewing it that way. I hadn't ever thought about doing it that way, but it would make it so I wouldn't have to worry about finishing off the edges. I gave it a try, making sure I did the stitch under the yarn running through it to give it some extra strength.

   I liked the look so I sewed it all together leaving a couple of inches to turn it right side out and to stuff it.

   I didn't have enough stuffing to fill the pillow so we ran to the store. The one we went to didn't have what we needed. They did have travel pillows that were about the right size, so we grabbed one of those. We smashed it down into a bit of a roll and stuffed it in. It took a while to get it to go back into the right shape, but once it did, it looked pretty awesome! I stitched up the open end and I was done. I was very happy with how it turned out. I couldn't wait to give it to them. They both seemed to love it!

   Now I keep thinking about what I should make for our couch. Maybe a giant Meeple?