Linus Project - April, May and June contributions

I can scarce believe I have let months go by without blogging about my Linus Project contributions.  Lots of personal issues have kept me fairly busy, but I have managed to keep up with completing each month's blanket on time....just not the blogging portion.

So, here are April, May and June's contributions.

April's is completely recycled.  The fabric is left-over from other projects.  The top is a lime green floral pattern with large flowers and squiggly vines in pink, orange and yellow.  The back is a soft yellow thin fleece.

Total Cost:  $0
Total Hours:  3

May's contribution is another completely recycled blanket.  the top piece is a thin plaid fleece that I salvaged from being thrown out..  I cut off the frayed and dirty edges and was able to save a piece large enough for a kid sized blanket.  The back piece is a black cotton left over from another project.

Total Cost:  $0
Total Hours:  3

June's contribution took a while to complete.  My mom is always on the lookout for crafting materials for me, and somewhere, she had found a small collection of blues / greys / greens that I have had for a while and not sure what to do with them.  The other colors were left-overs from a Shabby Chic project a couple years ago.  I started making granny squares that eventually morphed into June's crocheted contribution.  The only thing I had to purchase were two skeins of black yarn to tie this blanket together.  This ended up being the largest blanket in my donations because I just kept adding squares.  My daughters keep trying to steal it.  At Whitney's insistence, I kept the decorative yellow
lacey edging.


Total Cost:  $6
Total Hours:  30

Refashioning a Home

26 years ago, I was married as a young woman.  Over the course of these years, I have lived in 6 places and redecorated my home several times.  With three daughters who are now 14 - 20, the redecorating has included several bedroom makeovers.

My newest interest for home decor is Shabby Chic.  As the reality of my daughters leaving the nest in the next few years materializes, I will for the first time in my life be living alone.  As of now, I want everything to be Shabby Chic.  I have already started sketching some ideas for the kitchen and have been re-doing my bedroom and bath for the last year.

Today, I refashioned a pot holder, and the uniqueness of this project is that the original pot holder was a wedding gift all those years ago.  The crochet picture is the original wedding gift.  The checkered pot holder was a recovering 10 years ago.

The green lacey one at the bottom is the current refashion.