These were all made for my parents. The cross stitch ones were actually made in the 80's! :eek: The doilies were made about 5-7 years ago and the afghan was made about 1 1/2 years ago. I had to go to my parents again today and took my camera with me.

The first one is framed for my Dad.

This is a pillow I made for my Mom.

Here is the afghan I made, it goes with thier livingroom.

This doily is really quite big. It is about 28" long x 16" wide. And yes Mom's Christmas decorations are still out! LOL They left for Florida the day after Christmas. I would put them away for her if I only knew where she hid the boxes!! :D

Here are some more doilies. I know I made a lot more for her but I couldn't find them! :(

You are SO talented!!

Everything is lovely!

I agree--you are very talented! I love the doilies and afghan :)

Oh so pretty!! I am jealous!

wow!! you are very talented!! wish i was talented in that way!! i am better at drawing and painting and taking pictures and such. i want to learn to do some of the things you've done though.;)

Beautiful, you sure are talented, your Mom sure is lucky!! Did she teach you these crafts?:)

WOW that is really nice. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Wow your one talented lady!! I love the doilies, sure would look great in my home!

Originally posted by calico
Beautiful, you sure are talented, your Mom sure is lucky!! Did she teach you these crafts?:)

I'm sorry to quote you and :laugh: calico!! But it struck me really funny!! No my Mom does not do any of these things and has never wanted to learn. I am the only girl out of 4 in my family to do these type of things. Everything is self taught except for hand knitting, a neighbor lady taught me how to knit when I was 14. I was always the odd duck!!

Thank you for asking.

Thanks ladies, I'm gonna put a poll out and see which tutorial to do first, so make sure you vote!! :D

You really are talented. I have got to learn to make some doilies. Yours are so beautiful. Thank you for posting the pictures. I love seeing projects everyone has done.

Very nice things that you have done Diana!

I especially like the doilies. I am so envious!:)

Beautiful!

Diana, You are so talented! Your Mother and Dad are so lucky to have a daughter that gives them such lovely handmade gifts.

wow!!! i hope to be so talented someday!! these are beautiful, everything!

Thanks for sharing Diana!Your parents must cherish the lovely crossstitch things you've made for them. I love the pattern in your afghan and the doilies are so pretty! I've tried to make the doilies before and always seem to mess up. With you teaching I know I'll learn to do it right.:)
ps. Have you ever tried tatting?

Yes Darlene, I have tried tatting. The same neighbor lady that taught me knitting tried to teach me tatting. But I just never got it!! I was probably to young at the time, I may try again someday.

Thank you ladies, these are some of the things I love to do. When I get more time, I'll post more pics.

Oh I love the green afghan and the dollies. The pillow is pretty too but I can't figure out how you made it.

I would love to learn to make the dollies and the afghan.

Thank you Dolphin. The pillow front is made out of aida cloth (I don't remember the count) and counted cross stitch. I must still have the pattern around here some where, I don't throw anything out!! :eek: (And your siggy says your the queen of clutter, I'm running a very close second! :laugh: )

The back is made out of bleached muslin, and the lace is some cotton lace I probably got really cheap. I know they sell it in Wal*Mart by the fabric counter in a plastic baggie now. I just stuffed it with fiber fill (polyester type you stuff animals with). Now they sell small pillow forms for traveling that would have fit that perfect.

Those are all so beautiful. {hugs} Thank you for sharing them. I really love the afghan clolors and pattern. My mom had one when I was little. I hated the colors (brown, gold, and orange are not my favorites especially not together) but it was so warm in the winter time.

I have a couple of doilys that my grandma crocheted. I cherish them and would like to learn myself! :)

They are all sooooo beautiful Diana! You do such good work. My dmom and dsister are both very good at crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint......not ME! I CAN crochet a bit but do better with yarn than thread. I have lots of doillies, a few that were done by family members but most I have found at garage sales. You don't see much of that sort of thing anymore though. Thanks for sharing the photos.