
(Not the pile of fabric . . . that will be finished later, hopefully.) The golden thing on the left is a scarf, made from KnitPicks Palette in Golden Heather (more detail here, on my Ravelry page). The pink stuff on the right is a dress and hat for Emma's bear Hermione—or possibly for Ginny Weasley the leopard—made from Amy O'Neill Houck's book Crochet for Bears to Wear (likewise, more details here). And the baby hat and shoes in the center are from patterns I tested; not sure if they're out yet, but I will definitely be making more baby shoes. Quick, easy, and decorate-able . . . I'm thinking crocheted flowers, or pretty appliques, or . . .
Oh, the fabric . . . well, the top piece is striped gauze that I bought a couple of years ago to make a tunic top, but [obviously] I never did, so I think it will become a skirt (mostly since three of my summer skirts have died this year—even past mending; the fabric simply disintegrated. This is what comes of washing something at least once a week for three or four years.). Possibly with embroidery . . . shisha mirrors would be nice, but I plan to wash this fairly often. Winter is coming, and I have lots of time to think about it.
The middle piece (the solid blue) is something I ordered to make a dress; it was labeled chambray and I expected it to be fairly soft, like shirting . . . but this is rather stiff, even after washing, and the dress pattern requires something with at least some drape, so I think this will become either a skirt or a jacket.
The bottom piece is three yards of fabric my brother gave me . . . oh, at least ten years ago. He bought a bolt of it at an auction somewhere. My original thought was that it would make an interesting coat for a doll (I was considering a Santa) if I added mother-of-pearl cactus buttons, which I had seen somewhere . . . of course, I was unable to ever locate any again, so the fabric has languished in the bottom of a box. Now, however, I have a [decorative] coyote pattern, and I think this will do admirably. I can avoid the sun-faded streaks, and I think I'll have enough left over to applique something for Emma. (Since I, in a fit of god-knows-what, promised many years ago to make her father a stuffed coyote, it's only fitting that she, too, be afflicted with this fabric.)
For now, though, I have a swap piece to finish (begun before my life was devoured by Halloween costumes), and Mom would like to have a vest to keep her shoulders warm this winter (which will involve making a muslin to test for fit, since her only sizing directions were, "oh, large, I think", but she is shorter than normal, so . . . . ), and I need to finish a bag I began making some while ago (also 'before . . . costumes'), and I am finally (after Kai sent me the pattern two years ago) making a crocheted bumblebee bag for some lucky grandchild . . . apparently this will be The Year Of Making Things I Should Have Made Years Ago.