Monday, December 31, 2012

Stocking bags

These simple drawstring bags are for the grandkids.  (I think I can make a bag, start to finish, in 10 minutes.)  When the kids open their stockings, they have a place to stash all their little goodies.  I'll keep the bags at my house to use year after year.  My new favorite thing is making the ties out of knit material, usually old t-shirts. (Goodwill is my new best friend.)   If you cut the tie with the stretch of the material, it's acts almost like elastic.  

Felt food again

 I found a pattern for this hobo bag that I love
and decided to fill it with...felt food!
 Hungry for breakfast?
New additions...blueberry muffin, peanut butter and jelly bread.

Pincushion Plus...

I found a picture of this pin cushion on Flicker and copied the design for our granddaughter.  She is interested in sewing and I am excited to encourage her.  I was happy to find the neat scissors at JoAnn Fabrics.
I wasn't sure what to use for the filling.  I decided to use a large can lid at the bottom for support.  Then I added silica sand until it was about half full and finished with quilt batting, stuffing it in tightly.


Sunday, December 30, 2012

Sophie's Playhouse and Puppet Theater

I found the idea for this playhouse here.  I had so much fun making it.  Tension rods hold it up in the hallway.
Couldn't decide what to do on this side until I finally thought of making a flower pot.
It was a fun challenge to try to figure out these windows.  
Didn't have room for a regular mailbox so I just made a slide-through pocket.

Love these long-legged chickens.  I cut them out of some fabric and just stitched the legs on using the sewing machine.
I made a puppet theater on the other side but didn't take a picture of it for some reason. It can barely be seen through the front door here.  By using both pieces, Sophie has a house with a front and a back.  I love these glove animal puppets that I found at CP Toys.
Everything fits in this bag.

Dolly bandaids

These band-aids are made out of felt, using a real band-aid as a pattern.  I made them longer so they would fit most sizes of dollies.
 There is a little piece of velcro to fasten the band-aid onto the patient.
 All better now!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Oh Christmas Tree

I needed table decorations for a ladies' luncheon at church, so I decided to make these little trees.  I saw this idea some time ago, but I don't remember where.
 I tore strips the width of my material.  I used 2-inch strips at the bottom, 1 1/2-inch strips in the middle and 1-inch strips at the top.  I ran a single gathering stitch along one edge, ruffled up the pieces, and hot glued them on starting at the bottom.
For the cone shapes, I just used poster board which I cut and stapled/taped into the shapes.  
 I sorted through my stash to find a variety of ribbons and trim for the bows at the top.  Fun, quick, and easy project.


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Bird mug rugs

Once again, I don't remember where I saw this idea.  The little squares around the outside finish off at 3/4 inch.  All of the stitching was done on the machine.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Caden's car quilt

I found this cute fabric I couldn't resist and knew I wanted to make a quilt for Caden's new bed.
I loved the string of cars and decided to make them look like they were following each other around the quilt.
Then I pieced a little road for them to "travel" on.  I put a narrow black border between each section and finished it off with a black and white stripe binding.
I had purchased several pieces from this line, not really planning ahead of time how I would use them.  When I decided to use them for the back, I really had to juggle the pieces to make it big enough, but it turned out fun.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

I-Spy quilt--done!

This quilt started with an online fabric swap I wrote about here.  
The pattern is called Disappearing Nine Patch.



Isn't this a perfect place to read books to the grandkids?

Friday, August 24, 2012

Baby backpack


 I found this cute pattern online and had to try it out for Miss Claire's birthday.