Friday, May 27, 2011

Shirt Applique

I saw this tutorial ages ago and thought it was so cute! I have wanted to make it. I haven't ever done applique like this before, so I was excited to try. I let Lydia pick out the hair colors, button eyes, and fabrics for the dresses, from scraps I had around.  



We were both pretty happy about how it turned out.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Monday, May 2, 2011

Crochet Larry

Felix is rather obsessed with Veggietales these days. I hadn't really found him anything that I thought would be of interest to him. Zoe mentioned making a Larry. At first I thought I would make one out of felt like the ornament that I made for him for Christmas. But then I was looking at this crocheted robot that I had made and I thought how easy it would be to crochet a Larry.
I crocheted the Larry. About halfway down I hand sewed on a felt face. I made a flat bottom so he could stand. I put some heavy cardboard in, also, to reinforce it.
Felix loves it. He calls it "Wiwi".

Birthday Banner

Using scraps I had on hand and some fat quarters I purchased I made this birthday pennant. The letters are felt, and machine stitched on. The string at the top is double fold bias tape. It really was pretty straight forward and didn't take too long.
I want to make one in pinks and reds too for the girls birthdays, when they roll around. Maybe I will do a tutorial.