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Hippity Hoppity

SewTara — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:21:35 +0000

Here’s a peek at the bunnies I made for my little bunnies.

They’re really easy to make so there’s still time to make one for the somebunny special in your life.

Pattern weight thingies. Or just fun cubes to toss around.

SewTara — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:27:10 +0000

I stumbled across Zaaberry and found this neat little tutorial on making little weights to hold down your patterns while you trace and cut. Bye bye pins. Luckily I had previously cut a bunch of my scraps into little squares so they were perfect for this project. It’s a really simple project, just sew squares of fabric together, fill them up with someone that has a bit of weight to it and sew them shut. I filled mine with some flax left over from my eye pillow making. There’s even some lavender bits in there too I think.

Steggie #2 and some great buys.

SewTara — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:58:43 +0000

Finally finished Wesley’s Steggie a few days ago, orange and blue as he requested (I’m such a nice Mommy). Here are the 2 Steggie brothers just hanging out.

He turned out pretty cute. Not sure I want to attempt another one right now, I’m taking a Steggie break. I’ll move onto a different One Yard Wonders project now thank you very much!

More fun exciting handmade mail arrived for me! I figured with my growing collection of sewing and craft books I needed some cute bookplates.

They’re one of the many wonderful creations by Cabin and Cub. I’m totally in love with this piece but really need to wait on making yet another purchase.

While on my cross border shopping spree I picked up these 2 cute fabrics, can’t wait to make a bag or tote of some sort out of them! The green checkered one with the little apples was on sale for $3 a yard! I should have bought more.

And while I love this little forest wristlet from Hot Butter I just ordered a bag from her, and it’s awesome and all but pretty soon I might have to seek professional help for my bag/tote/purse buying. Instead I found the cute mushroom fabric while at Joann’s and picked up a yard just to have on hand in case I am inspired to make my own purse of some form someday, sorry Ashley Ann. Shhhhh, in my mind it’s not the same as buying one to add to my collection.

One Yard Wonders strikes again . . . and again?

SewTara — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:53:46 +0000

I finished stuffing Steggie and sewing him up today. He’s a bit wonky though. I think maybe I’m a better make it from scratch person than a pattern follower. But, wonky or not he was made with love! Nate was trying to pull him off the table this morning before he was even stuff so clearly he likes him already. I’m still not sure I did the darts correctly, and his feet seem to be a little misshapen. Oh and one leg is somehow a bit shorter . . . *sigh*

I love the fabric, it’s Heidi Grace and has little hearts on it and is so cute. I found it challenging to sew the feet and they’re a little more uneven than I would have liked. Of course Wesley asked if I would make him one tomorrow. He even specified ‘orange with blue spikes’. Choosing complementary colours already? That’s my boy! Guess I’m trying Steggie again.

Crayon cozy – attempt #1.

SewTara — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:01:57 +0000

Thanks to this tutorial I was inspired to try a crayon cozy. It was fun and I only made one ‘oops’.

I even got fancy and added my own little lable to it. I did however make a mistake when cutting the pieces and for some reason it’s about an inch too short. The result is it only holds 15 crayons rather than the 16 it should. So out you go Red-Orange, who needs you anyway when there’s Orange and Yellow-Orange!?

I got a little bit inventive and added a button and elastic closure. I’m a pro at that after my car cozy and playmat.

Squishy ABCs.

SewTara — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:20 +0000

I’m putting these on my to do list!

Found at Happy Together, we have a store bought set but I’d really like to make my own. I’ve been keeping some special clothes I remember Wesley wearing, that Nate has now worn, perhaps that would be a good use for them. I was going to quilt them, but it might work for both projects!

I really like that I can use up scraps of material to make them, and that they are soft. After falling while putting Wesley to bed in September, landing on a wooden toy, splitting my knee open and getting 7 stitches I’m in the market for soft toys!!