More iron ons

Realy because thats all I have the energy for these days.

Brodies says ride it like you stole it and Coopers says Keep on rockin in the free world :) M

Little Bird in Nest

A little toy I made for my son. I really wanted to go out and buy new fabrics and make a black and white nest with a red bird but I refrained and used scraps.



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Inked Bag

A bag I made for my friend K's birthday.





I used a webbing strap I scavenged from a bag my husband was going to throw out but made the newbie mistake of trying to iron out a wrinkle in it and melted a small part of it. I really like the webbing though, it adjusts easier than the fabric straps and it much easier than sewing a strap myself.

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Headband & babooshka (sp?) lol

I fixed the tension on my sewing maching today and gave it a good greasin'. I spun off a headband for me ( oh lordy check out my bed head) and a babooshka (sp?) for Karlynn...I love the word babooshka...just wish I knew how to spell it! m

Iron ons

To my chagrin it turns out the instructions were there all along...(so embarassing) So I spun off a few shirts the toher night. Here is the first, psted from the other blog:

I ordered some fancy pro grade iron on transfer sheets from the states and made Brodie a shirt that says "Future Astronaut" with a space shuttle on it. When I gave it to him he asked me what it said, and explained that I thought he was so great at learning about the solar system that someday I bet he would get to go to space. Well, he burst into tears and said he didnt' want to leave his home..it was so cute and sad at the same time. So I explained to him that it would be when he was big like daddy he could choose to go, he was fine with that and asked to wear it...that was 4 or 5 days ago now. And he hasn't taken it off much, I can usually get it off long enough to wash it..but I'm guessing I will be picking up another white shirt and making a second one! I aslo made Cooper and Tyler shirts that say "Sleep is for the Weak" M

Clutter Catcher

I sewed this over the weekend for the car. I still hate bias tape, but pockets for diapers, pockets for granola bars- be still my organizer-loving heart!



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Trivet

A trivet I designed to amuse myself.



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Felt Name Banner

A friend (hi!) conveniently admired my son's name banner (received in a swap) about a week before her DS's birthday so I was able to whip one up. I tried some new stitches on the letters from my embroidery encyclopedia.



Stitches used:

split stitch


running stitch


chain stitch


cable chain stitch


blanket stitch


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Seasons Feltboard

Wow....I am so crafting challenged these days! Here is the seasons feltboard I made for a birthday present for a boy turning 3 :). Unfortunately, my brand new iron on transfer paper does not come with instructions (have to call Monday)so almost all my rion on parts were wrecked last night :( So I will do them again this week, once i have more info..they are hot peel...way trickier than reg ones ..or its just me (thats entirely possible ;)

So the permanent part of the feltboard is the tree, clouds and sun. Everything else can move. M

Knitty Calorimetry

I was lamenting my lack of knitting skills to stitch up one of Knitty's Calorimetry headscarves/ponytail-liberating-toques when my lovely friend Andrea made a couple and sent them up to me. Merci, you are now in my will and I bequeath you all my unfinished craft projects!

Pattern here



PS- note the earrings. It was a fabulous mail day, a trifecta of headscarves, earrings and the lastest copy of BUST.

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Santa Stocking, Feb 01/07

can be viewed here

Of course, lots of other projects in the works.. more bags, a trivet, a banner and maybe a paper mache sculpture.

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