Gifts from a Friend

These were all made by a friend of mine, which she sent in a lovely package to DS and I.

Bear toy



Headband



Knit hat for DS



Felted Firefighter hat




She is hoping to have an etsy store, I can't wait!

-A

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


-A

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

Quick Gifts: Knit Gnome and Santa Puppet

Santa Puppet Pattern




-A

Halloween + Felt Pt II

Our halloween tree. A little out of context in this photo, but imagine it in a bay window with some ghosts hanging above it and jack o'latterns surrounding it, it looks pretty cool.



Here is a close-up of the ornaments on it:



I used some of that green foamy stuff for flower arrangements in a tin pot, covered the foam with the fake cobweb material (which got a bit mussed up by a toddler who tried to EAT it) and then tied a halloween ribbon around. For that country touch?? Actually I am not sure why I did that, perhaps I am getting brainwashed by craft magazines.

Felt + Halloween, Pt I

Door decoration



and the easiest feltboard ever, but sure to please a 2 year old.

Gift for a friend's new baby

Felt name banner and embroidered onesie.



I haven't posted much as I've just been doing embroidery on little things and working on the Project Which Shall Not be Named (due at Christmas). Oh wait, I did this:



I really like the idea of combining traditional feminine crafts with feminist statements.

Enough with the Bunnies

but I just have to show you their house



You can see the pattern I used in the book behind them. Okay, all done bunnies.

Papa, Mama, Brother, Sister and Baby

Papa and Brother Bunny

more of the bunny family to come