Little felt buddies

 

I made these using this book as my inspiration. I did not make them into finger puppets I cut a circle for the bottom, stitched around it to close in the stuffing. I then made a little bed with sewn slots for each doll. The bed rolls up and closes with a ribbon tie. My friend Jean's kids really liked them and now do little puppet shows. This was their Christmas gift.

Cute doll pin dolls !

 

 I made these dolls at Christmas after seeing these at Posie gets Cozy

I flipped over them. I thought they were so cute. But I had to make a Korean one, since one of my best friends is Korean : ) She loved it! They are really fun to make and you can find the supplies at Jo-anns

fabrics or Micheals. You need to download the template for the dress and get the Doll pin heads, and stands. And Doll pins. Some skilled painting is required : D I used flesh colored acrylic in the little bottle to paint the heads first.
Also no machine sewing required, I used my pinking shears for the bottom of the dresses and just gathered the top by hand, as if making a yo-yo.

Pillow in the fold

 

I love this pillow pattern by American Patchwork and Quilting. It was in the April 2006 magazine. The pattern is called "In The Fold" I tried to find it online but had a tough time... Let me know if you are interested by comenting on this post. I will try to get the pattern. It is really fun to make. Great for scraps!!!!
 

In love with Potholders!

I am in love with this book called 101 Fun to Quilt Pot Holders. There are so many cute patterns
and they are very fun to piece. They make great gifts and when you are looking for a small project, this is very satisfiying. Also a great way to use up some of your fabric scraps lying around. Below I show you my quick technique...


I use a flying geese ruler only because it is exactly 8.5 inches squared. This is the size of the potholders in the book and even if you are just using fabric with out piecing this is the size I like to cut. I use (2) 8.5 squares of regular warm and natural batting, and (1) heat safe (Insul-Bright)
8.5 inch square. I cut (1) 1.5 inch x 5 strip for the hanger and fold over 3 x s. Make sure to layer as folows:
front side and back side R sides together then the all the battings below the front and back fabrics.
Stitch all the way around with little hanger in place in the corner. Leave opening for turning.
And guess what? I used the blind stitch on my sewing machine to close the hole. It worked great. No hand sewing yippee!

so much time so many unfinished...

One of the many unfinished quilt squares sitting in the closet. Sad abandoned squares. This was done with the freezer paper technique. I love to use a glue stick to turn my edges under. Hum...
maybe this should be a tutorial??? Pattern is in this book. Cheap!

Good ol' fashion sweetness

Mary Maxim project download.
Mary Maxim is a wonderful catalog old fashion crafting. I just love this catalog and when I get it in the mail it is such a treasure. You can find stamped cross stitch and stamped embroidery designs. Before my grandmother died she gave me the stamped pillow cases below. I have been making them the color of our guest bedroom. Yellow and red. The pillow case kit was done in purples. I changed the colors and like it better. The fabric is wonderful to stitch on. It is a cotton polyester blend. Very smooth for the DMC threads to go through. The blue lines will wash out. I can't wait t o see how my work will look once those lines disappear!
You can order a free catalog here.

Wool felt pattern from Belly Buttons

Wool Felt small pillow pattern here. It will appear on your desktop.
You can make this as a baby gift or a gift for a friend or enjoy as a sweet gift to yourself. Please comment on this link and then you can show me your work. I will put your finished pieces on my blog!