Crafts

July 2008
Wacky, wicked weird Things for the church craft fair

Also for the UUCM craft fair, embroidered felt ornaments

FEBRUARY 2008
Esther's Valentine Shirt
I loved the applique for Esther, had to make a Valentine Red shirt to put it on. Her Groovy Girl got a little red shirt, too.

FEBRUARY 2008
Bunny Puppet wearing nightie and bunny slippers similar to Martine's. When I made her a nightie from this fabric I put a little felt bunny in the pocket, so this bunny puppet had to have a little bunny finger puppet in her pocket, too!

NOV 2007, Doll Clothes for Groovy Girls

Here's the whole batch!

MAY 2007, BABY CLOTHES
Martine will soon be a big sister, so it's time to make some baby clothes! It wasn't easy to be "gender inclusive" in this project but I think it worked out okay.

MAY 2006, SUNDRESSES
Martine and Esther are coming to visit, so of course I had to sew for them. These are sundresses for a June visit, size 3 or less in width and size 5 in length. They are tall and thin, not quite three years old. Perhaps I'll make some matching outfits next, since Esther likes it when she matches someone. Who better to match than cousin Martine, just nine days older?

LITTLE DOLL FOR A DOLLHOUSE, about 3.5" tall
Made from wool felt, a painted wood bead, wool roving and pipe cleaners wrapped with embroidery floss.
From the book "Wee Felt Folk"

FABRIC WALLETS
Small, lightweight and flexible, these are perfect for stashing the essentials in your shirt or pants pocket. From pattern #221 by Lazy Girl Designs.

FLEECE JACKET
This light weightfleece jacket was made from "Green Pepper" pattern #F765. The binding at sleeve ends and bottom hem is stretch lycra fabric cut into strips with a rotary cutter, and the same fabric is used for the chest pocket flap. When I make this again I will narrow the chest pocket flap slightly. It is the same size from XS to XXL in this unisex pattern, and seems a bit wide even on the medium size.

WILD WOMAN DOLL
Here is a little doll that babies seem to like a lot. The arms and legs are small enough to grab well and the whole thing is good for chewing, waving around and bopping your mom, grandma or auntie on the head. The basic shape and most of the face comes from a pattern for an old fashioned doll, but the fabrics and string hair are definitely from this 21st century!

ESTHER'S OVERALLS
These overalls are made with a crazy-patch top and are fully lined. The cuff turns up to reveal the lining, and turns down for longer legs. The straps adjust to different lengths, as well, but unfortunately there is no way to allow for circumferential growth! Forgot about that- it's been a LONG time since I made clothing this small! They're really orange, not red; many colors of orange
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VON'S PILLOW
Crazy quilt pillow from scrap velvets, silks, velveteens and other fabrics, embroidered with rayon, cotton and mrtallic threads. Some of the embroidery is floral, some follows designs on the fabrics, some depicts things in Von's life - sewing, raking leaves, commuting, etc. I've made several pillows of this sort, and they are great fun but very time consuming.

ROXANNE & HEATHER'S PUPPET THEATER
This puppet theater, adjustable in height for children or adults, hangs in a doorway from a spring tension curtain rod.I made it for my grandnieces for Christmas. Since they like to do crafty things too, kits for making spoon puppets and sock puppets were the perfect addition.