Friday, July 8, 2011

Small Sewing

I finished some small sewing recently that i wanted to share.

The first project was this turtle softie from Bend the Rules Sewing, by Amy Karol. I confess that dolls and softies are not something i am very good at, but this one turned out well enough...it was the crazy felt eyes that made me fall in love. Best of all Delilah loves it and chews on his legs and head often. Her best sign of affection.




Many moons ago i made a pirate quilt for mitchell....you can see it here. This week i suddenly had the idea to make him a matching pillowcase since that is the quilt he uses every night in bed. I found a tutorial from Ashley at Film in the Fridge. It was so easy. I loved it and would definitely use it again.




The kids recently had a week of VBS. Before it began one of the requests from Avery was that she have a bag to carry her water bottle in. So, google came through once again and i found a tutorial from the Long Thread.



I had seen this one before, but this was my first go at it. I thought sewing the circle bottom was going to be really hard but it actually was not. We embellished with fun iron on patches we found and for straps i made Avery's with some fabric i had about and Mitchell got some army style webbing/strapping. Perfect and heavy duty for that little guy.




I might add that Mitch was an excellent model this afternoon so i could get a couple shots of the carriers.


Leslie

5 comments:

Emily said...

fun projects! way to go on getting some stuff made for your kiddos. i wish I could get back into the sewing groove...just not feeling it :(

Catherine said...

Love that instant feeling of satisfaction when you complete a succession of small project:)

Amy, a redeemed sheep said...

Cute small stuff!

Mary said...

Cute! How is the painted quilt coming along?

JeanOhio said...

I love looking at all the ideas Different Bloggers have.... I think I spend more time reading than Sewing... Keep up the Cute projects...

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