Fluffy Stuffy Bunny in Pink

Fluffy Stuffy Bunny in Pink
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This little soft bunny is made from a pattern by Jenny B. Harris. She shared the pattern and the dress pattern, free, on her blog, Allsorts. I had to make it--it was so cute! I'll give her to my niece for her birthday that's coming up. She was fun to make and very quick and easy, too!  Her dress is reversible.



Even her tail is cute.

Spring Green E-Reader Cover and other Crafty Goodnesses

New version of Kindle Cover
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Here's another version of the Kindle cover, made for my little sister's Sony E-Reader. The embroidery detail is a motif from Aimee Ray's Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection.  The fabrics are 100% cotton quilting fabrics and the lining is white cotton.  It reminds me of spring, which I hope is on the way soon after all this cold weather!  We had a brief respite from winter with two days that were above freezing, but yesterday winter returned with a vengeance and it snowed and blew all day.  The wind knocked a tree down on my chicken's fence, which will have to be repaired in the spring when all this dreadful snow melts.  For now, I'll take inspiration from lovely springy green fabric!

I also wanted to show a few more photos.  I made a crocheted owl toy for my new niece or nephew who will be born this summer.

And I made a new bunny for my other niece, who loved her first one to death!

Katie Kitty

Katie Kitty
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This is Katie Kitty, made from fleece fabric for my niece, Jewel. The pattern is from Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Toys to Sew and Love. Jewel has declared that she's great, but she wants a white dress, too. Jewel also has declared that she wants every toy in the book!

Ellie the Pink Elephant

Ellie the Pink Elephant
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I've been quiet on the blog lately--I'm spending all my free time making toys for my nieces and nephew for Christmas! This is Ellie the Elephant Bag, made for Lily, my little niece, from a Wee Wonderfuls pattern.  The pattern is found in the book Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls to Sew and Love.

Bookworm

Bookworm
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This little wormy is from the Wee Wonderfuls pattern for Evelyn Inchworm. Once I got her finished, I thought she would be a great gift for my favorite librarian, so into the mail she went, to my sister!

Barnyard Balls

For my nephew, Noah, from a pattern I purchased on etsy.

Japanese Craft Book Bunny

Today's project was a bunny made of linen and flannel with embroidered eyes and face. The bunny is for my niece for her 2nd birthday. The pattern was from For Sweet Baby, which I ordered from Yes Asia about a year ago. The background book is a vintage Peter Cottontail that I found at the Friends of the Library Book Sale in Ithaca in the fall.

Kitty Success and Other Things

I would call that a successful gift. Lauren just turned six and she seems to have enjoyed the ballerina kitty! Too cute!

I haven't had much time to make crafts lately, but hopefully will have time again. The month of June was a busy one; I worked three out of four weekends and traveled on the weekend off (the 14th) to attend Becky's wedding shower and visit my family. I also brought my youngest sister Sarah home with me for the rest of the summer. We have been having a nice summer, so far. Yesterday we made a picnic dinner to eat on the deck for the Fourth. Today we are planning on having a crafty day. Hopefully it gets warmer outside, though, I'm freezing!

Ballerina Kitty

This sock kitty was constructed with directions from this book and I made her a tutu to make her into a little ballerina for my niece Lauren, who will be turning 6 in a few weeks. Her tutu is made from 6" wide tulle, which I threaded onto a ribbon using a yarn needle and tied in the back. I embellished it with a ribbon rosette or two and a few leaf-shaped beads that I've had sticking around for a while. I need to think of a name for her before I send her on to her new home.

Glove Critters

My sister Sarah and I made some glove critters from Miyako Kanamori's book. Sarah has been visiting since last Saturday. She's 17 (the youngest!) and I remember when she was born (I was 12) so it's strange that she's already 17. Makes me feel really old!

We have also been crocheting amigurumi and Sarah has come to work with me for the day a few times, too. Work has been very busy this past week, with a lot of sick patients to worry about. On Friday I had to perform five euthanasias, the most I have ever had to do in one day. That's a HARD day. It's nice, though, to be able to come back home and work on some nice, quiet crafts.

More Gift-Making

I've been working on these things for a few weeks and finally finished them. They're for my niece Lily's birthday. She's turning one! The slippers below are from a free pattern from Heather Bailey's website. They're made of a felted wool sweater with leather soles and crocheted flowers. They're stretchy, so hopefully they will fit!

The lambkin here is from a free Patternbee pattern and I made his eyes and nose embroidered so that Lily can't pull them off.

And the amigurumi bunny is from the book Amigurumi World by Ana Paula Rimoli. Here's her blog to check it out.


And all together!

Posy the Pixie Puppy

This is Posy the Pixie Puppy, made for Jenna's (niece) 7th birthday. Fairies are the cool thing among her set these days. I wanted to try one of the glove dogs from Miyako Kanamori's book, and this is what resulted. Her wings have lots of little glass beads on them and her collar is accented with a butterfly bead. I also made a little story book to go along with Posy that describes how she turned from a regular glove dog into a Pixie Puppy and gained the duty of dispensing Dream Dust to all the dogs and puppies! I had a great time watercoloring the illustrations for the little story book, and if there's any interest, I could probably post the book as a Word document download. Below are a few illustrations from the book. I really enjoyed this project and I hope that Jenna does, too! And yep, that is Toby in the final watercolor--he was the model for the "real" sleeping dog.