Handsewing

Teddy for baby!!

February 26, 2012

I finished Baby's bear this week.  This is about the limit to my craftiness at the moment with due date lingering and the way too warm weather.  My crafty time is mostly now spent sleeping or sprawled out on the couch!  But I am pleased I got this guy finished.
I used the same pattern I used for Juliette's bear (cream one below).  You can find the pattern here. I bought my mohair, joints and eyes here.
Here is Baby's bear pictured with Juliette's (left) and Isabella's (right).  They look like good friends already!

Handsewing

Teddy making progress

February 16, 2012

My German mohair finally arrived last week and I have been slowly putting this bear together for our baby.  The colour is called coffee cocoa and I am using the same pattern I used to make Juliette's bear. I am hoping they will look pretty different because of colour and the individual character that emerges when making a bear.  With only three weeks to go til baby is due, some quiet teddy making on the couch when the kids are asleep is about all the craftiness I can manage at the moment (especially on these hot days!).  Although, having said that, I am feeling an unncessary and self inflicted pressure to get the scrappy quilt finished before baby arrives - even though I intend on putting it in the girls' room. We'll see! 

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Hats

A new hat for Issie

February 14, 2012

Two days before Issie started kinder I could not find her hat.  I considered buying her another one - I could probably find one for about $15 down at my local shops, but then I get the buying vs sewing guilts...."I could make one for nothing as I already have plenty of fabric."
So this little hat was created! It's reversible and Issie loves it because it's pink!  I especially like that it has a wide brim to protect her whole face.  She proudly wore it to kinder this morning and did not want to take it off!

Details:
Pattern - 'Bouquet' brim hat - Ottobre Summer 3/2011
Fabric - 'Kids with kites' by Holly Holderman (I bought this a while ago and could not fin on the net to list) and 'Star sugar' by Kei fabrics
Notions - Stiffening for brim

Handsewing

Little bear

February 09, 2012

I've been eagerly checking the mail box this week awaiting a package to make our baby a cocoa coloured teddy bear.  Each time I've opened the letter box and have only found bills and catalogues, boo hoo.  In the meantime, I decided to finish off this little bear that I started a while ago with some leftover mohair from my sister's stash.  He is about 13cm tall and is very fuzzy and cute!  He is sitting on baby's bookshelf and is looking very at home.  Apparantly my mohair is waiting for me at the post office so I can collect it tomorrow and get started! 

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Baby

This week

February 02, 2012

Here are a few things that have been happening this week...
Cuteness in the vegie patch...
Great success in cooking my first ever batch of macarons!!
The last three squares for my evolving scrappy quilt completed...
One gorgeous cream cardi from my beautfiul Mum for our babe...
Five weeks to go!!

Baby projects left to start (and finish):
  • 1 x chocolate brown mohair teddy bear (eagerly awaiting supplies in the mail)
  • 1 x small nappy bag with change mat to keep in the car or pram
  • 2 x appliqued bodysuits
  • 2 x nurses outfits and a doctor's case for the girls to play with as a gift from me when they come to visit me and their new brother or sister in hospital! Isabella is getting right into performing 'check ups' on her little toys and I know she will love a little outfit, some colourful bandaids and some doctors tools to make the play complete!
I'm linking up today with Our Creative Spaces.