taggie blanket

wonderfully simple tutorial over here at project nursery.

I went with longer ribbon strips than she did (I cut them at around 4" instead of 2") and went with 3 on each side instead of 4. Not quite as square as hers, no surprise there!

colorful wavy cotton fabric on one side

sweet soft fleece on the other side

nothing says homemade like twine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used three different fabrics for the outside...

and just one for the inside.

For an NHL Rangers Fan

My friend Cathy is a very enthusiastic Rangers' fan. While they were still in the running for the play-offs I sewed up a few things for her.  The polka dot fabric used for the handles was in my stash--nice color match!

Wallet with hockey fabric for the lining.

Hair scrunchies--easy peasy.

fridamaid

 over at craftster.org smmarrt organized an art doll swap. there are wonderful dolls in the gallery and you can find them all HERE. i was crafting for ericas_tattoos who had some great art doll ideas on her questionnaire. two of those were "mermaid" and "frida kahlo". and it didn't take me too long to know what i wanted to make for her!

 luckily frida kahlo has a very recognizeable face. im not a good artist as far as drawing goes but i was able to do this face using some micron markers. the body fabric came from Rock Paper Scissors which carries utterly fantastic fabric. the owner there has awesome taste.

i was lucky to already have the perfect glass bead for her hair.  I used jewelry findings for her earrings.

i sewed a little bit of a shawl for her and on the back i put a frida kahlo quote that i found that i really liked.

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class of 2013

this shows not even half the graduation class. 600 graduates tonight.

st. edmund h.s. reunion

altered paintbrush

over at craftster.org i joined the altered paintbrush swap that was organized by downtownmonsters. my partner was TheBrokenButterfly who had many terrific themes listed on her questionnaire.

the first two that she listed were Halloween and Pokemon, so I decided to do a mashup of those two themes. the swap called for using 2" paint brushes which are very affordable: mine was .99 at the local hardware store.

the paintbrush became a pokemon speed racer.

and the rider of the brush was this young witch:

as i wrote to Butterfly in my enclosed note, why should young wizards have all the fun?