Dont Look A Gift Giraffe In The Mouth

Previously, I said I was going to try to make a giraffe. Well, I tried.
She reminds me of a child's rendition of a giraffe.
Hand-sewn from my own imagination. Large cartoon-y eye. A horn and an ear. A blush of pink for the added adorable-ness, and even a heart shaped spot.

She will be going to a friend of mine for her birthday next month. Hopefully, she will be loved.
I will need to work on making a lion for another friend. The lion will have to be more child-friendly.
The giraffe has a large bead for an eye and her spots and cheek are glued on.
I will have to ponder...

...I don't think I can write anymore. I am starved and need to clean up the fabric explosion around me.

Happy Friday

Trial and Error

A friend of mine wanted me to make a dog, doberman, for her friend's birthday. I dont have my own dog patterns, and I couldnt really find some online. I did however find this pattern.
It was for a jack russel. There were no real instructions, but if you know how to sew, you can figure it out.
I am guessing I dont know how to sew.
The pattern was easy to do...converting it from a jack russel to a doberman didn't really seem to work out.
This pup measures 3 inches by 2 inches tall.
My friend requested something small and cute.
We shall see...there's still a month until her friends birthday if she doesnt like it.

Ch-ch-ch-Changes [sorry]

I am thinking of changing my blog layout, but I have no idea what I want it to be. As much as I love the piece of drift wood on the sand, it's been there since the beginning.
Any opinions?
If you're a random person, stumbling upon my blog, feel free to say hello, follow, share!

I am going to try to make a lion and a giraffe for 2 good friends' birthdays. They're not until August, so I have some time to do some testing. Would anyone be willing to help me test patterns?



It's grey and rainy out.
Please enjoy the pictures of my flowers on the side. With the wind, they have lost some petals.So of course these are old. I sure hope my lilies bloom soon. *sad*
Poor baby flowers!

Witch ya want?

My friend over at Diary Of A Bald Girl and I are going to do a doll trade. Once something comes up, if I have the materials, I have to start right away. I was going to use the patterns from the dress I was going to make, but I lent those out to a friend to scale down for me. Impatient, I decided to try to make my own doll pattern without the dress.
I tried to make her "modern" and fun.
I have never made a doll before [it was easy-peasy]. The hardest part was trying to figure out the shoes.
Hopefully she will be loved.




Made from: felt, safety eyes, shell necklace bits, poly-fil, yarn

Lola The Dragon

When you were small, did you ever want a pet dragon? Did you love Pete's Dragon? Puff The Magic Dragon? Dudley the Dragon? or even Dragon from Shrek!?
I did. My older brother got a stuffed Puff, and I got something else -what, I cannot remember. I am thinking Puff was my version of Brown Bear. The toy we got when we were born. As I am 50% sure of this, I am sticking to it. I loved Brown Bear then, and I still love her now, she's almost 24 years old and still makes me smile....
...anyway, back to dragons!
I have a Twitter account. Laugh away.
Done now? OK!
I have a Twitter account and have some amazingly creative people on it.
I came upon Mariska Vos-Bolman and her Fluffels, through Shanalogic's tweets.
Mariska put up a SUPERsuper darling pattern that I fell hard for.
With my misplaced understanding, I thought the pattern was $15 once converted into Canadian funds. A good friend told me that I was wrong, and it was only $9.
Even though Yoki was tugging my heart strings, $15 seemed steep. $9 seemed more reasonable.
I hopped onto my PayPal and purchased the pattern. Shhh..I am supposed to be saving money, but I figured "what the hey!".
Since the pattern was a .pdf and sent to my computer, I had it in just mere minutes. I was excited.
Once I looked at the pattern, it seemed semi-hard. It called for an "advanced skill level". I like to sew, but I dont think I would consider myself "advanced". More of a dabbler.
I still decided to go for it. If I couldn't do it, I would have pushed myself and made something amusing at least.

Today I decided to cut the patterns out and do it! The file had only been on my computer for 3 days. That's a long time to be in pre-birth. I've had no real human babies, but even I know this!
I traced my pattern pieces onto the green felt. I was hoping for hot pink and purple and something lushiously girly..but without spending money and venturing to FabricLand, I used what I had. I am proud of my "thriftiness".

From start to end, Lola only took 7 hours of straight hand sewing. I have a sewing machine, but I like to do things the hard way. I wanted to see how long it would take, how it would turn out, and if I could do it.
This is just proof that if a pattern say "sewing machine", you dont really have to use one. Yes, it would be quicker and probably much neater...but it's only a suggestion. I even tried to add some details to the wings...but I think I needed darker thread or more overlapping.

There were some things I am not too happy about, but she is adorable.
The hands were kind of tricky, her ears are not straight -lets pretend she's listening for danger, her under-belly didn't have enough fabric (but that was an easy fix), I had no batting, so I just stuffed her wings, and no embroidery thread for designs on her belly or tail.
As much as I don't like the list above. I am still VERY proud. She is on my lap as I type, and is making me smile.
Bandit is on the other half of my lap.

Bandit and Pandora were both 'helping' me make her while I was tracing and cutting fabric.

While sewing I was watching LIFE on the Discovery channel. The boyfriend and his friend decided to play Halo Wars, so I mosied over to my computer and started to watch Pushing Daisies. Let me tell you, if you like dark humour and 30min TV series..check it out!

Anyway, speaking of Pushing Daisies, I am going to make more tea and get back to watching.

To see what I'm talking about, I highly suggest seeing these two sites...
Mariska's Fluffels
Shana Logic



The End...for today

Once there was a little girl...

...who found that if she picked up a needle and thread she could make impossible things come to life.


A good friend of mine sent me a package. In it was a CUTE crocheted fox and other goodies. I am sending her a crocheted JiJi from Kikis Delivery Service, a crocheted sunhat, and a small plush riceball. I think all people who sew have made a riceball at least once...there seem to be alot of them on the internet. For the shape of mine, I traced my riceball shaper. It's the real size, so hopefully the real shape too.
I liked making the first one, I decided to make another one too. I have to drop off a Get Well card for a friend's mum. I made her her own riceball too.
I am hoping my embroidery is getting better!


While I was in the spare room today, I found my dress making patterns for a costume I never made. There are like Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, etc.
I have an abunance of white felt..and black...and black that looks plastic.
Perhaps I will make a cute stylish witch!
Only time and talent will tell.


Sing with me now...Sew Sew Sew Your Boat....