Mushroom Mask

This eye mask reminds me of cute little cartoon mushrooms, red with white polka dots. And a loverly turquoise on the reverse side. Both sides are satin so it can be used with either gently hugging your face. Nice and comfy, elastic band to wrap around the ol' noggin. Sweet dreams.
I'm planning on selling these for $8.

I like making these because they are quick and require a small amount of fabric, so they are fun to do.




Oh and an update on the Etsy shop. It's pretty much ready to go, but I'm going to wait until we get the banner and text in before linking you there. Hopefully it will be done this weekend. Pin It

Mama's little monkey

One more baby item today. Check out the cool stencil miss K. picked up at a show in Chicago. You can find more awesome stencils like this at Stencil 1. I still had some onsies left from that elephant applique one I tried to make for my sister's baby, so I put one to use.


A blurry close-up:

Another of many cool images available on Stencil 1:

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Baby Peeptee Teepees

No I'm not pregnant. Baby stuff is just easy to make because it's small. Okay and I want a baby, but that's not why I'm making all this stuff. Well, maybe deep down inside there is an underlying psychology to it, but let's not go there.
Anyway, onto the creations. A few months ago I went to a baby shower where my dear friend N. gave the cutest little gift, so I decided to recreate it. These are called Pee-pee Teepees (for the sprinkling wee-wee), and I'm guessing there's a trademark or patent or something, but you can find them here. So I probably can't sell these, at least not under that name, but next family member to have a baby boy, this is what you'll probably get from me :) Comes will a little baggie for keeping them together and for washing. This isn't my favorite fabric, but it's all I had lying around that was boy colored and had a small pattern on it. The insides are terry cloth, for good absorbtion of the little diaper-changing sprinklings. Pin It

I love stripes!

Ok, I just stumbled accross this site and I have to share. You can get striped tights in a billion color options! I love striped tights. I don't own any, but soon I hope to, because I really really love them! Pin It

Recovering

Yeah, that's what I've been up to. I caught a cold from a kid in Nursery, and I've been resting instead of making things. A cold in the middle of summer, that's just wrong. But I did buy some more fabrics last week and I'm excited to make some new stuff! So come back soon. Pin It

Men need sleep too

So I thought I'd make some sleeping eye masks. And for some reason I bought black elastic, even though most of my fabric scraps are light colored, and even though I bought a soft yellow satin for the back side. So all I could dig up that would look good with the black elastic was this olive green and black corderouy leftover from last year's Christmas stockings. And so I call it a manly mask. It really should have had black satin on the back, but I was just working with what I had. This was really just a prototype anyway.... that's what I tell myself.

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Weekend mini project

I finally made a bottle cap pincushion, as I mentioned in a previous post here. This is my version. It's kinda nice for toting around, like when I'm in front of the TV hand sewing, instead of in my craft room. I only had one color of ribbon at home that was the right width.

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