Since Jaxon is a huge hockey fan, he decided that the yellow hat/toque I made for Sackboy is a helmet, the vest his jersey, and he requested a pair of skates to go with the uniform. Here's how the skates turned out too:
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Sackboy for Michelle's nephew
My nephew Jaxon turned 4 a couple of days ago, and since he's a huge fan of Little BIG Planet, I made him a Sackboy. It was a bit of a project in a hurry, so I didn't knit or crochet the Sackboy, like I would have liked. Instead I used a pair of old cotton socks. I don't think I got the ratio of head to body size right (body should be much smaller compared to the head), but overall the toy looked enough like Sackboy to be immediately recognizable by Jaxon's parents (but oddly enough, not by Jaxon himself...).
Since Jaxon is a huge hockey fan, he decided that the yellow hat/toque I made for Sackboy is a helmet, the vest his jersey, and he requested a pair of skates to go with the uniform. Here's how the skates turned out too:
Since Jaxon is a huge hockey fan, he decided that the yellow hat/toque I made for Sackboy is a helmet, the vest his jersey, and he requested a pair of skates to go with the uniform. Here's how the skates turned out too:
Sunday, June 5, 2011
raggy quilt for Nic's nephew
My sister is having her first little baby boy this month, so I made her a raggy quilt. My second quilt evar! I decided to do a mini tutorial here since people seem to love the idea of raggy quilts but it's difficult to explain.
Make sure you wash and dry your flannel first, or it might shrink after you've sewn it, which can lead to puckering and potentially holes if your seam allowance was too narrow in places!
First, cut either squares or long strips of flannel. You need one fabric for the front, and one for the back. With my raggy quilts, you don't need any batting.
Then, you sew the front to the back using any stitch you want. On my squares, I simply made two diagonal lines from corner to corner, to form an "X". For my rectangles, I made a geometric pattern. You could do zig zags, etc. The idea is simply to attach the front fabric to the back.
Then, you sew together your squares and rectangles, holding the back (wrong) side together. This puts your seam (and seam allowance) on the FRONT of the quilt, as pictured in this partially-finished quilt below.
The back looks nice and clean because the seams and extra fabric (seam allowance) are on the front of the quilt.
For the edges, I folded in the fabric and then sewed it.
Once you've got everything sewn together, you snip all those extra pieces of fabric (seam allowance), every 1/3 - 1/2 ".
Then you stick it in the washer and dryer to make it fuzzy!
Here is my sister Shannon with her quilt.
The quilt continues to get fuzzier with more washes and dries, so there's no losing :)
Make sure you wash and dry your flannel first, or it might shrink after you've sewn it, which can lead to puckering and potentially holes if your seam allowance was too narrow in places!
First, cut either squares or long strips of flannel. You need one fabric for the front, and one for the back. With my raggy quilts, you don't need any batting.
Then, you sew the front to the back using any stitch you want. On my squares, I simply made two diagonal lines from corner to corner, to form an "X". For my rectangles, I made a geometric pattern. You could do zig zags, etc. The idea is simply to attach the front fabric to the back.
Then, you sew together your squares and rectangles, holding the back (wrong) side together. This puts your seam (and seam allowance) on the FRONT of the quilt, as pictured in this partially-finished quilt below.
The back looks nice and clean because the seams and extra fabric (seam allowance) are on the front of the quilt.
For the edges, I folded in the fabric and then sewed it.Once you've got everything sewn together, you snip all those extra pieces of fabric (seam allowance), every 1/3 - 1/2 ".
Then you stick it in the washer and dryer to make it fuzzy!
Here is my sister Shannon with her quilt.
The quilt continues to get fuzzier with more washes and dries, so there's no losing :)Monday, May 2, 2011
Birthday Wine and Cheese Party
Yesterday, May 1st, Cory provided us with an opportunity to have a fun party. We gathered together at Michelle's house to celebrate Cory's birthday with wine and cheese.
We had an interesting range of cheeses and snacks, and a nice selection of wines. The beautiful table layout was a group effort (we are all talented crafters after all!), and Nicole was our official photographer.
We ate and drank and talked and laughed...
... well into the night. A fun evening all around.
We had an interesting range of cheeses and snacks, and a nice selection of wines. The beautiful table layout was a group effort (we are all talented crafters after all!), and Nicole was our official photographer.
We ate and drank and talked and laughed...
... well into the night. A fun evening all around.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Upholstering Frenzy
Happy 2011 everyone!!
We've slowed down our crafting (or at least our meetings) the past couple of months. We have worked on a few projects (individually and independently), though, some of which we'll try to post soon. Here are photos of Michelle's latest upholstering/cushion covering experiments:
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