I crafted a couple Christmas presents for my niece... not as many as I would have liked to, but my plans are a little unrealistic at times. Santa brought my niece a lovely pink kitchen, complete with a singing kettle and bubbling pots... so of course every little cook should have a frilly apron and matching oven gloves.
I really enjoyed making the oven gloves, they are so cute. I made the pattern up for both the apron and gloves as I went along. The gloves were my first go at quilting, I would like to do some more quilting projects as I really like the firmness it gives to the fabric. A plan for cushions I think.
This year I visited IKEA for Christmas present inspiration and couldn't resist these fishy finger puppets - I made a little bag for my niece to keep her fishy friends in, the red starfish has a piece of velcro at the centre so that you can stick a crab or mini jaws to it if you like.
more blogging coming soon, I promise...
2 comments:
Hooray! Lovely sewing, you're very clever to have made that up as you go!
Hey Louise Great apron and mitts, did you put any batting in the mitts or was it just 2 layers of fabric?
Hey, when you get round to making your cushions my tip is don't bother with zippers. Use 2 pieces of hemmed fabric for the back instead. You place them so they overlap by quite a bit in the middle. And sew to the front as you would normally. Trim the corners, turn it back the right way and you're done. Simple as that... These photos might help http://www.knitting-and.com/embroidery/cushions.htm
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