Waldo

This is Waldo. I made him last week, while I was sick with a summer cold.
I made him for me. He has already suffered through one dog attack. This attack required major surgery. I had to remove the entire muzzle and redo it.
Now I make sure Waldo is always placed someplace out of the dogs reach.

Hopefully this cold will be the last for awhile. School is out for the summer so fewer illness should be brought home through the kids for a few weeks.

I have several projects I am wanting to work on, if only I felt up to it.

Camera Bag

This was so cute! I had to make it. I thought when I first saw the pattern that it was for a toy camera and I would have to alter the pattern to make a bag. I was really excited to see it was a bag. The picture of the bag was on the web site a few weeks before the added the pattern. I checked back several times a week, watching for the pattern. I used scraps of cotton yarn to make the bag. I ran out of red so I have not sewn the buttons on the sides or made the neck strap.

Spring is here!

Erik is helping Noah learn to ride a bicycle.

Myra wanted a new hat. I had her pick out a pattern and tell me what color she would like. The yarn is Sinfonia, purchased at Hobby Lobby.

Knit and sew

Myra is going to a Birthday party today. We Made the birthday girl a Doll. Myra picked out the fabrics and trims. She also did all the stuffing. I did the sewing and knitting.
My favorite part of this doll is the swirl fabric used for the hair.

Doily and a Dolly

A sewing project with a little bit of crochet.

The Doily is supposed to have a ruffled edge. But after making the doll I decided it was a perfect shawl for her and stopped where I was.

(Sorry for the Blurry photos, I think I need nes batteries.)

Killer Whale Crochet

Myra really wanted a stuffed Killer Whale. We could not find one at any local stores so I looked around for a pattern. I found a free Whale pattern on a Japanese web site, through the pattern search on Ravelry. I made a few patten changes to make it a little smaller and shape the nose.
I cross stitched all the white details on except the underside of tail. For the tail I just made one from white and crochet them together around outer edge. I added a fin to it's back, also.

A new find.

I went to the thrift store this week. I found this cute little vase for 50 cents!

I have been working on Hand quilting the baby quilt. I forgot to take breaks and move around. I am going to have to take a day off and let my shoulder rest. Ouch!

Butterfly no. 4

This Fan/Butterfly takes a little more Imagination, to see it as a butterfly. But it is my favorite.

200 posts.

Happy Easter!
Each of the kids received a little snail in an egg, for Easter.
I found the pattern here.

I also finished the 3rd of 4 Butterflies. Now I need to remember where I put the printout I made for the last butterfly.

This post is My 200th. Hooray!

Butterfly 2

I finished block 2 of a 4 block wall hanging.

Block 1 of 4 here:
http://flibbertigibbetbunny.blogspot.com/2007/06/applique-and-fun.html

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Applique and fun

The last of the road trips projects is this applique block.

My sister gave me some great Asian prints for Xmas and here is the first use of them. There will be three more blocks in this wall hanging. Two more butterflies and one to be chosen.

The patterns for all these butterflies are taken from The Handbook of Designs and Motifs I shared in an earlier post.

A new hobby for us! Geocaching.

Geocaching is a treasure hunting game where you use a GPS to hide and seek containers with other participants in the activity

Very Sneaky to hid the canister in the fence.

Make a Wish!

Bookmarks

After I made my Japanese Paper Doll, Myra wanted to make one.

Using a pattern and instructions found on the Internet, we made bookmark dolls.

My First Doll

This is my first attempt at making a doll from the "Paper Dolls of Old Japan" book I got for Christmas. The measurements were somewhat hard to follow, but I think It turned out nice for the first try. I think for it to look more like the pictures in the book I need to double the measurements for the Hair. It should be a lot fuller (puffier).

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New Old Books!

Two New Books With Japanese Themes. I have been wanting to make paper dolls of this type for awhile now and was excited to find a book on the subject.

The Handbook of Designs and Motifs is one I had repeatedly checked out from the local library and just decided I needed my own copy. With almost 7000s design to look at I am hoping for quilting inspiration.

Thrift Store Stuff

I bought this vase for the fish.

What is this? A search for Tanuki teaches us that this is the animal's name.
Tanuki translates as "Raccoon Dog"
Is it a String holder? Is it a souvenir drink cup? People on eBay have it listed as both.

Another fish

Yes I made another one!
This one is machine stitching for all but the little area you use to turn it right side out.

Instead of sewing scales on by hand I used bias strips to cover raw edges at the base of the scales.

Easier the second time, but still takes almost 5 hours to complete. The part that takes the longest is turning 4 dozen scales right side out.

Something Fishy

One of my Christmas gifts was a Japanese craft book. It took a little over a month to receive it in the mail.


The above fish was what made me want to order this book. I did not have enough of the purple to do both sides of the scales so I used a plain yellow to add a little contrast. The size of the little purse made putting the lining and the zipper in a challenge.