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25
Apr 2011

Sew sew sew

The sewing machine has been running hot over the past few weeks. I’m an occasional lurker/poster over at Craftster and was there for the announcement of the May Craft Challenge which was all about the Earth. Since the contest isn’t ready for entries yet (they go up early May) I’m not showing you my finished project just yet, but here’s a work in progress shot:

You can probably tell it’s a patchwork earth right? Well in case you can’t, it’s a patchwork Earth. It came out okay, I think. I won’t win the contest, but it was fun to do and that’s the main thing.

Now, on to finished projects! My Aunt is off to the UK in a couple of weeks and will be staying with a friend who collects owls, so she asked me to make some more Abraham Owls for her, which I did.

I’m really pleased with how the colours on the owls worked out. I wasn’t sure of what colours the recipient liked, so I went with owly colours for safety.  The Abraham Owl pattern is free from Lollychops, while the little crochet guy is a free pattern from Roman Sock.  I’m less pleased with him to be honest, the first one I did came out a lot more owly. Oh well.

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14
Jul 2010

Crafty Little Cactus

I’ve not been blogging so much but I have been crafting my fingers to the very bone (well maybe not actual bone) for various swaps. So, let’s review! Over the past couple of weeks I’ve made:

1. A Dashing Dachshund

He looks all flat because he IS all flat, with postage being what it is now we try to save a couple of cents by sending larger softies unstuffed.

If  you’d like to make your own dachshund (it’s a super simple pattern) you can grab the pattern and directions right here.

2. Some recycled brooches

These are made from bits of soft drink cans and postcards, but you could use anything on the inside. The red one is 3cm by 3cm and the blue one is 4cm x 4cm. They’re easy to make, though a bit fiddly. Cutting the cans is no drama, you can use ordinary scissors. For the directions, check this thread on Craftster.

3. More Abraham Owls

A gift for my Aunt’s birthday (she was born on the 4th of July yanno). The Abraham Owl pattern is free from LollyChops.

4. A Heart Pincushion

All 4 of the fabrics for the heart came from the same shirt, so you can imagine what a freakish disaster that shirt was before I hacked it up for my own needs. Thank you Savers! The pattern and tutorial for this pincushion (which would be easy to adapt to shapes other than hearty ones) can be found at So Happy Together.

5. Tenticlo

Tenticlo is my own design, made for a Free Range Monster swap (ie, design and sew a monster). I’ll be posting a pattern and tute for this guy sometime in the next few days. He came out pretty well, he’s entirely hand sewn in felt.

So that’s most of what I’ve been up to, I’m in the middle of some flowers for a swap right now, and there’s 1 other thing I made which I can’t post pics of yet because I want the person who is getting it to be surprised, and Australia Post is being a bitch about mail delivery.

Till next time, tarah!

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21
May 2010

Oh Really, Owls?

Really! Again for Swap-Bot I finished these guys today.

They’re not QUITE as classy or well made as the originals which I shall link to later on in this post, but I think they came out pretty cute.  The main bodies are just three pieces, the pointy owl top and the base.

The base, being round, is a touch tricky for people like me. I suggest when you make them (there is no IF you make them, it’s all WHEN. I mean seriously, LOOK at them) you just take it super slow and careful. Unless you’re an amazing sewing person, in which case – bah on you.

I also recommend leaving a much larger gap in the side for turning and stuffing as you need to slip a cardboard base in there. Lots easier without having to fold the card.

Here they are having a little conflab about the future, they are destined to be shipped off to the US tomorrow or Monday for my swap partner.

And here they are rushing off to find their passports and pack their luggage, which consists of a collection of magazines for the plane, and hats in case of hot sun conditions.

Mama has “ordered” two of these for my Aunts birthday, so there’s more to come. Now you’ve seen them and want some for yourself, the best thing to do would be to wander on over to the tutorial and pattern on Lollychops.  It’s possibly the most entertaining tutorial ever.

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