Sewing Stars

wip- drawing the directions

today i am drawing, which is always a nice break from the machine, and a calming thing to do.

also, i have decided i need to blog more! hence the wip post... more to tomorrow!

ask and you shall receive...

well, normally i wouldn't have done this, but since so many of you all asked, i am going to have a limited edition elephant kit available in the webshop by friday, in either pink or blue. it is limited because the fabric for lining the ears was in limited supply. here are some more images of them:

it seems my 'winter blahs' are over, and i have been kick started back into working like a crazy woman. maybe it was the daylight savings thing, who knows, but i have about a million ideas, and not enough time in a day to do them all!

coffee or tea?

some prototypes... i am working out some details i wanted to improve on, but you get the idea. i have a lot of fun fake drinking coffee, and making the boy fake drink tea with me. yes, we are that silly.

more new stuff later today! it was a busy weekend for me...

update - new plushie goodness!

in the webshop now! there are also giant squid...

where the heck have i been??

well, i was sick for like 2 weeks. which caused a bit of log jam in my life so i have also been busy. i guess that is the norm for me, though. last friday i was on my way back from the fabric store, pulling into my driveway, when my neighbor backed into me.

i then spent friday dealing with insurance stuffs, and then this morning i dropped my poor car off at that progressive concierge service thingie. they gave me keys to a rental:

they just called me to let me know i will see my car probably by the end of this week. that means i need a special musical mix for the rental car, which i have been making for the last hour.

i should be photographing merchandise for my webshop, since i have some new stuff made. i also need to make a trip to the post office, which will be much easier now that i have a car to drive... a crafty post soon!

i want my elephant!

i am still fighting this nasty cold/infection/thing. i did make this last night:

i wish i was better...there would be more sewing goodness if i was more up to it...

super bunny, up up & away!

although mr. bunny dreams of being a super hero, i am dreaming of being well again. i have been sick for several days now, and i am very tired of sitting on my couch sneezing, coughing, and sniffling. this is one heck of a head cold!! i did manage to ink this drawing, and make it into a postcard design. but that is pretty much all i have done since last thursday...which is pretty sad indeed! oh well...more plushy goodness will have to happen on another day.

bright idea? or proof i am a goof?

after changing the light bulbs in the dining room for the millionth time, (yay old new england houses...) i was thinking how easy it would be to make a plush version. so i did. i plan on making some that are different colors, and i want to add arms & legs to them, like i did for the ice cream dolls.

sometimes experiments work!

baby animals everywhere...

one of my favorite patterns to make is the sleepy bunny & blanket. i decided to expand the pattern to make other sleepy baby animals too. a monkey, kitty, elephant, puppy, & bear...

these will be part of a shop update i am working on currently. i feel like i have been sewing & experimenting a lot lately, but often my experiments are met with failure, or else i feel like i can do better. i often feel like that when i make something, its okay, but i know i can do better! so i keep on sewing...

ufo playset

i heard this strange whirring sound coming from my porch, so i grabbed my camera and got this footage...

i think it was using a ray to disrupt my little camera, but i did some better pictures when it got closer...

okay, this wasn't a real UFO, but i was finally able to make a project that worked! it is a UFO playset. i made it with a combo of vinyl. felt & fleece.

the top is removable, and unzips revealing some little alien friends.

i am pretty happy with how it came out!