Craft Corner: Embellished T-Shirts

Yes, these were a project for yet another swap over on Craftster! 10 tees for a cute cute little boy. And even more exciting, he and his mommy and family live only a few miles from me! Usually with these swaps, I'm mailing things across the country or even to another country entirely! It was so nice to be able to meet the little cutie that I made these for. We met up at McDonalds last Friday for chicken nuggets, playtime, and t-shirt trading.

Here they are!

First, the stenciled shirts:

dump truck, Level 1 Human (from Warcraft), the Black Pearl
Jack Skellington, NES controller

And the appliqued shirts:

squirrel, elephant, rocket
Mom tattoo, robot

And a closeup of the cute robot monster guy - I had to simplify this pattern a lot, the original used 23 different pieces! No way was I going to do that!
And now I am done with swapping for a while! I need to get going on Christmas gifts, and I have a stack of fabric to make jumpers for E. And I want to knit some socks, and E needs another pair of longies. And my sister needs help with a window seat cushion. And . . . . :P

Craft Corner: felt shish kabob sets

I'm so excited to show off my recently finished felt shish kabob sets! I made these for the Play Food Sweat Shop Swap over on Craftster. The kabobs have onions, green peper, hot red pepper, chicken, and pineapple. They all have a hole in the center to slide onto the stick. I did purchase a pattern from a shop on etsy for these, but I ended up kind of doing my own thing, I don't like how she puts things together.


For this swap, we were also supposed to make a side dish, so I chose baked potatoes.


The pattern for the potatoes is from etsy as well. It's the Bountiful Harvest set from Gulf Coast Cottage. I like this set a lot. I've actually made all the veggies in this set except the green beans and mushrooms, and those are on my to-make list for E for Christmas.

I can't wait to see what I get from the other gals in the swap! We're supposed to be receiving mac and cheese, a quesadilla, a pizza, lasagna, ravioli, spaghetti and meatballs, and chicken nuggets. All of which will be put away for Christmas gifts with the kitchen we are getting for E.

Crafty Friday!

Here are a few of the crafts I've been frantically working on this week! I had send outs for a swap on Craftster called "A Package for the Kids." We all sent packages to each other's children, because they are always so excited to get mail and things for themselves. One package I sent out was to a 10 year old girl, and I'll admit, she had me stumped. She liked a lot of jewelry, which I don't make, and her tv shows and movies that she liked, well, I've never heard of some of them. I have a toddler who doesn't get to watch anything more than Elmo, Backyardigans, and Baby Einstein! But her mom said she was in need of reusable sandwich wraps for school, so I made her these:


I used this tutorial, which I found to be very helpful. I used a cotton print for the outside, and waterproof PUL for the inside. I already have the fabric and PUL cut out for several more for E and some friends who like them.

This not-so-little girl also sings in the choir at her church, so I made her a musical tote bag to take along. I really like this bag! It uses french seams, so it doesn't have a lining. And it has a really big pocket on the outside! The only thing I would do different next time is to use a home decor weight fabric like they suggest. I used a quilters cotton for the cute musical print and it's a little flimsy. I got the tutorial from here.

Finally, I sent her two stuffies. I love to make stuffies, they are always so cute! She likes Phineas and Ferb, and while I have no idea what that is, in my research I found out that it is a cartoon with some pretty cool looking characters. I wanted to do Phineas, Ferb, and their platypus (I'm told his name is Perry???), but they were taking too long to finish. I ended up with only Ferb and the platypus, I'll probably make Phineas later and send it their way. I am extremely proud of these fellows. I drafted the patterns by myself and sewed them all by hand. I did use a little felt glue for the eyes and Ferb's collar, but everything else is sewn on tight.

I'm sending the package out this morning! I hope they like it!!