Recent Productions

Here's what I've been up to. This flower painting-ish thingy was fun to do even if it looks little kid-like.


And this is what I'm calling my sad monkey. Done for my sister in law at her request, it looks dreadful. Worse than dredful really. But I don't have the time to make a new one before our visit so she's getting it anyway.

Fruit Cat

Done! Here's the third and final softie for my trio of cutie pie lil nephews. The dilemma now is what to make for their older brother who's age 10 or so. Stuffed animals aren't gonna cut it. Hmmmmm.....

He's a fruit cat cause his belly and ear fabric have tiny little fruit slices on them.


I like how his tail came out.
He does appear to have a pretty serious lean going on though. Kinda like the Ed character in Ed, Edd, & Eddie when he runs (No I do not have kids and yes I'm probably too old to be aware of the finer details of cartoons. I have no shame). His head's a bit on the pancake side of things too.

And his his face. My husband picked out the eyes and nose.

Oh Yeah

Here' Turtle Dog from behind. His tail keeps him from looking too bunny-ish.

Turtle Dog - Finito (almost)

Here's the just completed TurtleDog. Except I think I wanna sew him a mouth so he doesn't have to be the strong silent type. Strong yes - I didn't triple sew those seams for nothing. Silent's not necessary though.

Turtle Dog Progress

I'm making a stuffed puppy for one of my nephews. I'm using adorable flannel sleepwear fabrics. I found the blue and green fabric first and then went back to find the perfect fabric for his belly and ears. I couldn't resist the turtle so now he's Turtle Dog!

Here's all the bits cut out:

And here's close-up on his turtle tummy.

Squoosh

Squoosh
Originally uploaded by Felt Up Design.

More inspiration! I spotted this dress on flickr. She made it from a pattern found at her local goodwill. Cute, original looking pieces like this are another reason I need to keep practicing on the sewing machine. (and looking at that dress, getting familiar with my pilates tapes again wouldn't hurt either).

You can see more of her clothes on Flickr.


I did cut out the pieces for a turtle puppy for another nephew. I think he'll come together pretty easy unless I keep making it harder by adding ideas to it. I'll share some progess pictures tonight. I'm making him and the kitty to go with out of kids flannel fabrics which is pretty fun to work with after all that grey corduroy I used for the robot. These ones are very bright.

And I watched Marie Antoinette last night. Pretty! That's the best description for it - pretty, pretty, pretty! And I often find Kirsten Dunst a little on the annoying side (especially in that one movie where she had a southern accent and played a flight attendant. Bleh!). But she was perfect in this one. And oh my the costumes and sets were spectacular.

Good news!

My computer is fixed (and wasn't nearly as messed up as I had assumed). Tonight I will busily be getting all those pictures that have been pent up on my camera. Hooray! I like sharing other people's pictures, but am feeling quite unoriginal lately without much of my own content to add.

In not so great news, my poor little Lincoln hurt his hip playing the other day so we're on a strict regimen of buffered aspirin and no horsing around. Its sad to see the bouncy lil guy not without his high spirits. Hopefully, he recovers quickly. We've had long talks together on how he has to take good care of himself so he can grow old with me. I'm hopelessly smitten with my dog.

I purchased fabrics for a stuffed dog and kitty to be sent out with my robot buddy. I need a cute tummy and ear fabric to go with before I get started. In the meantime, I'm making lots of little puffy origami stars for a garland. Only 1 out of every 3 is okay at the moment so hopefully I get better quickly.

As for inspirations, Danielle White does the most adorable softies:

Blog - http://www.danielleorama.com/
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/30329685@N00/
Buy - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=72244

Martini
Originally uploaded by danielleorama.

So freakin' cute! Those ears! Her beavers and oddball creatures are the coolest I've seen. Stuff like this keeps me practicing.

Making Things

February is make something new everyday month (or something like that). Yesterday I made more of these:



Today I finished Robot Buddy, my first softie ever. He's not the best, but I'm happy to have finished him. He's made out of soft, stretchy grey corduroy with lots and lots of buttons for little fingers to push.

Next softies are gonna be a dog and a cat for Robot Buddy's owner's two older brothers. I'm looking forward to a less square shaped project.

Robot Template and More

Here's my template for my Robot Buddy I'm making for my nephew Baby Keith. The kid is freakin adorable and put me under his spell with his giant brown eyes and repeated attempts to make me fix his lego robot creation. So I'm making him this: And if it 'breaks', it'll be in Washington where his mum and dad will be responsible for fixing it. It should be done this week (maybe even tomorrow if I buckle down). He's gonna be really soft grey corduroy with lots and lots of robot buttons. After that, it'll be two more stuffed creatures for his equally adorable older twin brothers (who I believe are almost five years old). One might be a llama and another a dog if I have their current fixations down correctly.

And of course, this is another felt flower. Typical of me, I know.