Rockets!

I really like this Blog called The Long Thread she has all kinds of really cute projects and best of all there are lots of things to make little boys and sense I have one of those thats really good for me. I came across this rocket tutorial early this summer and filed it away then when hunting around a fabric store I found some amazing fabric that would be perfect for it so I whipped up two of these little rockets for Christmas. The only thing I changed on it was I made a simple pocket for the little egg guy to ride in stead of the hole.

Felt Food

One of littleman's gifts this year was felt food. I don't think I will ever make a set like this again I didn't realize the type of time it was going to take but I am very happy with the result. There are a ton of free patterns out there but I got mine from some really great etsy sellers.

(this set has a bag, a half dozen eggs, milk, butter, can of tuna, can of soup, can of green beans, can of corn, and a fish)

(this set has some potatos,eggplant,corn,tomato, celery , onion, mushroom, carrot, squarsh, peas, and lettuce)

(this set has a plum, apple, orange, and peach)

A little crochet

I made three crochet items this christmas, 2 scarves and 1 hat. I forgot to take pictures of one of the scarves but here is the second one

I got the pattern from here and I really love how fun it is

The second item is a hat to go with littleman's button flapped long john jamies on christmas eve and is my pattern.

Pattern

row1-chain to the length of the head size you want then whip stitch at the end

row2through8- single crochet in each single crochet (2 rows of red then 2 rows of white

row-9throughEnd-single crochet in every other single crochet (decreacing with every first row of the color, so decrease on the first red then do a normal row or red switch to white and decrease then do a normal row of white)

Keep doing row nine till you reach your desired length then you can add pompoms or what ever edging you like!

Fabric Doll House Purse

While I was googling around for christmas gift ideas this year I came across this post and I fell in love with the idea and I also had the perfect person on my list to recieve this gift. Sense this isn't my pattern or idea I won't give any directions on it but head over to UK lass in US she has a great tutorial. I did change it up a bit by not using the frame she did, instead I just used a good amount of batting and cut the fabric out in the shapes instead of wraping it (this was for a two year old and I was afraid to put anything hard in it). I also purchased a wooden doll house furniture set(4 bucks at micheaals) and made a quick zip bag to carry it all in. I am really happy how it turned out and I think I will make it again especially sense the whole thing can be made out of your fabric scraps.

Stacking Blocks

A great gift for little fingers are squeshy tag stacking blocks. There are lots of free patterns for them out there, but they are simple enough that you can get the job done with out a real pattern. Here is my take on them.
(difficulty/time scale I would rank these as easy peasy maybe an hour at the most to whip up a whole set)

Supplies

• (6-6x6 pieces of soft and fun fabric)X the number of blocks you want to make
• (4-2" pieces of cordinating ribbion)X the number of the blocks you want to make
• Stuffing (I like to save old pillows )
• Cordinating thread
• Needle
• Sewing machine

Process

• Step 1. Take four of the squares and sew Square1's edge to Square2's edge (right sides together (right sides are the sides of te fabric that you want to show)) then sew Square2's other edge to Square3's edge then sew Square3's other edge to Square4's edge (you should have a straight line of fabric) finally for this step Sew Square4's edge to Square1's edge (you should now have a circle of fabric)
• Step 2. Take the the other 2 squares and attatch them as tops and bottoms (be sure to leave a spot unsewn to turn you project right side in)
• Step 3. Turn your project right side in and stuff with your fill (make sure to poke all your corner with the corner stick to get nice stiff corners) also at this point if you wish you can put jingle bells in the block or maybe krinkle paper
• Step4. Sew up your turning hole
• Step5. Fold the ribbons in half and attatch them to the edges with a needle and thread

I made this for littleman when he was about 7-8 months old and he really loved them, and I made them this year in two variations: a smaller set for a 6 month old little guy so that they would be easy to hold and eat and a large squishier set for a little 1 year old girl so she could build and fall on them with out getting hurt.All three times they where a huge hit!