Day 286 - Edgar the Elephant.

Hello! This is Edgar he loves reading, cuddles, and riding down slides. xx

Day 197 - Teaching my 5 year old to hand sew.

Today I've been teaching my 5 year old daughter Juliet how to hand sew.

She made this amazing softie, mostly on her own. I showed her how to do a plain sewing stitch around the edge. She cut out a template, and sewed around the edge of her doll. I fixed up a couple of bits where her stitches were too far apart, but she was amazing.

I helped her with the buttons she chose for the eyes, and then she stuffed the doll herself and stitched it closed.

Here she is at work. I'm really proud of her. She wants to make some clothes for her bear now.

Stitching.

Here is her bear before stuffing, she chose the eyes and nose and I sewed the button eyes on for her.

She stuffed the bear.

And here she is looking very happy with her creation. She is currently snuggled up in front of the TV with her bear watching a movie.

Day 184 - Happy Cow

Day 184 is this happy little cow softie. She's from a pattern from the book 'Meet me at Mike's' by Pip Lincolne. This book got me back into sewing in a big way when I found it in a little bookshop about 3 years ago. She's quite spunky I think.

Struggling a bit being back home. A bit of lack of sleep from the smallest little man since we got back, some jet lag, and mourning the loss of amazing and precious family time. Loved seeing the way the kids grew and blossomed while we were away, and sharing all of those new experiences with them. Missing it now. I know we were really lucky to get to do it, but it will take a while to settle back in.

Day 102 - Soft toy baby

I have to admit that sometimes I just do things because I can, and because they make me laugh. Today is one of those days.

I made a soft toy of my baby boy Dylan using an ipad app to first put his head in a chicken suit, then printing it onto some printer fabric. His little little legs are felt and the back is a fleecy lined cotton.