Category Archives: baby

Soft Rainbow Colors Book

I have another baby busy bag exchange this month.  I didn’t want to do the same thing as last month, the crinkle squares.  I wanted to make something I haven’t exchanged yet to add some variety. I’d been stumped about … Continue reading

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Crinkle Square Tutorial

Here’s my tutorial for how to make a crinkle square toy for a baby. You’ll need fabric, some kind of crinkly plastic, ribbon, and thread. I used fleece fabric, an up cycled cereal bag (food grade plastic), grosgrain ribbon, and … Continue reading

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Busy Bag – Baby Crinkle Square

I’m involved in a Busy Bag exchange where each of the 6 mothers in the group makes 6 of something small to occupy our children. The idea is that you keep one and send out the other 5.  The other … Continue reading

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Sashiko Rabbit

I’ve started making a quilt for baby Etienne.  I made a quilt for our son and finished it for his first Christmas, but since Etienne’s first Christmas just passed, I’m going to aim for his first Birthday.  So I have … Continue reading

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Baby Cocoon

I haven’t been doing too much crochet recently, but while going through my yarn I found 2 skeins of Brown Sheep worsted weight Lanaloft wool in purple iris. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it….Make a baby … Continue reading

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Hooked Up

This was not how I’d planned to spend the later half of last week…. Hooked Up. I landed in the emergency room last Wednesday afternoon having heart palpitations.  As it turned out I was having a type of heart arrhythmia called Atrial … Continue reading

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The Week in Wool

This is what I’ve made this week from upcycled wool and cashmere sweaters….mostly hats, and one lone owl. 3 newborn sized gnome / pixie hats… All made from 100% lambswool.  I was destined to spend the rest of the week … Continue reading

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More Pointy Hats!

I finished up a couple more upcycled sweater hats over the weekend! I’m not really a pink person, but this pink stripe really spoke to me. I think it would be perfect for Valentine’s Day or spring pictures in a … Continue reading

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Shop Update Winter Baby Hats

Right before New Years, I added a bunch of new upcycled cashmere baby hats to my Artfire Studio, White Dandelion Works! Here are some of my favorites! So Soft! Fuzzy Mint Green 3 to 6 Months.  This is some of … Continue reading

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Upcycled Cashmere and Wool Hats

I’ve been busy making bunches of wool and cashmere hats!  It gets quite cold here in the evenings and I’ve started to see birds heading south. Fall is fast approaching. I’ve been sewing as much as I can to get … Continue reading

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