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Back in the swing
After a nice vacation in Germany, we are home and getting back in the swing of life.
I’m in the midst of finals, one ever 2 weeks for the next 6 weeks, so there still won’t be a ton of posts right now, but I’ll try to post as often as I can.
Before we left I made a couple of last minute things for the trip.
I made Little Bit this box bag for his toiletries. It is made with some super cute kids prints from St. Jude’s and lined in white PLU. It also matches his large wetbag which we used for a laundry sac while traveling.
I also made myself a small box bag for my crochet hooks and sewing bits and bobs. It came in quite handy! I is interlined in fusible fleece, which gives it a bit of structure and it helps keep sewing needles from sticking through!
Posted in hand sewing, Travel
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Tray Table Cover
Our long trip has me really thinking about fun ways to keep Little Bit occupied and happy on a plane. He’s never traveled on a plane before and having little things to do, and personal touches really can make a difference.
When we moved last summer I made him this Travel Lap Desk, and while it is great for in the car, it is way to big for an airplane.
Here is what I’ve come up with… It is a slip cover for an airline tray table. I used some IKEA Fredrika fabric that I had left over from making Little Bit’s curtains for the tray top portion. the whole thing rolls up pretty small when the pockets are empty for storage. I’ll probably just toss it in Little Bit’s Trunki for our flight change rather than empty it out.
It has a couple of pockets in the front for crayons, snacks or small toys, like matchbox cars.
He picked out the lady bug fabric and has made an appearance in his small Peak-a-Boo toy sacks, also for the trip.
I love how the red contrasts nicely with the green, nice and vibrant.
The underside has a zippered pocked made from Katharinahirsch’s Medium Elephants on Blue. I got a the free swatch last August from Spoonflower.com when they were running their free swatch promotion and I finally used it!
Kathainahirsch’s fabrics are so bright and colorful, they are perfect for sewing things for kids.
The buttons at the bottom keep the loops around the backside of the tray table and the ones at the top secure the pocket closed.
The entire cover is lined in plain white cotton fabric.
The bright green fabric is from my stash. The pocket is the perfect size for color pages or a book or two.
This is what the cover looks like when the tray table is in the upright position. the pockets can flip over to the back or be left out for use.
I used a combination of new and stash fabric and notions. I was very happy to finally used the elephant fabric! :)
I’m very pleased with the results and will post a couple of “action shots” in a couple of days after the trip.
Posted in Little Bit, spoonflower, Stash busting, Travel
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Sewing for Little Bit
I’ve been sewing like made to get things ready for our trip. I made two small Peek-A-Boo bags today to hold a couple of toys for the plane ride.
Little Bit picked out the lady bug fabric himself. :) I’d picked out the red for myself, but it went so well I used it too. The white fabric, the clear vinyl, and the braided cotton ties I had on hand.
One of the bags holds a few matchbox cars…
And the other holds Little Bit’s Felt Scape. :) 
Speaking of the Felt Scape… I also made it today. All the felt shapes are made from the scraps of upcycled sweaters. There are stars, hearts, circles, squiggles, diamonds, squares, petals, and some abstract shapes. I got the idea for a portable felt scape toy from Chez Beeper Bebe’s Felt Egg Design Book.
The background fabric is polar fleece because I didn’t have any felt pieces big enough. There is one blue and one white.
Using lots of different felted sweater scraps means a lot of different colors, patterns, thicknesses and textures of felt.
Felt Scape Fun…
This is such a quick and easy no sew project that anyone can make! Little Bit was begging to play with it, so we made one. :)
It is put away now so I can save it for the plane ride.
Travel Things
We are getting ready to take a very long flight and I’ve been making little things for Little Bit to have for the trip.
I had a little fabric left from making Little Bit’s napkins and table cloth that I’d been holding on to for a while, nearly 2 years. I was glad to finally make it into something useful and get it out of the scrap pile! Yea for Stash Busting!
Inspired by Bright Life Toys…Here is the result… a Very Hungry Caterpillar memory game! This will be lots of fun on the plane and it is a nice quiet game. :)
The pieces are backed in the VHC dot fabric, which is the same as the storage bag.
Storage bag with an odd square of the fabric appliqued to the front for easy identification.
My next challenge was to make a travel pillow.
I found this Sew Baby pattern for animal travel pillows at Joann’s yesterday. It sews up really quickly! I made it from an upcycled cashmere sweater and stuffed it with poly-fil. Little Bit is thrilled with his new travel pillow… I wonder if he will name it.
MEOW!
Posted in Little Bit, Reclaimed, sewing, Stash busting, toddler, Travel, up-cycle
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Busy Busy Busy!
I know I haven’t done a real update in weeks…sorry. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in Astronomy, Environmental Health, and Biology… my university courses for this semester. Papers, tests, and now midterms. Ugh!
I have managed to get a lot of sewing done too though.
Here is Lenny the mutant frog from a couple of weeks ago and his normal counterpart…
Two little lamkins in fleece…
A scrappy Bunny in peach, pink, cream and purple (tail) cashmere.
Three more lamkins plushies made from upcycled cashmere!
Here is Raff the Griaffe in fleece looking very curious.
All these animals were made from Funky Friends Patterns with permission. :)
I also finished some crochet work, but the pics aren’t edited yet.
Wordless Wednesday – A Little Spring
Posted in Puget Sound, Spring, Washington, Wordless Wednesday
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Fat Tuesday
I hope everyone who is celebrating Mardi Gras is having a lovely day!
Being in Washington, we just did a little celebrating at home by making some beignets and donning our purple, green, and gold!
Here is Little Bit enjoying his beignets…
Posted in Cooking, holidays, Mardi Gras
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Yesterday’s Sweater
Totally Kids Times wrote a sweet little piece titled Yesterday’s Sweater which showcased items made from upcycled sweaters! I’m very honored that they included a couple of my hats! Thanks Totally Kids Times!
I wanted to share a How To that they also included in their post. Dollar Store Crafts has a quick and easy picture tutorial on Dabbled for making quick upcycled sweater mittens! Don’t Heather’s mitten look great!
Little Bit wouldn’t keep mittens on this year! If he picks out the sweater I’m sure he’ll be more interested in wearing mittens next year!
Sew the Day 