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softies; meet ellie the elephant

February 23, 2008 in sewing, softies, thing a day by Sew Funky | 1 comment

My daughter, Briahna, is going to be 8 this time next week – eeek! Anyway, she loves elephants and so I am busy making her lot’s of elephant themed presents. I’ve made an elephant finger puppet, a knitted elephant (what I learnt double pointed knitting for!) and now this cute little softie. I am going to make an elephant facecloth and a appliqued bag too!

an idea is formed
(this will become the applique for the bag!)

a softie is created

This idea has been brewing in my head for about a month now. I think it would make a great baby softie (without the button eyes!). Speaking of the buttons, they are some really old vintage buttons I got from my grandmothers collection – aren’t they gorgeous!!!

I will post more pics of my elephant creations next week, when a certain someone is at school!

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thing a day; two

February 2, 2008 in craft books, softies, thing a day by Sew Funky | No comments

white rabbit & brown bunny
- from my new Aranzi Aronzo Book (The Cute Book)

with the book – aren’t they cute!

new baby monsta!

January 28, 2008 in sewing, softies by Sew Funky | No comments

Here’s a newbie to my house, made just last night!

Hope and Briahna were so excited to meet him, that they wore the shirt I cut him out of! – “Where’s the baby?”

Harrison’s present

January 27, 2008 in bibs, booties, gifts, softies by Sew Funky | No comments

I was wondering how I could pull Harrison’s gift together – how could it be packaged?! When, I had a lightbulb moment – a drawstring bag, that could carry dirty nappies when Liz was out and about! So here are Harry’s gifts in all their glory…

the bag

I am pleased with how the bag turned out, I sewed across the corners to make a squared bottom, and used some cool american crafts ribbon to match the cute fish I appliqued onto the front.

the gifts
(booties, fish & bibs)

the complete package!

Having a whale of a time!

January 26, 2008 in sewing, softies by Sew Funky | No comments

It all began when I looked at the scraps of fabric left over from making this mornings bibs. Something looked a little fishy about them…

I drew a picture of what I thought a great softie would look like based on my fishy thoughts. Excuse both the quality of the pics and the quality of the drawing (I’m not an artist!).

I really like my pincushion – I made it when I was about 10 and it’s a monogram of my initials (maiden name, of course!).

This is the result; having a whale of a time! It’s made out of denim, recycled from Jonathan’s favourite jeans. They were so favoured that they were falling apart major time, so he made them into cut-offs for Parachute Music Festival this morning.