bear with me

Meet Mr. Thor.

I used an old and (never worn) grey sweater from Old Navy. It looks much better as a bear than as a sweater. Hence the never worn. I swear Old Navy sweaters always fit wonky. I need to stop buying them.

I made him for Van for Valentines day.

Another project from Wee Wonderfuls. Yes, I have been busy.

the Ms.

I got this amazing book, (by Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls) and I saw the Katie Kitty pattern and just had to make one for Maloree for Christmas. But first, I had to make a practice one...for me.

Meet Ms. Olive Kat.

I found this soft brown sweater-ish fabric at Hobby Lobby awhile ago and it was perfect for this kitten.

I used the scraps from the Liberty Bibs to make her dress.

I love these shoes- so tiny and adorable.

I made my sister's out of a silky black fabric- I am obsessed with making animals out of silky fabrics, they are so much more cuddly than just cotton or felt and also a little fancier.

Ms. Eleanor Kat and Maloree.

I made her some shoes too- but they kept slipping off. Duh.

I still think she is fancy without them.

penelope

I'm kind of obsessed with this book.

Isn't she adorable? I had to make one. Had to.

Meet Penelope.

Loo-loo named her while we were watching the movie Penelope- have you seen it? It's so cute- and I want her bedroom. Really do. That swing! Ohhhh.

Anyway.

Since I don't have or know any little girls readily available to be my model, I had to hang it on the wall for an action shot.

Such a sweet face, and the hair...so cute and so easy.

I have been coveting the new Moda fabric line called It's a Hoot, and I think it works perfectly. All I had to buy were 5 fat quarters and some felt. This was a really fun, really easy project.

Another fun little girlie thing to go in my already huge collection of Things For Our Future Children. Just so you know I have everything for a play kitchen- except the kitchen. Play food, silverware, plates, pots, pans...and when the time comes, I have a DIY to make a play kitchen.

quilt for baby laura

My friend Kim had a baby girl and the quilt I have been working on for her is finally finished!

I love, love, love this collection of fabrics- Summer Song by Riley Blake. My mom and I about died when it came out last spring- I wanted to make a quilt so badly with the whole collection, but I already have 3 (!) quilt projects lined up- so I would just oogle it whenever we would see it at the fabric store.

Then back in November Kim asked if I could make a quilt for her baby girl- and I highly suggested this collection. Little did I know that by then it had been discontinued (of course) so I had to hunt to find it, (thank you etsy!) but I did. And I am beyond excited to give it to her!

Front

Back (I always like to do a little something with the back, so it could be reversible.)

Holly @ Elaine's Quilt Block did a very fine job at machine quilting it, as usual. I love her!

Seriously. In love. Do I have to give it away?

Since this was such an easy design to piece and sew, I had to add a little appliqued tree with her name embroidered to the back...

Gorgeous.

Congrats Kim! You made a very fine choice- and I loved every minute making it for your precious baby girl!

miss chloe

I saw this wonderful doll on the Wee Wonderfuls website- I was really hoping she'd be in the book, but she is not. Nevertheless, I bought the PDF pattern anyway, and went to town!

(photo from the wee wonderfuls website)

I fell in love with her mostly because of her hair. Loo-loo has beautiful blond hair that has a little natural curl to it- so different than the rest of our family. This is the kind of doll I wanted to make for Loo-loo originally- remember the one I made for her last year for her birthday?

Yeah, this one is much better!

This is the first dress I made for her- it's the pattern that came with the doll. But I don't like it. It's cute, but I just wanted something- different. I took a gamble and used this pattern, just 15% smaller. I didn't know if it would fit- I am SO glad it worked out!

This is a much more Loo-loo like doll, dontcha think?

Hello.

Her hair is a natural wool yarn, braided then soaked in warm water to shrink it slightly, and to give it those perfect waves.

As I was cutting it up to make the hairstyle, I kinda felt like I was working with dried ramen noodles.

It really is a cute dress, I will just have use it for one of her friends!