Continuing on with my exploration of soft toy design, I decided to try a pattern from Anne Dyer’s book, Design Your Own Stuffed Toys. This book was recommended to me by a blog reader (thank you!). It was published in 1969 (the year my parent’s got married). Here is what I would say about this…
Book Review: The Big Book of Soft Toy by Mabs Tyler
I'm going to return to the horse and revise. But the other day I checked out a few vintage craft books from the local library and I couldn't resist sewing through some more patterns. I have checked these books out many times, especially four or five years ago when I was first beginning to sew…
Book Review: Soft Animals A to Z by Carolyn Vosburg Hall
I've had this book, Soft Animals A to Z by Carolyn Vosburg Hall, for a while, and although I'd read all the patterns I had never sewn anything from it. It is a fairly new book as soft toy pattern books go, published in 2003, and it is ambitious. 26 patterns of every sort of…
Book Review: Good Design in Soft Toys by Rudi de Sarigny
In between writing pattern instructions for the last six projects in the book I made Rudi’s lamb. I’m still enjoying sewing with wool felt. I had a few felt punched flowers left over from another project and made the lamb a little floral garland to wear around her neck. The top of the legs on…
Book Review Par 1: Hand-Stitched Felt by Kata Golda
I have a new niece, Loretta. I haven’t met her yet, but I hear she is adorable and resembles my father. This must mean she is a bit swarthy with thinning hair. I couldn’t resist making her a set of hand-stitched finger puppets from Kata Golda’s book. She will get these for Hanukkah. I almost…
Book Review Part 2: Hand-Stitched Felt by Kata Golda
I recently received a copy of a very sweet new craft book by Kata Golda called Hand-Stitched Felt: 25 Whimsical Sewing Projects. I had noticed Kata’s softies before in some catalogs and wondered how these little handmade felt softies ended up in there. She tells her story in the introduction of the book. It turns…
Book Review: Cute Yummy Time by La Carmina
I was given a sneak peak at a new book out by Penguin called Cute Yummy Time: 70 Recipes for the Cutest Food You’ll Ever Eat by La Carmina. According to Spice Kitchen and Bar, the recipes are like little projects inspired by food that might be included in a bento box, but geared to…
Softies Only a Mother Could Love
Many of you may remember the two beautiful books put out by Penguin Australia – Softies and More Softies. I was honored to have two patterns published in each of these amazing books, and they really are amazing. Great photography, adorable patterns by some terrific and inspiring artists and soft toy makers, and just so…
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