The Passover Seder is this Friday night. I'm cooking all kinds of traditional foods including matzoh ball soup, sweet and sour brisket, macaroons (dipped in chocolate ganache!), and homemade gefilte fish. My kids and I are featured in an article in today's Boston Herald about people who make their own gefilte fish. You can watch…
Caterpillar and Butterfly: A Reversible Toy!
Once I started thinking about reversible toys I couldn't stop! The next most obvious transformation, after the chick and egg, was a caterpillar and butterfly. So here we go! I present you with this happy green caterpillar that you can turn inside out and it reverses to a butterfly! Like the chick and egg, this…
Chick and Egg Reversible Toy Pattern is Now in the Shop!
I have finished the pattern for the egg that turns inside out and becomes a chick and it is now in my pattern shop on Craftsy. This toy comes together in an hour or two, uses very little fabric, and is so cool. I think you're going to really enjoy making it, and just in…
Chick and Egg: A Reversible Toy!
I made my very first reversible toy! Making toys that you can turn inside out, that transform themselves, is something I'm really excited to explore. There are so many excellent possibilities. And I find them irresistible. You just have to turn it inside and out and start playing. The very best kind of toy! Would…
Softies For Sale Series: Teaching a Class (in-person)
For today's post in my series focusing on turning sewing into a viable career I want to talk about teaching. Before I had children and started sewing softies all the time I was a teacher. I worked in education for six years all together: two as a Teach For America corps member teaching middle school…
Olivia the Octopus Softie Pattern
The idea of making an octopus crossed my mind on Saturday and I quickly became totally obsessed. Once I start down a softie-making road, there is no turning back! And so today I have a new pattern in my Craftsy pattern store! A fleece octopus that is fun to sew and fun to hug! I've…
Custom Plush Toy From a Child’s Drawing
Send me a drawing made by a special child in your life and I will create a custom softie for you! This is a project 've been planning for many months and I'm really pleased to say that today the listings are live! I'm only going to take a few at a time (there are…
Softies For Sale Series: Contributing to Sewing Books
For this installment of my series about turning your love of sewing softies into a career I want to talk about contributing projects to sewing books. Over the last few years I have been asked by editors at many different publishing houses to contribute to collective books that feature projects by many different sewists. Just…
Shark!
I’m working on some fleece sea creatures. This shark, with his big open mouth full of felt teeth, is the first one. Simon is in love with him. And I have to say softies sewn from fleece are so soft! I left this guy squishy so he is awfully huggable, despite his fierce appearance.
Plush Rubber Duck Pattern is Now Available on Craftsy
I'm really excited to finally have a pattern available for instant download! It was one of my goals for 2012 to begin to sell digital patterns and I'm so happy that the plush rubber duck got to go first. He's a cutie pie and I hope you'll love making him! In the pattern you get…
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