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…
Curious About Mainstream Sewing Patterns
In 2005 I bought Simplicity 5825, a sewing pattern for a teddy bear with variations to make a rabbit and a dog. The pattern cost $13.95. I remember picking it out at Joann's and bringing it home. I was curious about sewing toys and I wanted to sew a teddy bear. I remember the thrill…
Custom Plush: From A Child’s Drawing
Update: I am now taking orders for custom toys from children’s drawings. You can find the listings right here! As part of my New Year’s goal to begin to make custom plush toys, I made this toy from one of Simon’s drawings. Simon is 5. All his friends are boys and when he draws, he…
Make Your Own Weather Feltboard
My kids love to play school. They sit all their stuffed animals in a row and teach them all kinds of things. Mostly they imitate their own teachers. In preschool and early elementary school the day seems to always begin with looking at the calendar as a class and then noticing the weather. A few…
Elements of Soft Toy Design #14: An Animal in Motion
Editor's Note: This series of posts became a book! Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction was published by Lark Crafts in 2013. +++++ With just a little extra effort you can take a pattern for a standing animal and transform it into a pattern for a walking, stalking or prowling animal. Motion gives the animal…
Kid’s Craft: How to Make an Easy Rainbow Weaving
My friend, Beth, hosted a little craft night a few weeks back. We were weaving ribbon barrette's, similar to these I found on Etsy. Do you remember wearing these? I had a pink and white pair that I loved. And did you have a plush doll's head, with long braids, to hold all of your…
updating the shop
I cleaned my entire studio space last night. Ahhhh, waking up to clean desk is so nice. I made a big pile fabric scraps to donate to Roxanne's kindergarten class for collage-making. I also cleared room off the top of the shelving unit to make space for birds for the book. I have ten more…
tall bird #2 and a snow storm
Hi there. We are buried under nearly a foot and a half of snow here in Wellesley. It started on Friday afternoon and pretty much didn't stop until Sunday late at night. Sunday afternoon Roxanne and I built the hugest snowman ever. Really. I could barely lift his head. Speaking of not being able to…
A Sweet One
Happy New Year to you and yours.
loop raptor II
Stella got her first haircut yesterday. She was somewhat wary of the whole thing and insisted afterward that they had actually only washed her hair and not cut it at all. There is something so tear jerking about seeing your baby girl in a big salon chair getting her hair done. This week I'm sending…
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