Sock Monkey These instructions for a sock monkey pattern show you how to make a classic sock monkey with a step by step tutorial. Easy to make sewing project with lots of pictures. What you need pair of socks sewing machine buttons (just two for the eyes) ruler pens scissors stuffing pins needle and thread Instructions All that we need: Sock Monkey – What you need We start by making the body and legs of the monkey. Sock Monkey Socks Heels Flattened First, turn one of the socks inside out and flatten it so that the heel is centered (as in the picture above). Sewing the first leg Here I’m beginning to sew the first leg. Line Of Stitching Here you can see my line of stitching down the sock and the way I’ve turned it to round off the foot. Seam Lines Here you can clearly see the seam lines delineating the legs, each ending in a rounded off foot. Sock Monkey Torso Your inside-out monkey torso has a convenient hole in the crotch through which you can turn him rightside-out. Sock Monkey Torso in 3D Sew the tails
Re-use First things first! Thank you SO MUCH for all the love and well wishes on my Birthday Love List last week. Celebrations and school were keeping me extra busy, but of course I read each comment, and every single one of them made my birthday so much better. So thank you!!! I live in an itsy bitsy cottage, freestanding – a rare point of pride in this ridiculously overpriced paradise – and in many ways falling apart. I generally try to avoid Pinterest. Boy howdy, this project. Glass straws are one of my absolute favorite plastic replacements.
No Sew Felt Owl Plush Who wants a NO SEW tutorial for this ADORABLE owl plushy that ONLY takes about 45 minutes to make? This would be PERFECT for Activity Day projects or Young Women activities! *NOTE* You can hand stitch everything if you don't want to use the glue gun! ;) 6 sheets of felt*2 sheets for body*1 white for eyes*1 for wings (any color you want)*1 for belly (any color you want)*one for the nose (I used orange)Glue gun/gluesticksNeedle and Embroidery thread (any colors you want)stuffing (not the kind you use in a Turkey...)The Template (save it as an image, open in Word Processor/Works/Photoshop) and printScissors2 buttons (or you can cut out 2 small circles of felt for the pupils) OWL TEMPLATE (2 pages)Each page is the size of an 8.5 x 11 piece of cardstock Okay, now you're going to cut out the pieces. Now, decide what color you want the different parts of the owl. Once you have all your pieces cut out, you'll lay it out like THIS (These are Whitney's owl pieces) Now for the hardest part.
Microwavable Sock Frog (Now with huge pic tutorial!) - TOYS, DOLLS AND PLAYTHINGS Tutorial added after the pictures of the first sock frog! After offering to make a friend either a sock monkey, sock dog, or sock cat, she requested a sock frog. I've never made a sock frog before, and didn't have a pattern, but I felt confident because of all the experience I now have making sock animals. Anyway, I love how it turned out!The stuffing is a mixture of two things... the bulk of the stuffing is a pouch of rice I made, and the rest is just normal polyester fluff. I put the rice in a pouch first, because I find that fluffy socks (...or any socks, really) tend to loose rice or flax seed from stretching and tiny holes and bad fairies. Thanks for looking! Here's how I made the sock frogs! First, I started off with a pair of socks. Take one sock, and flip it inside out. Sew the legs of your sock frog, the same way you would with a sock monkey. To make the toes, I sewed in two triangles, as pictured below. Turn this sock right side out, and set aside! Fill your pouch!
t-shirt latch hook rug tutorial I really love flokati rugs. I have two that are safely tucked away in my parents basement awaiting our reunion. When I learned that I would be having a child and building a nursery for him, I wanted a flokati. I’m going to show you how it’s done, but let me warn you- while this rug was super inexpensive to make with the resource of money- it was very costly in the resource of time. And now, this is how to make your very own latch hook rug. Supplies: Latch hook canvas latch hook tool old t-shirts scissors or rotary cutting tool/mat seam binding masking tape dye (optional) All of these things should be available at your local craft store, with the exception of the old t-shirts. On to the making! Once you’ve gathered all of your shirts, use a rotary cutting tool and mat (you can certainly use scissors but the results are less precise) to cut the shirts into 1 inch strips. Once you have all of the strips cut, it’s time to dye them if you’d like. Now you’re ready to hook! xo elle
Candy Heart Garland I'm excited about the new look for my blog. The design comes from the same lady who designed my photography business blog. I'm still working on things and will hopefully have it finalized soon. Also... Valentines Day is a big deal for Alanna because we usually have or go to a party with her friends. Anyway... Last night I made a garland out of candy hearts. For my first attempt, I hot glued them to a grosgrain ribbon. I figured it was the weight pulling it over, so I glued another row of hearts to the backside of them. Getting annoyed, I gave it one more chance. It looks adorable and it was really cheap!
Tutorial and Pattern: Cloth Napkins 5 Ways Remember that cloth napkin project I've had going on all summer? Well, it's finally done, dammit. I mean, dangit. Done. BUT, I thought you might like to start your own personal cloth napkin project--so I whipped up a little tutorial for you that covers the five styles of napkins I made: The basic, no-frills napkin (see original post here and here)The sweet and simple rick rack variety (original post here)The pretty ruffled one (original post here)The bossy "EAT" applique napkin (original post here)The embroidered vintage happy face napkin (see below)The tutorial includes step-by-step instructions with a few illustrations, and patterns where necessary. And a couple more things I want to point out--like the final two napkin varieties I made to finish up my crazed napkin project...yes, these vintage-inspired happy faces that I embroidered onto the corner of some linen napkins. And finally, remember those yellow ruffled napkins I made earlier?
Ornament Wreath 101 After seeing this ADORABLE ornament wreath on a million other blogs, I knew this had to be my next project. SO cute, right?! And Eddie Ross was telling me I could actually do it myself?! First up…a stop at the Dollar Tree. Here’s what you’ll need to get started… A glue stick, a wire coat hanger, and ornaments. Take your wire hanger and bend it into a circle…or in my case, something that’s in the ballpark of being circular?! Now. Thank the Lord I was only about 4 ornaments into the project or I’d have been BEYOND annoyed!!! But keep going…and make sure to alternate colors and sizes as you go. I was getting SO excited as I kept going. I mean, c’mon y’all. And if you’re anything like me, you might actually think about leaving everything where it is for your husband to clean up the next day. Now I need to figure out where to put it!!!! Total cost: $11. Not too shabby, right?!
Rainbow Princess Dress I'm done. I'm done. I'm done, I'm done, I'm done! (Humming to "I'm Late" from Alice in Wonderland.) When I asked my daughter what she wanted to be for Halloween, she was very specific. This dress took 5 days, three different trips to the fabric store and lots of groaning and wailing on my part. Meet the Rainbow Princess: She has 2 tutu's and a petticoat under the dress. I still need to add a hook and eye to the top of the dress. Poor little thing had an accident at pre-school involving a slide and the ground last week. Now I need to spend the rest of the day taking care of all the chores I neglected all week. If you like this project and want to see more, please consider becoming a follower.
My Girls' Storybook Princess Party Just so you know...This is a LONGG post LOADED with DIY ideasand Fun Party Details. You've been warned. :)My Girls recently turned 1 and 3! (ahh! still in shock.) I love putting together their birthday parties and making it a special day full of fun memories.One of the best parts of being a mommy has got to beseeing their faces when I put together fun things like this. Sophia wanted a princess party but was also in love with anything mermaids! It started with the invite..I made fun DIY Pop-Up invites! "To get to their Castle you must travel through the butterfly garden, past the mermaid candy cove and the pirate ship of captain bubbles. Each place on the map matched up with a station at the party! Supplies & Cost of Castle Boxes...FREE Paint...FREE (mixed white and pink leftovers) Banner Garlands...FREE (Designed/Printed on Cardstock and Sewn together.) Drawbridge(working!)... Zip Ties...Target (Home Depot has a 100 Pack - $4...LOTS leftover.) I think one of my favorite touches is the clouds!
One of my favorite Etsy shop: Lucky Star Lane Hi there, lovely ladies! How's your day? I hope you are all fine. I have recently discovered an Etsy shop which sells a variety of cute and adorable party decoration items and the stuff. I am sure most of you already know Erin. I was looking at her shop for the nth time tonight and I just can't help sharing with you MY favorites! In case you don't know, we are crazy over owls here! Look at this Diaper Cake! Now, how about this owl centerpiece? Owl corsages!!! Cute centerpiece topper. And this owl corsage for a baby boy shower! She's got other pretty things there, not just owls! So what d'ya say about this rag garland? Oh, and this Ribbon and Lace Chandelier decoration is absolutely lovely! And these flower pins are too cute for words! She's so talented and so creative, you've got to see it for yourself. Hugs,
embroidery ***i have a new post here with some updates and announcements, please take time to read!*** here are some embroidery projects that i've been working on over the past little bit. i got the idea for this first one when we saw a tree at the tulip gardens with some initials carved into it. steven told me that when we own our own house, he'll carve our initials in it. so in the meantime, we have this one to hang in our house. i tried a brand new stitch on it, and i think it turned out rather well. i'll need a bit more practice before i'd say it was perfect, but it's not bad! this second project was inspired by a post from twig and thistle. i'd heard of other people embroidering letters before too. but i never got around to it. i've had the idea in my head for a while to embroider some sweet text messages from the first little bit that we were engaged, but i can't find my charger for that phone, so i can't find any. anyway, here's my second project. [[do tell!]] <3katie