Gift bags - fabric

I love what Zaaberry calls the toy bag, hers are so cute and she was kind enough to make a great tutorial in pictures - link. + a later post with some tips and tricks to make it easier to sew

Here is my first attempt, I didn't use the transparent sheet to do it, but plan to have more iterations coming up :-)

Tiger - dyr

New deer doll

Creative Workshop @ the library

Today we attended a family workshop at our local library, the theme this sunday was "create your own theater doll out of old kitchen ware" my son loved the pearls so we ended with a doll and a pearl bracelet :-)

Free postcards in CPH

Autumn leaves craft project

Autumn leaves craft project with toddlerino thanks to lovelydesign's post for the inspiration :-)

Halloween paper bunting

Saw this super cute paper set for Halloween at "A little hut" had to try and do some for our home

Little doll deer to wander those hills

The tutorial was found in the marie claire idees, autumn edition



Boys room curtain - hilly view

Current project - curtains for the boys room

Playing with a stack of stickers....

Children box decoration

Lavender bags

Heart shaped lavender bags

Crochet blanket a la granny style

And I attached a mini crochet cupcake to one of the corners

30 days photo challenge summary

Here is a brief summary in pics of my 30 days photo challenge that could be followed on dailybooth

Boys month - origami boats with fabric tutorial

Boys month again with Christine - Frk Turkis

I am very happy to participate with a quicky tutorial for a very handmade and delicate mobile :-)

For a live tutorial on how to make paper boats here is a video from Howcast

Regarding the dimensions of the rectangles fabric, I used the following ratio: Length/Width = 0,7 which is the ratio of an A4 paper sheet.

First I cut two rectangles and sewed them wrong sides together with a loose zigzag stitch, this allows to always have the nice side showing when folding it.

Then I follow the instructions on how to make the origami paper boat, carefully pressing at each step (this is key to the process!)

At this stage I make a few stitches to sew together the sides folded, where the red cross is on the following picture, on both sides, it helps the boat to keep it's shape in the end.

Then I took some quite stiff wire: two 20 cm long pieces and folded them with my pliers like so:

I then attached 5 blue threads, with which I'll attach the boats to the mobile.