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Reclaimed Foam Chair

Hi again! Here's a little project I did last Spring. My husband found this fuzzy purple Tinkerbell chair on our buy nothing group, hoping that I could make a new cover for it... Challenge accepted! Man this wasn't easy. I took the fuzzy purple cover apart and cut all new pieces with the sage green fabric and Bambi accent. Turned out so well, matches with little one's room AND we got to recycle a chair! Woot! 

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Baby Burp Cloths!

Oh baby! Most crafting I did in this past year was all baby related with our little one arriving in July. Everyone told me I could never have enough burp cloths... So I went in my fabric stash and found flannel. I even got to repurpose some gently used receiving blankets from the thrift store. These were super easy to make. My husband and I just love these! The are super absorbent and cover pretty well. I ended making 20 and it's true, you can NEVER have enough! 

Here's the link to the FREE pattern I used: 
https://blog.treasurie.com/burp-cloth-pattern/ 

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DIY Fabric Book Covers!



Hi there! I've been having fun with my scraps of fabric! I covered a book and a journal too. The best part is that you only need a little piece of fabric to make these easy book covers. Check out one of my old posts for the instructions or simply just watch the video tutorial here

almost no sewing, but lots of folding and pressing!
lovely!

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Flannel Bear Pillow

Hi there! I’ve been busy making an awesome bear pillow this morning! Next year I’m moving to a portable classroom, outside, so I’ve decided to transform it into a cabin. On top of that, our school theme is the canadian forest... how perfect is that?! Every class chose an animal. For my grade 2 class, I chose the bear! Perfect for my whimsical cabin!

Yesterday, i went to Fabircland and bought some brown flannel to make my bear pillows, inspired from this link I found on Pinterest. So soft and cozy! I ended up using a 14inch zipper, which bunches a little. For my second one, I’ll use a different one!

I started crafting some things, but I’m so excited to get in my class in a couple weeks! Stay tuned! 

Hand stiching the face features!
The face is all done! Cute!
Took an old throw cusion and made it round. Ready to stuff it!
Also made this little guy out of the scraps of flannel!









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Zippered Cushion Covers


Hi there! I'm starting to get ready to go back to my classroom and decide to start by added pillows to my reading corner! The best part are the zippers I've added because it makes them so easy to remove and wash! My new ones have giant broccolis/trees and will be a great addition to the other ones!

Wanna make your own? Here's an easy tutorial I found online!
Getting my fabric ready!
Giant broccoli or trees from ikea!

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Easy Kid's Craft Apron

Hi there! I've wanted to sew some little projects for a while. Summer vacation is a perfect time to get my craft on! I recently made this adorable whale apron and found an easy to use pattern and even instructions on this neat blog! Check it out! You don't need much fabric, had about half a meter of each colour! So easy and looks gorgeous!

Materials:
♥ 0.5 m of two different cotton fabrics
♥ ribbon
♥ coordinating thread
♥ metal rectangle slider (for neck strap)




Looks adorable with her new apron!
Some serious sewing is in order!

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Little Plush Monster





I've been having lots of fun sewing this summer! Another sewing project was for my friend's baby! I knew I was meeting him for the first time, so I wanted to make him a little gift. My friend loves handmade goodies, so I knew the monster would be perfect! Check out the instructions on a past post here!

He loves his little monster! Awwww
Made a little apron for her little girl! Check it out here!


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DIY ukulele bag


Hi there! I had a pretty creative afternoon, seeing up a storm! I signed up for a ukulele lesson this Saturday because I've had this instrument lying around and my living room for months. The only problem is that I have nothing to carry my ukulele with to the music studio! My budget is a little tight these days so I decided to whip up my own! I found a picture on Pinterest and just decided to wing it. I even added some quilting batting to give it some extra cushioning and padding. I love it and it only took me 2-3 hours!
My inspiration.. found on Pinterest!

Some quilting to wrap up my little Uke!

Looks awesome!



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DIY Gifts for Baby Boy

Hi there! I just had the pleasure of hosting a very special baby shower. My friend wanted books as gifts, so I found her adorable ones... but I just HAD to make something too! As always I went on a Pinterest frenzy trying to find new DIY sewing projects to do after hitting up a killer sale at my local fabric store! I'm so happy with my sweet bibs, soft receiving blanket and cute stuffed monster! Instead of posting my own tutorials, why don't I just show you where I found these fabulous ideas!?

Happy viewing!

Killer fabric sale at Fabricland!

I used flannel on one side and quilting cotton on the other.


Flannel Receiving Blanket

Materials:
 ♥ One yard of patterned fleece
 ♥ One yard of quilting cotton
 ♥ coordinating thread

Instructions 
found here, on the Stay at home artist blog.







Flannel/cotton bibs complete with side snap-button! 

Bibs with side snap button

Materials:
 ♥ 1/2 yard of patterned fleece
 ♥ 1/2 yard of quilting cotton
 ♥ coordinating thread
 ♥ Snap-button kit and hammer

Instructions 
found here, on the Craft Passion blog. I did not make a chenille bib, but i used the great pattern and the snap button idea!




Cutest little DIY matching monster! I love him!


DIY stuffed Monster

Materials:
 ♥ 12"x 12"of patterned fleece (2 kinds)
 ♥ felt
 ♥ coordinating thread
 ♥ stuffing

Instructions 
found here, on Revoluzza.com
I threw in this completely silly book
Monster, bibs, blanket and book.... Perfect!
And of course with a handmade confetti card

Check out last year's Baby Gifts HERE!

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Personalized Giftset & Pouch

Hi there!I had a fun time sewing a little gift for my Friend yesterday! Ibought her a wonderfully smelling coconut giftset at the body shop, but wasn't crazy about the little pouch it came in, so I thought: why not make her one?! I remembered that she LOVED my kitty cat fabric last time we had craft day together, so i thought: purrrfect! (haha!) So here it is, how to personalize a giftset with some handmade goodness!

Check out the zippered pouch turorial HERE
before (plain)
after (amazing!)
birthday girl looking all happy opening gifts!

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Bird mobile

Hi there! I hope you're having a nice summer! I've been pretty busy with work and big life changes and now things seem to be settling down. I haven't been doing too many crafts lately but This will change in August! I have some fun projects lined up...Hooray!

I wanted to share this adorable Bird Mobile I made for my friend Jess, who is expecting a little girl VERY soon. Remember all those Homemade baby-shower gifts? Well here's another one to add to that set! It matches!





You'll need
  ❀ 1m of fabric (I used various little scraps)
  ❀ 1 spool thread
  ❀ stuffing
  ❀ small beads (eyes)
  ❀ 6" metal ring
  ❀ 3 m of ribbon to cover ring
  ❀ fishing line
  ❀ large button
  ❀ tacky glue

Directions
BIRDS: Cut your fabric using the pattern under here. I made 7 birds (2 perched on the ring and 5 hanging), but you can make as many as you like! Start by sewing a bead on each body (in the middle of the head) for each bird (2/bird). Sew the birds by lining up the belly with the lines on the body, right sides together. You can also add a little ribbon on the top of the bird to loop the fishing line later on. Leave a little opening so that you can turn them right side out and stuff them. Sew shut. Sew the wings (right sides together and flip, then sew shut) and either glue or sew onto each side of the bird.

MOBILE: cover the metal ring by wrapping it in ribbon. Glue in place. Tie 4 x16" pieces of fishing line to the ring and gather by weaving it through a large button and tie a knot. Glue or sew two birds onto the ring. Attach the 5 other birds using fishing line once again and tying them at different heights. Voila!

The Happy mommy unwrapping her mobile!

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DIY sunglasses case!


Hi there!
It was my friend Julia's Birthday today and I decided to include a handmade goody in her gift bag  She's always throwing her expensive sunglasses in her purse, so I figured a nice padded case would serve her good! I found this awesome blog post that explains how to make a fun little zippered case. I just made it slightly smaller and added some quilting batting. Next time I'm gonna try the fun design with the fabric paint & stencil!






Materials
✂ Two 7.5"x 4.5" rectangles of fabric (exterior)
✂  Two 7.5"x 4.5" rectangles of fabric (lining)
✂ Two 7.5"x 4.5" rectangles of batting or felt
✂ 7" zipper
✂ Sewing machine

Instructions here

Check out the cute ice cream cone card I made her! Happy birthday Julia! xo


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DIY Simple Baby Bibs

I made these simple baby bibs last week for my friend Jess! She's expecting soon and I got to make her some fun handmade goodies! i adore how tiny everything is and I especially LOVED shopping in the baby/kid section at my fabric store... Cuteness OVERLOAD! Here's how I made my simple baby bibs!


Materials
♥ crafting cotton i.e. broadcloth (plain)
♥ thin cotton flannel (patterned)
♥ coordinating thread
♥ sewing machine
♥ bib pattern



Instructions

Pin your pattern (I used the one from One Yard Wonders, but you can print this one) and cut the fabric for the front and the back of your bib.

Pin RIGHT sides together and sew along the edge. Make sure to leave an opening at the bottom of about 2" so that you can flip it right side out. Clip curves and turn right side out.

Press all along the edge and tuck in the opened bottom edge.  Sew all along the edge. Sew a button and make a button hole as well. You could alternately sew velcro or even a snap! Voilà!

I love baby fabrics... tiny elepohants and birds?! ADORABLE!


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