My Creative Space

We didn't have a market this weekend so I got my creative on! It has been a while. Too long in fact. I bought a the third of the 'Softies' books recently - Simple Softies - which is chock full of patterns for toys that can be made without a sewing machine.

I got the book mainly so I could make the Sampler Kitty. Here's mine:

He has the sweetest little face! This was done with Satin Stitch and Chain Stitch.

To embellish him, I used a scrap of our Gingham Invaded Black on White & handstitched a sampler of different stitches. From the top:

Whipped Whipped Stitch (I think that is what it is called)
Single Feather Stitch
Cross Stitch (to hold down the Gingham Invaded fabric)
Raised Stem Stitch
Arrowhead Stitch
Running Stitch

He was assembled with Whip Stitch.

Kitty sits on my window sill at work and makes me smile during the day. He's so squishable & cute!

Head over to Kirsty's blog to see what other people have been doing this week :)

- Cloud

Free Grug Pattern

Some of you may remember that earlier this year I blogged about this awesome Grug toy that Sue (a fellow ASG member) made for one of her grandchildren. Sue very kindly supplied me with the rough working pattern that she created to make Grug. Since then I have been faffing around trying to write up some instructions and create diagrams so that we can share this pattern with you all.

The pattern can be downloaded from here.

Before you jump in to make a Grug of your very own here are a few disclaimers:

• Grug is a copyrighted character so you cannot sell the complete toy or the pattern.
• The instructions (pages 1 - 4) are on A4 size pages and the pattern pieces (pages 5 - 7) are on A3 size pages.
• The difficulty level of this pattern would be for an intermediate to experienced sewer. I have made some assumptions of knowledge when writing the instructions.
• I have not personally tested this pattern (I hate using furry fabrics) so if someone would like to volunteer to pattern test it would be greatly appreciated.
• If you encounter any errors please let me know and I will update the pattern.
• Grug is just over 30cm tall when completed.

- Ky

Treasury Tuesday

Yay three treasuries again this week. Thank you to everyone who has included us in their treasuries, help us say thank you by clicking on the curators name to check out their store. You can also click on the image if you wish to go to the treasury page on Etsy.

First up we have a cute Halloween themed treasury curated by pocketcarnival. Pocketcarnival is located in Melbourne and she handmakes bags, purses, cards and cute art.

A cheery little treasury by MyOliviaJewelry. My Olivia creates and sells jewelry made using a variety of materials including metal, wire, gemstones, crystals, glass beads, and anything else she can incorporate into her work.

We seem to have made it into another football themed threasury, this one is curated by silverypear. Silverypear appears to be an Etsy buyer rather than a seller.

- Ky

Fabic Friday (on Monday) - New fabric part 4

A bit late with last weeks Fabric Friday post since it is now Monday (where did the weekend go?). We listed lots of new fabrics last week, here is a quick recap.

Echino - Camera by Kokka, this is a beautiful Cotton/Linen blend (Cotton 45% Linen 55%) is perfect for making bags and other structured items.

Echino - Glasses by Kokka available in green or black. This fabric is also a cotton linen blend (Cotton 45% Linen 55%).

Paseo de los Muertos (Dance of the Dead) by Alexander Henry. Dancing skeletons just in time for Halloween and the Day of the Dead.

Tattoo by Alexander Henry, this design is an oldie but we have always loved it, it was just reprinted so we had to order it in.

Last of all we have Punctuation by American Jane for Moda. These fabrics are printed in Japan so the base cloth and print quality are of an extremely high standard.

Alphabet Panel available in Red, Green and Black.

Cute little Daisy Floral available in Red, Green and Blue.

Larger Floral also available in Red, Green and Blue

All of these fabrics and more can be found in our shop. We ship internationally and have free shipping for Australia Orders over $50.

- Ky and Cloud

Vote #1 Voodoo Rabbit

Our Squee Bunny Heart fabric is in this weeks Spoonflower design competition, please vote for us:)

- Ky