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*Star Trek quiet book* I saw this on Pinterest: http://juliegillrie.blogspot.de/2011/09/my-star-trek-quiet-book.html?m=1 And it's an adorable little project! I was excited to make one for my own little one. But I had a few issues. 1) turns out, I hate embroidering things. And hand stitching? That's for the birds. 2) I didn't want to mix original series and TNG. 3) I wanted to see if I could include more exploratory tactile things. So I used this as a base and made a few changes. My plan was to stitch all the parts together, but if I had to do that this project would already be in the trash. Against my perfectionism, I decided to glue. And not only that but the fastest glue I know, HOT glue! I can zip through this thing in no time! It adds bulk though. And it has the potential to melt things or glob up or become less flexible. I'm trying to spread it thin though. It's hopefully secure enough to withstand a toddler. 12/4/2014 0 Comments Disney princessThis lady is amazingly cool. I wish I was this patient with sewing. If I had better focus and didn't prefer tv so much, maybe. Lol! 12/4/2014 0 Comments IKEA chair slipcoverI didn't make a tutorial, I'm just showing off part of my Christmas decor. We have a kids chair from ikea sitting near our fireplace. It's never been covered yet, with the exception of draping fabric around it to decide what I liked. But I got excited to follow through with the last trip to hobby lobby* when I was holding one of our new stockings, in hand, to match to. I wanted to find something that matched our stockings, would be cheap, cozy, not too cheesy, and a hint of manly. Maybe when I make a cover for the non holiday season, I can show how I made it. (Hint: it was the cheapest, laziest way I could thing of). I wish I had rounded the corners of the top pillow, but I don't want to fix it. *Whereas I choose not to boycott Hobby Lobby, I don't agree with their political views. 11/19/2014 0 Comments Baby it's cold outsideIt's freezing! My first November in the official Mid-West and I don't want to leave my house. Kansas seemed to be slightly warmer and many consider it Great-Plain region. But whatever. I just feel like this: In the spirit of staying warm, I got to crafting a project is seen on Pinterest (actually, it was for sale in etsy, so it likely can be tracked down) The hardest part for me was trying to figure out how big to make it. I used a piece of newspaper to make a template. I ended up making it too tight in the end. It's pulled quite taught and the elastic is quick to spring off. i think this is mostly due to my decision to make it double layered, with flannel inside. The flannel doesn't have any stretch, so I lost that give the fleece had. So there's a chance I'll go back and remove it. |
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