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crafty fun

so last night this little girl decided she wanted to learn to sew. well, i'm not an overly patient teacher, but hey, why not? she was very patient as i got my work done this morning. then after coming in from playing outside we sat down to get to work. i quickly discovered it was more of her wanting me to sew something for her:) i whipped up a pillow case shirt for her out of an old one i had in my stash. i need to find a ribbon that matches but it is a very vintage cute shirt:) and no, i didn't get a picture of that.

but while i was sewing the shirt, i set her to work on cutting out hearts. she was very diligent for about 7 hearts. then i cut a few, then she cut a few. i had been inspired here ( i am pretty sure if we met in real life we would be instant friends - but for now i just pretend that she is my real life friend!) to put something like this together. i sewed them all together and fell in love!!! and yes, i already have it hanging up!


then i got my craft groove on and whipped up these puppies. i'd been wanting to make the letters every since my dear friend told me about the ones she made her girlies. an empty rice krispy box called out to me from the recycling and the yarn was begging to be used. the hoop? well, i want to paint it a fun color, but i found this scrap fabric and stuck it in there. i want to do several in a variety of colors and fabric for the young lady's wall!

while i had my creative groove on, i decided to give some baked onion rings a try at my son's request....let's just say i'd better stick to yarn, felt, and fabric for a while!!!

one of my goals for 2012 was to get my crafty self back in action. today was fun and hopefully the beginning of a craftier year.

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Shannan Martin said…
From one dork to another: You would have been in good company. :) YOU SHOULD HAVE COME! Ferreals.

Next time?? Baby steps. :)
February 2, 2012 at 9:16 PM
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