Feelin' Crafty

    Feelin' crafty the past few days. I have actually been on something of a roll and have done some craft sewing, as can be seen...
    I made a felty sandwich as a present for an upcoming birthday. This pattern came from Myrtle and Eunice and if you visit their blog you will find a link to this sandwich tutorial.

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano.

    And after that I made a spoon doll for my eldest. This project came out of a Wee Wonderfuls book which I borrowed from a library [I will have to buy this book, because I borrow this all the time]. I didn't follow the pattern exactly. A few modifications were required. I had a different sized spoon and my eldest wanted the doll to look more like Alice [in Wonderland] so I altered the hair. Anyway the doll was finished in just under two days, between other things and she was christened Meike Alice.

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano.

    Now, what will I do next?.. I am wanting to try something on my sewing machine - free motion sewing. So I'll do that next.

Get This Into You

Happy-happy! Joy-joy! Yesterday I received the two crochet books that I had ordered. I look forward to selecting my first crochet food project.

Also I managed to finish making the felty sandwich for Gwen. The pattern for this project is provided by Myrtle & Eunice, which you can check out by following this link — You Must Be Starving. This is such a fun and easy project. I would even recommend it to the novice sewer. The end result looks so delicious, that you will want to go and make yourself a real salad sandwich to sink your teeth into.

My Creative Space...

The past week has been filled with some crafty endeavors. Including making a paper butterfly, love heart badges, and a felt sandwich.

Love Hearts

Paper butterfly

Felt sandwich — Work in progress

Giving recognition where it is due, the following inspired the above mentioned sparks of creativity:

• The ever inspirational Melissa Goodsell showed how easy it is working with Sculpey and cookie cutters with her blog entry — http://melissagoodsell.typepad.com/day_to_day/2011/02/hip-hip-hooray-for-valentines-day-2.html
• Tania (Myrtle and Eunice) was also kind enough to share her felty sandwich tutorial with her adoring fans. So I have been, ever so loosely, following her instructions on making this sandwich. Once completed it will go with my daughter's tea set. Follow this link to reach the tutorial — http://www.myrtleandeunice.com/2009/11/you-must-be-starving-tutorial.html

What am I reading?
Handmade Nation by Faythe Levine & Cortney Heimerl


What am I browsing through?
Meet Me At Mikes by Pip Lincolne
Sew La Tea Do by Pip Lincolne


What am I excitedly anticipating?
Tasty Crochet by  Rose Langlitz
Yummi ‘Gurumi by Christian Hayden & Mariarosa Sala


What am I crazy about?
Roller skating (I have just watched Whip It. Twice!)
Pineapples
Pancakes with lemon juice and sugar


Check out other wonderful creative spaces over at Kootoyoo — http://www.kootoyoo.com/2011/02/my-creative-space-3.html

Not So Complicated Today

Usually my mind gets a bit lost and frantic between art/craft projects. And I started to feel that way this weekend. But today I am not going to stress about it — just try to enjoy the moment. Which then led me to start writing just a little bit.


We are about to enter February, and Melbourne is forecast for a 39° day. Ouch! Feel the burn. So indoors it is for today. And should I decide to do any washing it will at least dry outside in two seconds flat. The cat has the right idea…

I have a couple of things to look forward to. Over the weekend I ordered two fabulous craft books:

• Tasty Crochet — Rose Langlitz
• Yummi ‘Gurumi — Christian Hayden & Mariarosa Sala

I am hoping to crochet some food treats to go with my daughter's little tea set. It will make her tea parties extra special.

Speaking of crafting food. I was also thinking of making a felt sandwich, as per a tutorial that Myrtle & Eunice prepared a while ago.