OK now don't lol !!!

This is my first atempt at making Easter gifts for my nephews. Their dad loves sock monkeys and got the boys interested in them too. What do you think I need alittle more practice ????

I am sorry I have been away. I have been having trouble with my old car accident injuries. I have recently begun to have pain in my shoulders and down my arms into my hands. The PT Doctor seems to think I have some entrapped nerves that run down my arm. It starts at my neck and runs the entire length of my arm into my hands. Most days I don't feel up to much. I just wanted my readers to know where I have been. 

 

** I will try and visit the blog every few days to post your comments **

Valentin Cutie !!!!

This is a doll I created for one of my Yahoo groups. The pattern is Amelia from Red Dirt Primitives ......

I am a bit late..

Hello everyone.. I am still running behind but I thought I would show you my Christmas Stocking that I made for my Annual Christmas Swap... I had a great time making this little guy. I used variegated, and silver threads on it. I have to admit.. I made a mistake on it.. I discovered the mistake when I edited the photos. I didn't even notice until it was already in the mail. Do you see the mistake??

OH well makes it all the more one of a kind :O) 

I hope my partner loved hers.. I was very excited when I received my exchange from her :O)
 I will modify this post soon to show all of you her lovely stocking!

I also made a fun craft apron for my daughter out of used jeans.... The center pocket has a zinger to attach your scissors and the pocket is to keep them tucked out of the way when not in use ;O)

BDU Messanger Bag

My sister-in-law sent me this photo of my nephew's messenger bag.  I took the rank off it before posting it on Facebook and the last name before putting it here so yes this is the slightly edited version. =)

Scarves

Last time I visited I showed you some hats I made. Today I have a stack o'scarves to show you.

The purple and pink edged scarves are fleece and the rest are flannel.  When I started making them I used this tutorial but after a couple of scarves I started making them like burp cloths. The burp cloth way was much easier and quicker.

Most of the scarves were sent off to the nieces and their kiddos in Missouri and Tennessee  and I have a few left to go in the shop. I bought tons of fleece and flannel when JoAnn's had their Black Friday sale so I can make more when I feel the urge.

Crocheted Cuddle Sack

I haven't been on in a while but just had to show you the

little cuddle sack that I made for my new grandson!

Hands have been bothering me, but I was determined

to finish this before Christmas and I did it!!!!

Isn't it cute???

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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BDU Messanger Bag

Well, I fumbled a Christmas gift. Actually the gift turned out great, but I forgot to take photos before rushing off to the post office to send it. =(  My husband's family decided to draw names this year and I got my nine year old nephew, C.  I was excited because him and his brother were the only two I had a sure plan on what to get.  C loves anything to do with Uncle N and consequently the military.  I carefully cut apart a winter weight BDU top.  I was able to make the whole shell of the bag out of the one top.  The bottom and sides were one long strip that I used the sleeves to create.  I carefully cut and spliced the sleeves, adding the double top stitching to every seam so it would match the real seams of the BDU.  I was able to keep the rank on and line it up at the top of each side.  On the inside I lined it with brown fabric and sewed in a leftover light weight BDU pants pocket.  While making it I took two photos and sent them to my husband.

Alright, I flipped the photo.  Does it trip your eyes out too?  And yes, it's on my sewing machine.  Note to self, the messenger bag pattern is almost big enough to fit as a sewing machine cover. =)  This is the front of the bag, under the flap.  I used the bottom two pockets on the BDU.  Typically we cut open the pockets, then removed the buttons, button hole flap, and any excess fabric; however C, lucked out because this was the first altered BDU and it was only missing the buttons and extra fabric (made it expandable).  After a lot of work, he had four fully functional pockets on the front.

Here's the side of the bag.  Notice the permanent crease up the middle of the rank from all the ironing and starching over the years.  On a side note, my husband doesn't wear uniforms anymore so that rank is old.

Sewin', Crochetin' and Gettin' Creative......Oh My!

Here's some of the things I've been making the last month.

I've been really busy trying to put things in my Etsy Shop to make money for Christmas.

 I crocheted this slouchy hat and a cowl neck scarf

out of a wool and acrylic blend yarn. 

I just kinda made up the pattern off of other hats that I've made.

 another slouchy hat of of a mixture of tweed yarns.

 and I crocheted this rug out of recycled bed sheets.

Can you guess which 2 characters are the main part of the rug?

 These snowmen looked really cute when I put them on a piece of jute

 and added some strips of torn fabric onto the jute. 

My picture of that didn't turn out to well though.

 I love this little dress ornament. 

 I've made dresses out of paper and used them as garland before,

 but I saw some larger fabric dresses on Etsy and loved them,

 so here's my version. 

I made several little dresses and accessorized each one a little different.

This dress I crocheted a collar and cuffs onto the dress and then added a crocheted hand muff.

and then I've been really busy making little felt ornaments and pins. 

 I wanted to get my brother a bottle of wine for Christmas so I made a reversible bag with a handle, then attached a piece of jute that I crocheted and added a felt ornament. 

Everyone is getting homemade gifts this year from us

so I better get busy and finish up some of my other projects.

Have a great weekend!