Not too much this weekend. I found some fabric from a gal who used to make burp cloths for boutiques until she had her third child and time was no longer her own. All three for $.50.
I also had the chance to make a couple of projects for an upcoming birthday party for a smashing little 2 year old. As I have two boys, I take great comfort in probably never having to accommodate the unlikely insistence upon a ‘My Little Pony’ party, but it was nice to play with the pastels from my stash. I made this bird with a cage to hang in her room:
The pattern is from Spool Sewing (click here to download the pdf pattern). You can’t see the chest which is linen, then I added the wings (not included in the pattern) and worked in some novelty yarn for a subtle bit of fluffiness. I initially tried to add some beads to the wings, but it looked to fussy to me.
I decided to use some Amy Butler Temple fabric I have had for ages combined with some Anna Griffin fabric my friend Jamie picked up for me at the sample spree at Market into a sweet little arts and crafts tote with a pencil pocket. Inside I have some coloring books and some fabulous rock crayons from the stubby pencil studio (soulemama put me on to these). I couldn’t resist using some large rick rac I found at PIQF last year although it does look slightly more garish in the photo than it does in person. Took me one nap time to complete both!
