I have been making laptop sleeves again. A small bunny laptop sleeve, with yellow lining. Cute as a bunny, definitely a lovely addition to ones work look ;)
Another laptop sleeve is made out of one of my favorite retro fabrics. It has a nice geometric pattern and it looks really cool in a bag. The lining is made of old Finnish fabric called Optic Apple. I added a small pocket on the side, where you can have a charger or other essentials with you.
I have not been blogging much lately. Naturally I have been busy busy with my little boy, who keeps me occupied all day long but the blog also hasn’t been calling for me the way it used to. So, I decided it was time for some facelift, Spring cleaning, New Look!
So, here’s something bit more simple and clean. I like it. I already feel like hanging around here more.
Here’s the little Mommy’s boy on his new play mat. He needed a small play mat for the living room as we often sit on the floor and play with his toys there. (I know! He can sit by himself already. Where does this time go?? ;) ) I used black and white and yellow fabrics to make a nice colour combination, which also fits nicely to our living room. The other side of the mat is totally yellow.
It turned out really nice. The only problem is, that he is not staying on the mat that much anymore, as he is effectively learning to crawl these days.. :D
Here is another costume I made last week. This was made to my friend’s daughter who wanted to be a bunny in her kindergarten costume party. We were thinking of an outfit that could be used after the costume party as well. So, I suggested on a dress that would have bunny ears on the hood and a little bunny tail at the back, that could be removed after the party. The dress is made of white velor and has pink velor lining in the hood and in ears. Pink ribbing adds a bit of colour to the dress.
This cute little bunny girl was a bit shy for the camera, but cute as a bunny nevertheless. ;)
Thank you Minna for the picture!
Now that the party is over, and the tail and ears are taken off, it might be fun to applique a colourful picture on the front. Maybe keep up the bunny theme with nice bunny applique. We shall see about that ;)
My son has a costume party at the kindergarten today and therefore we had to figure out a costume for him. He wanted to be a spider but the idea of making a spider costume was a bit creepy, as I really dislike spiders :D So I got him to change his mind and so we decided to make an owl costume. As always, I wanted to make something comfortable to wear, since kids are always jumping around and my son is definitely not an exception.
I ended up making a brown terry hoodie with appliqued feathers in the front. There are also feathers under the arms so he can fly around like an owl ;) The hood is the owl’s head with pointy ears and big eyes and of course a peak. Little owl feet are hanging from the hem seam to finalize the look.
Such a lovely owl boy, don’t you think? ;)
This laptop sleeve is made of stripy black and white thick cotton and has red polkadot lining. On top of padding I added fleece lining to give more protection for the computer. My hubby ordered a laptop sleeve from me ages ago, but it took forever for me to find time to get it done. Finally I got it done and conveniently just in time for his birthday ;) He was happy to get a laptop sleeve of his own. And I am happy, since now I got my own sleeve back :D
I got in the mood of making stars after those velor trousers and rattle so I made a winter hat for my little cutie pie. It has been such a cold winter weather here in Iceland so far that I needed to make something good and warm to cover those little ears. The hat is made of brown velor and has turquoise star appliqued in the front. The lining is turquoise polarfleece so the hat is definitely warm. I added straps to the hat so it will definitely stay on the ears and cheeks. Elmeri has brown and turquoise winter overall so the hat will fit nicely to that. Cute cute and very warm!
My friend had a babyboy a while ago and I wanted to send him something cute and soft. My little boy loves to play with a star shaped rattle that I made last Christmas, so I decided to make similar one for this new baby. I used bright green polkadot cotton for the star and added a bell inside so it makes little sound when wiggled around. I also made velor trousers for him with green star applique and green ribbing on the waist and ankles. Now he can play with his rattle in matching trousers.. ;)
It has been a busy last few months. My little boy is already over three months old and he is truly a funny little one. He makes his mom laugh everyday. Nowadays he has started to sleep a bit longer during the day so I have had time to sew some things again, which is great. I have definitely missed sewing! Today we went to a three year old birthday and I had made the birthday boy a soft terry shirt with Robot applique. I used brown and stripy terry for the shirt and velor and jersey bits for the applique. Onni was a bit upset that I made a robot shirt for someone else than him, so I think there will be another robot shirt in the making soon.. ;)
My friend got a little baby boy few weeks ago and she asked me to sew him something cute out of old vest she had. It was bright blue vest with big pockets and made of strong cotton so I decided to make baby overalls out of it. I used one of the pockets at the back and added a zipper in front. My friend chose a green thin cotton with clovers for the lining which gives nice colour to the whole. It turned out really cute and is made totally out of recycled fabrics ;)
This little baby owl’s favorite colour is pink. She likes anything pink. Cotton candy, flowers, pink little babies ;) She also likes green, which happens to be a colour of a good friend of hers, the stripy monkey boy. The monkey boy has ears full of hearts and he likes to listen happy children’s stories and songs, which makes him lovely company to be with. He especially likes the little baby owl and wants to sit next to her where ever they are. Baby bed or sofa or even at the car. They are together and best friends ever. And they are looking forward of getting to know one special little baby boy..
