Lucas' bear

A childhood friend of mine had a request...

To make a bear out of an infant 0-3 month sleeper.

Not one to back away from a challenge, I accepted.

Meet the bear.

It was a side zipper onesie with this on the stomach.

I had considered putting this on the belly of the bear, 

but the belly pattern has two darts, one on top and one on the bottom. 

I didn't want the top dart to go into the Tigger face. 

Turns out, it probably would have been okay.

Accompanying the outfit was a knitted hat and mittens. 

The hat of the bear is from the mitten. 

I wet it, stretched it out and put a pompom on top.

I unraveled the second mitten and knit the scarf.

The bear pattern comes from  Abby Glassenberg's book,

Stuffed-Animals-From-Concept-Construction

I LOVE this book. I love her patterns.

The lesson with this pattern is joints.

The best part?! The neck is jointed to the body!

No fiddling with sewing the head on.

I LOVE it.

But alas, my doll joints were too big for the arms and legs, 

so I had to use button joints. 

The eyes are safety eyes with a felt circle on the back. 

The little eye brow did a lot in giving him a little personality.

I am looking forward to making this bear again, but with an enlarged pattern.

It will be made from her late father's corduroy blazer.

That will be fun, with proper jointed arms and legs.

This is a wee one to be sure.

Hope all is well and cosy where you are.

We finally have a bit of winter here today.

Cold temps and all.

Christmas Craft Fair circuit

Whew!

With 3 out of 4 craft fairs done, I am ready to take a break today.

And of course, taking the time to say hello to you is on the top of my list!

This table set up was at the Ingomar sale. 

Jam packed on a 5 foot table.

I can confidently say that most things on this table are gawn.

 

For some reason, I don't have a picture of my sale at the Fire Hall, so I move on to the sale at The Grand Hotel in Yarmouth.

Sorry for the fuzzy... I cleaned my lens after this.

I can confidently say, that most things on this table are available.

Weird show.. Widely advertised and attended, but not a lot of buying. hmm?

 I needed a break from sweater sewing one day, so I played around with cashmere scarves.

Voila... hot water bottle covers. love em

 These cashmere infant hats are soo soft and adorable.

Like my balloon display?

Basket of mittens from sales ago. 

All gone, but I do have more. Of course.

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE this little kid section.

Those puppets please me.

And working with the felt in hair clips and tooth fairy bags. niiice

My first batch of stockings. gawn

My second batch. All available

And amongst the Christmas making, I got to make this little one for a new wee one in the world.

With a reversible dress.

One more craft sale on FRIDAY, at the Lockeport Pavillion 12-4

I will have a few more things added. Hopefully with a kid focus.

For a more up to date view of what I am doing,

check out my facebook page

ta ta for now....

Amanda

Spring Craft fair

Last weekend, there was a craft fair at the fire hall.

I'm really liking my new-ish wire burlap baskets and chalk paint labels.

I decided to try some new items for summer.

 Cashmere socks!

And of course, I must have lovies for the littles.

The following items are now available at  

Studio 138, Shelburne

Bear friend in a tin

 bunny in a basket. Actually, they are sold separately.

The ever fabulous, Hand Puppets

Socks, dollies, glass plates

 And trinket tray

 This past weekend, we also celebrated Neve's 1st Communion.

T'was a lovely day for a lovely occasion with some family visiting too.

Have a good one.

Amanda

Bunnies!

Last year, I made this guy

Check him out here

And this past month, I made a girl.

(please excuse these photos. 

New cell phone camera, pressed for time and space and no chance for retake)

I did enjoy making her and her reversible dress.

So much so, I made another boy too! For a wee baby and his bigger sister.

 It was so lovely to sew for me! Something that wasn't mittens. 

I spent the day adding details, revelling in the hand stitching because I had the time to do it.

Do you like them? You can make your own.

Bunny pattern can be found in Abby Glassenberg's book

Stuffed Animals

Ciao,

Amanda

This week in a small seaside village

My first issue of Mollie Makes arrived!!!

oops, this one, I actually bought at Wally World. 

When I came home, Neve came out of the post office with a ... you guessed it...

a Mollie Makes Magazine. I was a little disappointed, I just bought one, but then,

the one that was mailed is for August!!, this one is July. Yay.

Anyhow, I had to make this girl.

 After all, she is the cover girl.

She has tattoos and everything. 

Next time, she'll have a headscarf instead of a turban.

 Fun enough to make another.

Looking forward to this coming out in full bloom. I purposely didn't prune it last fall.

It should be a beauty, orange honeysuckle.

 The ladies have been enjoying dust baths. Surprisingly, they don't touch the veggies in the garden.

They just scratch for bugs.

 The date on the camera for this reads June 9.

Love this little town. 

 On a trip to Islands Park, Rafael and his friend decided to decorate this rock. 

Nice job boys.

 Neve decided to be a drummer for the Re-enactors this summer.

 We're working on her costume. Have to dull it up a bit. 

I don't think they would have had such white clothes. :}

I've been going to Frenchy's all week. 

Guess it was a bad one for finding period costumes.

That's the kind of week it's been here.

School is out!

We're going camping for the weekend in the Annapolis Valley. Yay.

Going to take the kiddies to my Alma Mater, Acadia University.

I'm ready for a rest and adventure.

Have a good one,

Amanda

String puzzle

So this.....

 became this.....

 Just a little mind bender.

 there it is solved.

 If you want to know the solution, you can go here...

Cassette Puzzle

I hope this weekend was a sign of a good summer to come.

Biking, yard sailing and farmer's market on Saturday. Even found a new bike for Miss Neve. Yeah.

Kids spent time with friends on Sunday, apart from each other. whew.

It's been a little intense around here lately. Mood swings. Wow.

And to end the weekend, dinner guests, nice enough to eat outside

 and a little of this.

 I'd like to say they were so fast, the camera couldn't keep up, but I think it was more operator error.

England vs. Portugal. England took it 10-9.

Hope you had a good one.

Amanda

Spacemen amongst us.

A few years ago, I made this little playset.

I brought it back today in this rendition.

 The spaceman helmet and air pack on his back.

 Cute little things, I think.

Come see them at the Shelburne Farmer's Market on Saturday!

Amanda