Sardines

Here is the tin of felt food sardines I've been sewing:

I'm liking the actual sardines a lot, I might make some more for another project. I used the new photobox for the first time and really liked it, although some of the shots are appearing quite low quality in Folksy, I think I might have re sized them too small.

I've now listed the cheesecakes and Ice cream roll on my Folksy shop too, so feel free to check them out!

There are still some summer treats on their way and last night I started to sew my way through some more of Mr Kipling's exceedingly good items.

Look what I just won on ebay....

I just bid this afternoon and won this:

I've been meaning to make a white box for a while now to get some uniform photos of my things, nice an bright. So found this on ebay, bargain!!! So I can hopefully start taking some clear shots from this weekend. Now to start sewing more things to shoot!!! lol!

Hope you all enjoyed the wedding festivities and the long weekend? I'm not much for watching royal occasions, but this couldn't be missed. I thought They both looked lovely, and genuinely happy, and wish the best to them both. Otherwise, the Mr and I have been repainting our bedroom (it's been crying out for a paint for months), I have gone all capsule on my wardrobe and thrown or donated old things I don't need, can't fit into or don't wear anymore. I can actually see everything in there now, its been years since I could last say that!! The house is looking more spacious, which is a miracle as the place is tiny!! And we both have lots of hobbies! Hoping that our savings will eventually allow us to buy something a bit bigger when we can ever afford to buy our first place.

There are a few summer makes in the pipeline, but I don't want to divulge them yet so that they're a surprise. But they are old skool cool!!!

oh, yeah, my birthday is coming up soon, keep forgetting that, my last year in my 20s, oh what to do with it eh? maybe a tiny last tattoo before its over? or a pair of irregular choice shoes? hmmmm

Imagine Homer Simpson drooling over a donut, and that's me right now!!!

Stuff I forgot to show you all!!!

Ok, there have been some things I've made recently in secret, for presents etc, that I couldn't share on here at the time, but now I can. Here is the Mother's Day present I put together for my nephew to give his mother:

Its a pastry box of felt food treats! As you can see from the pic, I made it from a cupcake box with little modification. Inside were a felt custard slice (seen previously), a felt chocolate eclair and a felt cream horn:

Apologies for the bad pics! I have also been sewing an order for my Sis consisting of two felt cheesecakes, one strawberry and one kiwi:

And finally, I have made a custom order for some felt food fish products (salmon steak with lemon slice, fish fingers and king prawns):

Well, hope you've all had a wonderful Easter Sunday! Will blog again soon!

Summer food inspiration!

Hi all,

Hope you're enjoying the glorious weather we're having here in the UK. So, feeling inspired by the bounty of summer foods popping out so say hello, I thought I'd share some fab food themed products people have out there:

Left to right from the top:

Soapsicle - Watermelon, Boston Tea Party, Neapolitan or Orange Cream - AudreyEapothecary

Knitted food prepare your own burger - The Shabby Tiger

Fruit Tart 2 - Original Watercolor - Crayonmonster

4 Sprinkled Ice Cream Cones/Handmade Felt Embellishments - RainbowFelt

Giant jelly baby soap - BitsnBobs
Twister Lolly / Ice Cream Pendant - Stars & Scars
Handmade cross stitch pdf pattern - Thecupcakeclub
Felt Orange Watermelon and Strawberry Iced Sugar Cookies - ViviansKitchen
Sweet & Small Scoops - S Earrings - IceCream Collection- PetitPlat

I'm in love with all these items, well done everyone for creating such inspiring things!

Doughnut Pincushion Tutorial

Ok guys, here it is, my first tutorial. I'll probably ramble on too much or be a bit incoherent, but please let me know if you have any trouble following it. Print out the template from the link below on an A4 sheet. You'll have to click 'Download the Large size of this photo'     

Doughnut Template

Apologies for the crudeness of this image! never used my scanner before, lol!

1. Cut out the shapes on the template, also cutting out the inner circles. Use the doughnut shape to trace around on your doughnut coloured felt, do this for two doughnut shapes.

2. Thread your sewing needle and tie a large knot at the end so that it won't pass through the felt. Place one felt shape on top on the other so that they are aligned with each other and start sewing the centre circle together:

I use a blanket stitch on these but use whichever stitch you feel comfortable with. Don't make the stitches too large though, as you won't want the stuffing showing through the finished piece.

3. Continue all the way around the inner circle until both pieces are sewn together

 4. Now, using the same method of stitching, start sewing the outer circle together along the edge until you reach half way round. At this point, its good to start stuffing your doughnut with the toy filling:

The doughnut will start to take shape now

5. Continue sewing around the edge, stuffing as you go, until you have about an inch left to sew. Now you need to stuff it completely until you are happy with the shape:

6. Once happy with the stuffing and shape, continue to close up the doughnut and fasten off.

7. Now for the icing ans sprinkles. Using the second shape in the template, trace around once and cut on your icing coloured felt. Get your beads ready and thread your beading needle, tying a knot at the end.

8. Start sewing from the wrong side of your icing through to the front, where you will thread a bead onto the needle. Pass the needle back through the same place and back up where you want to place the next bead.

9. Continue this process until you have beads where you want them on the icing. You could space them further apart, or closer together depending on the style you want. Bugle beads also look great as sprinkles.

10. Place the finished icing over the finished doughnut and sew the inner circle of icing to the inner circle of the doughnut, using the same stitch as before (see pic below)

11. Continue around until the inner circle is sewn on completely and start sewing on the outer circle.

12. Continue around until the outer circle of icing is fully sewn onto the doughnut. Finish off the thread and voila!!! Your doughnut is complete!

Let me know how you get on with this also if I've missed something out or if whats here doesn't make sense. I'd love to see pics of your finished doughnuts too!

xx

Coming Soon.....

Free doughnut plushie pincushion tutorial hopefully will be up sometime over this weekend!!!

What you will need

1 square of brown or doughnut coloured felt (approx 9"x9")

1 square of icing coloured felt of your choice (approx 5"x5")

2mm seed beads or bugles of your choice (approx 10g)

2-3 good handfulls of toy stuffing

1 beading needle, 1 sewing needle

Cotton thread to match the colours of your felt (or you can use a contrasting colour)

Fabric pen or pencil

Scissors

Printer and 1 sheet of A4 paper to print out template

(not suitable for small children)

Can't wait!!!!!

xxx

London adventures and other news

We arrived safely back from London! It was so exhausting fitting all of it in, and missed a couple of places, but we can easily see them again. We arrived at Victoria bus station on Monday afternoon and headed for the Tate Modern, took a look at the surreal exhibit as well as some photography and pop art. Called into their cafe and had something quick to eat, we also ordered cola which arrived in these beautiful bottles:

How neat are they? very Victorian chemist! We then made our way to the hotel and grabbed a bite to eat at Pizza Hut! Tuesday was an early start with a tube to Oxford street and the a pop into Carnaby street. Its the first time I've been there and seen the Irregular Choice shop! Oh, the shoes are amazing there, but couldn't justify buying a new pair of shoes so instead, picked up these cute earrings from the store:

Itty, bitty teapots! They had some lovely accessories! Very kitsch! All the Fun of the Fair was on the list to visit so we headed there, and I picked up a little mother's day gift (Can't show it here yet) and a couple of little somethings for me:

I love amigurumi, as you all know, and couldn't resist the carrot rattle. I also bought myself this pin badge with an applique cup cake, I love the style of it, quite similar to Quentin Blake. It now lives on my boyfriend jacket. On the way from here we saw this cool cake shop selling Candy Cakes:

They're so colourful and fun! Didn't get to try one though! :(. A quick stop in Hamleys led to these pics:

I have a love for life sized stuffed animals, they just make me happy. One day, I'd like to have a stuffed farm.

We then spent the rest of the day in Camden and went to the show we'd booked to see called Ghost Stories. I love horror and scary stuff, but this really scared me, to the point where I didn't want to go to the loo by myself afterwards. But still, it was excellent, and I would highly recommend. Wednesday I asked Mr Catherine to take a picture of the delightful cakes in the bakery window in Covent Garden:

How stunning are these? They just make me want to sew, sew, sew!!! And the glossiness is gorgeous! We popped into the Artbox where I got these cute notepads:

And then we headed back to Victoria, and then on the coach home.....after a bite to eat...of course!

In other news, I have a picture of the Arctic Roll I've recently made:

I'm really pleased with the way it turned out, I think the colours and textures were spot on. I also had a delivery this morning from Fred Aldous, Can you guess what I'm going to make from it?:

Lots of things on the go at the moment, but it's all top secret! I'll show you when the suprise is done!!!