As I have mentioned previously, both K and M are very keen on me reading to them and one of the things they like to do while I am reading to them is sewing. The two current media of choice are binka, M still loves making bookmarks which make really nice presents, and felt.
One day in September this year, K was being very secretive, not letting me see what she was up to at all. She adapted a pattern she found in a craft book, I believe it was a knitting one, with 5 simple rectangles. She left the result for me to find on the computer desk:
One day in September this year, K was being very secretive, not letting me see what she was up to at all. She adapted a pattern she found in a craft book, I believe it was a knitting one, with 5 simple rectangles. She left the result for me to find on the computer desk:
Recently at an LLL meeting each mum was given a little felt badge with a question attached. M was inspired to make some herself:
And for the grand finale, K worked on this jacket for Tabby Kitten for about a week on and off. She didn't use a pattern for this and I think just made it up as she went along. The body is one piece of felt, with buttons sewn on and button holes snipped in. The sleeves she sewed up tubes of felt and then snipped one end (like you would if you wanted to glue a cardboard tube onto cardboard) and sewed a cross on each section and tied it off individually. Then for a bit of glitz she added the sequins on the back.
One of K's Christmas presents is a craft book & kit, which includes patterns and the idea of drawing the pattern and then it cutting out, which isn't something she's gone for yet, but I'm hoping if the idea comes from a book instead of me, she's more likely to consider it!
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