Kitty Kat Kute

This is such a cute cat needle wallet pattern....I really don't do justice to it at all. To start with my felt wasn't strong enough for the outside of the wallet and I wasn't so fussy on my sewing which is pretty uneven. I'll blame the light or my eyes I'm not good on the small stuff....especially when you don't mark anything. The good thing is it doesn't matter what it looks like my needles are now in one place...

But it is a very cute sewing kit to make and I'd make it again as it was fun. Next time though,I'd make it with a firmer material for the outside. You can find the pattern, pdf files and instructions at sew4home

Left over pieces of felt....my black felt went missing for the
cat's face, so it became a white puss...Then I forgot
 to add the Dacron under the cat face....
The cat ended looking flat!

The Designer

Lately I have had a sewing fan ........Firstly it was......'Can you make me into a Zombie?' (for Halloween). It had to be a certain type of zombie and we achieved the look he wanted with muslin cut according to his instructions (all this done at the last minute).

Yesterday it was 'Can you make me a Sunflower cushion?' It had to be 'this small, stuffed with cotton balls' ( he stuffs everything with cotton balls).  I was presented with a drawn design carefully coloured in.  I did try to put him off but he was very persistent...........So after school I was expected to make the cushion......There was one little problem though when I went to get the felt.......A naughty black pussy cat had been using the box of felts as a toilet........what a smell! The bright yellow was the worst hit, it smelt totally of cat pee. Yuk!.......I had no other felt so into the washing machine all the felt went...... It fixed with a little squirt of detergent and disinfectant. Then all the felts came out smelling just fine. Once it dried I was ready to start......

I'm not a quilter or an applique sewer.....So I just did the best I could and hoped it would meet the approval of the designer........I did pass with a smile and one very happy chappy took his little aqua dacron stuffed cushion into his room.

What was the wee pillow for?  It was for SpongeBob. There's talk now about a Buttercup cushion.....but I'm just closing my ears!

It's five inches square it looks rather wonky in photo but it's not.....
The flower is made of felt and the cushion a polyester/cotton blend

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......SpongeBob resting!

The Tooth Fairy

Well perhaps not quite a tooth fairy... I got this idea for the design of a tooth fairy from another blog. It was done so well that I was sold and wanted to try and make one too. I so want to make that girly tooth fairy with it's glittery wings and it's wee tutu... But alas no, it's a boys one I need to make...so perhaps a tooth officer will suffice or a tooth sheriff, or maybe a cowboy. Trouble is I can't make my mind up, because I want to make a tooth fairy with sparkly wings...Check out the tooth fairy pillow download here. Now time to get started....