On a snowy day in December, at the appointed time, a small soft elephant emerged from his cocoon of fabric and stuffing and thread.
His name was Irving and he knew he had made been for a purpose. He could sense that there was something more.
And so he set off, in search of his destiny.
(to be continued)
All is calm, all is bright. Here I sit…
feeling the soft elephant taking shape in my hands…
hearing Handel’s Messiah and the crackling of the fire my dad built…
smelling the curry chicken we’ll be eating soon…
tasting the Christmas goodies I’m snacking on right now…
seeing my mom, husband, and kids building a sledding trail when I glance out the window (I think I’ll go join them once the potatoes are done!).
I love moments like this.
Merry Christmas!
There was one more little piece of the Christmas gift for K & S each. What’s a pocket without something to go in it?
I got the idea after a friend sent me a link to a really cute fabric Memory Game. And when I saw the blog’s header, how could I not click and see what other fabulous things it—Chez Beeper Bebe—had?
Beautiful stuff! Like these spelling bean bags (tutorial included) and these adorable little matchbox monsters…
…which inspired to me to make some little flower-tummied alien sisters.
I didn’t have any matchboxes handy, but figured they’d tuck nicely into the skirt pockets, along with a little note telling a bit about them.
Working on these reminded me of the felt Christmas ornaments I’d unearthed and finally finished last year. And reminded me how much I do love to sew up and embroider little stuff. Now I want to make a little spaceship for the alien sisters!
But I think sleep will have to take precedence. And unpacking my Thanksgiving trip suitcase that’s been on my sofa since Sunday. And pretty much all the rest of that thing called “my life” that’s quite full right now. Too bad.
Just as I was finishing up some tiered skirts to go with the patchwork applique shirts for S & K, I saw LiEr’s second post about pockets at ikatbag.com. Specifically, I saw all the lovely pockets on the tiered skirts she made and thought “Of course! Pockets! What child doesn’t love little pockets to stuff stuff into?!? Must add pockets!”
So little S got two patch pockets trimmed with the leftover pink ruffles…
…and slightly older K got just one gathered patch pocket.
LiEr is in the midst of posting tutorials for just about every type of pocket you could think of, including one for a gathered patch. Have anything that needs some pockets? Hop on over if you need some direction.
And inspiration. Thanks, LiEr!
…one to go.
Or two, if you take into account that I told Sophie back in April after making Lucy’s Three shirt, “Sure, I can make you a ‘5’ shirt” and was reminded yesterday by a certain someone that I haven’t done that yet. Oops. Poor shoeless cobbler’s children…
At least she and her sisters got some entertainment from the patchwork pieces before I started using them up.
Fun fun for the whole puzzle-lovin’ family!
