I don’t usually buy patterns like this, but I was waiting at the fabric store for my niece and her mom to show up so my niece could pick out some fabric for her birthday dress. since I had time to waste I was looking at the pattern books. normally when I go through the pattern books I skip all the crafty bits, sticking to the clothing, buying up patterns when they are on sale that I then hoard, because well... I think they are pretty?
since I did have so much time though I looked through the entire thing and this pattern said to me “buy me, make me” so I did just that I bought it.
the pattern is simplicity 8035.
I didn’t exactly follow the directions in the pattern, a lot of it was gluing the pieces together and I am against gluing what can be sewn. so I basically didn’t pay any attention the instructions, which I find worked just fine. every bit of it was done by hand, and sewn wirh embroidery floss. I really like the way they turned out.
on the snowman I gave him a scarf rather then the bow, just because I liked the idea of the scarf, and I have to say his hat was the hardest part of the entire pattern. it was so tiny!
the star was the easiest and I had it done fairly quickly
the deer took the longest, as it has the most pieces but its so cute! and I did it so its legs move. I also used buttons for its spots rather then using the spots the pattern called for, it was a bit less fussy that way.
the ginger bread man turned out so cute I could just eat him up.
I used purple on the little penguin even though I had bought black to make it with. when I saw the purple I thought it would be cuter.
miraculously I managed to make them all before Christmas even though I bought the pattern only about a week before. that is I made all the felt ones. I opted not to make the yeti, even though I think it is adorable I didn’t have fur to make it with, and really I am not a fan of working with fur. maybe next year though I consider it. it will after all complete the set.
No comments:
Post a Comment