Saturday 27 October 2007

car seat make-over....

at 18 months it was time to move the petit twind up from the rear facing car seats even tho they are not yet 20lbs in weight ....
one seat given to us from a collection steve's mother has had a very worn and dirty cover...
i stripped the cover and stuck back some of the boken polystyrene which has fallen down, then i washed out all the yuck and crumbs....then washed all the scraps and fastenings in a mixture of liquid wash and disinfectant... my bowl gained its pink tide-mark when i was busy dyeing fabric for the lobsters long red bits....
matilda is standing on the cover which i have removed... all things placed on the ground must be stood on, also all manhole covers and grids must be stood on too
i cut off the slack elastic edge, and opened up the side seams which makes the seat the baby sits on...now you have a pattern to place on your lovely new cover. instead of wadding and so on i have used 2 layers of sherpa fleece, very snuggly and looks good ... this is about the 3rd car seat i have covered ....
here the finnished seat, looking 10 times better... i forgot to take pics of me sewing it back togather, and making a small seam for running some elastic into, but you might know how to do this already, and anyways i'm pregnant i do get distracted and forget ....
ta-daaaaaa!

Tuesday 23 October 2007

i have been keeping a big secret from you folks ....

right after i finnished the lobster costume i suspected another project was on the way ... i call this little creation maus - spelled german but said english - and maus is nealry 13 weeks ....

im tired and very sick a lot so its hit my crafting quite a bit ... and my blogging ... but im also very happy and proud, this is baby number 4 :-)

look at those tiny fingers ..... sigh....
xxxx

Monday 22 October 2007

who is this?


who is this?
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat
why did the chicken cross the road?

this one looks ready for adventure ... and is a christmas present idea inspired by 1 - chickens and 2 - some amazing vintage purple flowery curtains ....

Tuesday 16 October 2007

Merry Christ-Mouse ....


dont sneeze anyone ....
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

a pyramid of mice entered into the softie awards ....
i am hoping so hard for a nominee ... then i can go mad nagging you to vote for me/us etc .... so these mice join the berries, just pop over to flickr to see more entries by all kinds of folk ....



sorry - i dont normally 'do' christmas so early, but i love challenges and competitions ....

Friday 12 October 2007

Holiday softie awards ... my first entry ....

i missed this years softie awards - see sofies central linked over on the left ....
but i have entered the holiday softy awards....



meet the holly berry triplets!



go and see other entries in the holiday softie flickr group there are some spooky ones too ....

Friday 5 October 2007

steve trying out his new apple bag ...

i made it using scrap fabric .... and an apple aplique ...steve said was i taking pics of him of his bag ! you can see the golden apple aplique hiding in the leaves.

of course steve said he didnt need an apple bag but i knew better - he has both his hands free for sneaking onto next doors wall !