Plushie

Jolene on October 11th, 2009

It seems that pocket pillows are becoming a favourite of mine.  So called because they are pocket sized rather than them having a pocket, although occasionally they have a pocket too.  They’re just the right size for little hands and are perfect even for pin cushions for those with grown up sized hands. The two I’ve been [...]

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Jolene on August 23rd, 2009

These embroidered pillows are made of very soft cotton, backed with offcuts of upholstery fabric of unknown type.  They are perfect for little hands to clutch for comfort.  They could also be ornaments, displayed in a bowl or basket, or used as pin cushions. Available in the shop

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Jolene on August 23rd, 2009

A while ago now onecrazywoman contacted me with the proposition to swap dotee dolls.  She is making me a dotee doll with a Texan theme and I am making her a dotee doll with a Scottish theme.  I’ve been making this doll on and off now for the past month and finally last night I [...]

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Alasdair on August 12th, 2009

I’ve been going through some of the things that we made for the last craft fayre and came across these gorgeous felt birds that Jolene made over the space of a few days when we realised that our stock on some fronts was limited and that some of that limited stock was being snapped up [...]

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Jolene on July 7th, 2009

What fabric would be more fitting for this delightful scotty dog than houndstooth felted wool? I spied this pattern on the Allsorts blog about a year ago now and went scouring our local charity shops for the right fabric, which I found shortly after…actually getting around to making him took a good deal longer!

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Alasdair on April 2nd, 2009

We’ve I’ve been a wee bit lax putting updates on the site recently, needless to say I’ve been busy busy busy, sadly though not necessarily with the arty stuff I’d like to be doing … and, to be honest, I’m not sure you want to hear about the neighbours ‘soil pipe’ that I had to unblock [...]

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Alasdair on February 10th, 2009

Veronica is a plushie that Jolene made way back when she was just getting into crafting in a more substantial way, discarding patterns and trying things out for herself.  I’m pretty sure she was based on something Jolene saw on-line somewhere, although what or where is now long forgotten.   For a while I was [...]

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