Pin Dolls

I had been to Savers in Greensborough the other day and bought these lovely tapestry and embroidery yarns and was wondering what i was going to do with them, and i thought of Pin Doll Brooches. I cut out the pin doll pattern onto freezer paper and ironed them onto flesh coloured fabric.
I then sewed them all around leaving an opening for the arms and snipped on the back of the head and body to turn them right sides out. I use turning tubes to turn them right sides out. What this means is to insert a larger tube in the fabric with the smaller tube on the outside and push them to make it go right through.
Turned right sides out and stuffed. The are 10 cm tall.
Then i decided to use a variegated thread to crochet with and started to make a dress on the doll as i went. More pictures tomorrow with the recipe of how the dress was done. Light in the house is not good for photos right now.

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Finished

The cakes are finished and have started a mock up of my next project.
Cushions and back for some chairs for my son and his girlfriend. Not the fabric that will be used eventually and not padded. Using cardboard i traced the shaped of the chair seat and back and sewed then cut them out. I added ribbon to the fabric for ties.

The final chair covers will be padded, the frame will be spray painted to match the final cushion covers.

Cup Cake Stand

The cup cake stand is finished, now to finish up making the cup cakes. Just need assembling and decorating.

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Christmas Makes

Felt for Cup cake stand, and Meg. It is sometimes hard to do crafts when you have cats, but so much fun.
Felt covered cardboard, and bias binding around the edges.
The makings for a fabric cup cake pin cushion. The case is silicone.
Some of my purchases to go in the bags for the K.Mart Christmas Wishing Tree. I love Ebay! Just waiting now for the nail files. Each pack will have a nail polish, 2 lipsticks, an eyeshadow pack and an nail file. I will be making 24 packs. Total cost of each pack? $4.50 each. Love it!

Tilli and Meg

Having just bought on ebay and picked up this pram as a gift for my niece, i thought i will allow my kitties to check it out before i clean it.

Too Cute!