Her name is Marilyn Scott-Waters and she is a paper toy genius. I’ve mentioned her a number of times, because she has the sweetest holiday decorations. She’s done it again. Check out her latest for Thanksgiving. I love the Turkey and the favor box. Too adorable and fun.
Gobble, gobble!
*Image source: http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/Thanksgiving/1Thanksgiving.html
This shirt was part of a birthday gift for a five year old boy who loves all things related to construction. It’s a copy of his original drawing of a truck, transferred using freezer paper and fabric paint. I wish I had taken a photo of the original drawing, but no such luck. This is a random thought, but I am realizing just now that I chose my college school colors. (Go Jumbos!) I can’t wait until I can do this project with my little one. Right now, his drawings are a tad too, shall we say, abstract.
Inspiration for this particular project came from here. I wrote a previous post that explains how I do freezer paper stenciling and you can find it here.
Happy belated birthday, Architect Uncle. Hope your day was perfect! XOXO
I am knee-deep in top secret Christmas gift projects. Two of the projects will be made from this stack of fabrics. It’s Cake Rock Beach by Joelle Hoverson for Moda. I have also made some good progress on my Little Guy’s hexagon quilt, though I still have a long way to go. My plan is to finish up all of my other Christmas sewing in November, and then focus only on his quilt starting December 1. It will be all hand pieced, so it will be nice to sit by the tree and stitch without having to listen to the whir of the machine. That project does not have to be kept a secret, since the Little Guy has little interest in what I write in this space. I hope to do a few progress reports along the way. It is slow going, so I will need the cheer leading!
Speaking of the Little Guy, he has been up to some serious structure building with the blocks that Architect Uncle made for him last Christmas. I love his big, booming smile in this photo. He has been talking a lot more these days. “Get UP!” – first thing in the morning. “Hurry!” – when we are trying to get out the door. “Trick or Treat!” – when he wants candy from his Halloween stash. You get the idea. It’s adorable.
Thanks to everyone who said hello during my little cookbook giveaway. I have to say I was astonished to receive so many kind comments. People beyond my circle of family and friends really do follow this little blog–wow! There were a good number of questions about the cookbook that I will address in a future post. The winner of the cookbook, fabric, and bird ornament was Vanessa. Vanessa, please let me know your mailing address and preference in fabric so that I can mail that package off to you. My email is acyder at gmail dot com.
Halloween was a great fun. First stop was Grandmama’s where we were greeted by a live scarecrow. Grandmama was nowhere to be found, but the scarecrow was very welcoming and gave our panda a special little Halloween package of treats. Then we went to Grammy and Grandpa’s to pick up the Little Panda’s sidekick, Kungfu Panda, also known as Adventure Auntie.
The Little Guy was intrigued by Kungfu Panda’s black nose.
We set out to trick-or-treat around the block, stopping at jack-o-lantern’s on the way so that our Little Panda could feed them candy. He came up with that idea all by himself. Clever little bear.
Our Little Panda loved everything about the whole evening. He wouldn’t let us skip a house and insisted on carrying his bucket of treats, which was filled to the brim, all on his own. When we got home, he dumped his loot on the floor and played with it. Then he figured out what was inside those shiny packages and had a taste. Four M&M’s and a half a Hershey’s miniature later, we had ourselves one satisfied little trick-or-treater.
The Cydermaker and I had a blast, too. Hope your holiday was as fun as ours!
P.S. I did make his costume. It is made of fleece; I didn’t use a pattern. It has its share of raw edges and goof ups, but it’s just a costume so that was just fine with me. The detached hood and paws (which I forgot to have him wear) were based on this excellent pattern. Oh, and here he is last year as a monkey:
