Baby shower gift

I recently finished a tote for my good friend Mariana.
She's having a baby shower in a few weeks.
I plan to fill it up with goodies
for baby Ana's room.

I embroidered
one of my little ink bird designs on the tote

and the rooted flower design
on the zippered pouch.

These are some simple cotton onesies
that will go inside the tote
along with a few more things I have to finish.

I kindly asked my friend Mariana
not to visit my blog till after her baby shower
to keep all the goodies a secret, so shhhhhhh :o)

Singing bird embroidery

I'm embroidering the series of ink birdies I made last month.
This is the first one, made into a pillow.
This has been the most time consuming embroidery project I've done so far
and it was totally worth the time put into it.
I used a single thread in order to have more detail.
The fabric for the pillow is a heavy linen/cotton blend I really love.

Pomegranate tote

A new tote I made today:
Linen/cotton blend fabric
& embroidered wool patch.

I'll probably use this one in my kitchen.
You can see more photos here

Goldfish Tote

A little tote I made today.
Made it to fit a couple of magazines or maybe
a knitting project.

Front pocket detail

of the embroidered goldfish.

Cotton canvas and faux
leather handles.

Wool Tote

My latest crafty endeavor is this wool/canvas tote.

It has two pockets inside,
one for my glasses and one for my wallet.
The inside is a thick linen like
cotton canvas.

Inspired by this fabulous tutorial by Super Eggplant

Little penguin for Israel

I used Hillary Lang's
wonderful Wee Bunny pattern, found here.
I just modified it a bit: I used the bunny ears as little wings.
All hand sewn and made with lotsa love for my beautiful son Israel.
They are both happy with their new softies.This week was very productive creatively
so I've decided to spend my weekend
swinging on the hammock and watch my boys play.
I'll be back monday with this week's
Illustration Friday topic: SNAP.

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend!
Thank you so much for all the comments on
the Kitty-a-Day Week :o)

Le petit poulet

I made this for my son
Daniel's growing chicken collection.
It's made with wool felt and embroidery.

That's the chicken

waiting to be found by Daniel
on his school desk.You can see more pics of the chicken
and Daniel's collection at my Flickr site.

Pillow for J+V

Embroidery on wool & felt.
I found an excellent tutorial video
on how to do the chain stitch I used for this pillow
...in case you want to give it a try.

Click on this image to see more detail.

Little House

Inspired by this lovely image.

Wool chicken

This little wool chicken (8 x 10 x 5 inches) is going to my mom in Chile
along with the "bread bag" I posted before.

It says: "La mamá de los pollitos" wich means:
"The mother of the chicks" aka "The big kahuna" heehee.

You can find the template and "how to" here

Made by hand with love

A little canvas tote I made for my mom,
she likes to go get her bread fresh at the bakery everyday :)
I made the tote from natural canvas
and embroidered a patch of wool that says: "La bolsa del pan", wich means "The bread bag"
The fabric label was stamped with one of my hand carved stamps.

I also made this super simple wool pillow for our living room.

Quilt

Mini quilt (25 x 25 inches) I made 4 years ago with my kids drawings.
I made some iron on transfers of their drawings
onto white canvas & then made the quilt.
I put some tabs on the top part to be able to hang it on the wall.
It was my first attempt and I haven't made another quilt since then.
These days I keep a blog with their drawings,
click here to go take a look.

love + birds

The other half of the love+bird pillow duo is finally done.

Bird pillow...

This is part of a pair of pillows I'm making for my bed.
The other one will say: "birds".

The pillow is 100% wool with wool felt applique.

Lupi

Handmade
Christmas present
for Lisbeth, she collects pigs :o)

Lupi is made out of wool felt with embroidery.
You can find the template
and "how to" here.

More Christmassy goodness

Green button wreath inspired
by this loveliness by Pixiegenne

My son Daniel and I made a snow globe this week. I had the perfect jar!
The little house inside is a polymer clay house I made
based on a beautiful drawing made by my son Israel when he was 4.

You can fin instructions on how to make a snow globe here.

I made this embroidered felt gingerbread family
as a gift for my friend Mariana that makes
the BEST gingerbread cookies ever!

Keeping busy

A nifty little cover for my beloved sewing machine
with a wool felt birdie to keep me company.
It looks like my sewing machine has a poncho..heehee.

A detailed look at my embroidered little friend.

Daniel's 9th. Birthday!

Even though it rained and we had to have the party indoors,
Daniel's 9th. birthday was a BIG success,
we lit up the fireplace, roasted marshmallows, the little guys played and played and played.
The kids loved their goodie bags filled with chocolate and some small little toys.
I made them the week before, out of wool felt.
A different one for each boy and girl.

Daniel LOVED the present we got for him...
I'll post his creations as soon as they dry up :o)

Crafty day.

Sewing kit in a jar:
Did lots of embroidery today.
I got the idea from Martha Stewart's Living,
you can go see the instructions here.
Mine were made with embroidered wool felt.

And I also made another kitty pillow.
If you scroll down a bit you can see the one I made last week.

Thank you so much for visiting :o)
Have a great weekend!

For a special friend...

Handmade wool pillow with felt appliques
I made yesterday for my dear friend Ana.