Christmas with the kiddos: lyndonna

The youngest of the munchkins is lyndonna.

No that's not her real name but all her siblings got cool nicknames so she gets one too. 

Lyndonna is a little tiny baby girl, only three months old. So I decided that I could just whip something up for her. I thought it would be easy.

I WAS WRONG. 

I downloaded this free pattern, myrtle the turtle.

I went digging in my fabric chest looking for anything green. All I found was a flannel flower power print fabric. And the only fabric that complimented was an old pink shirt of my moms (thanks mom)

Since it's a knit shirt and I'm pairing it with a woven I decided to interface the prices to a quilting fabric that I was never going to use. 

Look at it...mocking me....

This little sucker was so incredibly hard to sew.

My machine wouldn't sew through it...so I had to hand sew it. 

I don't have any progress photos but I have a finished picture. 

Those eyes were an after thought..

Am I incredibly proud? Not really. 

Is this a turtle for a baby who won't even notice the lumps and wrinkles? Yeah, it is. 

ce la vie~ 🐢

Christmas with the kiddos, Lee-Lee

My little nephew is the absolute cutest thing in the world! I would provide evidence but my sister is rather privite so Ill restrain myself.

He's an older toddler, about three.

So he's getting a whale. 

Yup. You heard right.

🐋A whale 🐋

I found the free PDF pattern on Pinterest (here's the link) 

I made mine out of old here's that but the dust a loooong time ago. But they are nice and soft from being worn to death. (There's a hole in the -cough cough- bum/crotch) 

And I thought this quarter yard of grey scrap fabric would make a good belly.  

I forgot to take process pictures. But here's some pictures of the final product. 

I added a little snap for his lips

He's just so lovable~

Christmas with the kiddos, Cher-Bear

My sister is about eight years older than me, and on top of that she got married rather young, so I get three fun playmates and she gets a messy house.

I think that I get the better end of this deal ;)

The oldest one who I call Cher-bear is a five year old girl, and we share many passions. Such as doll dressing and furnishing. So she's getting a brown fuzzy love seat and a wardrobe.

The love seat is made from a Kleenex box and some old minky scraps I was never going to use. 

Now on to the doll clothes! 

for a good month I didn't have any non-ballpoint needles. So I looked through my closet, pulled out some ratty shirts and cut them up into cute little doll clothes.

There lots of fun combinations here. I only used four shirts and some project scraps, so it's pretty monochromatic.

But I'm sure she won't complain!

The little cardboard models that I made were a stroke of genius I must admit. They are cut from old cereal boxes and It really makes the whole set look more professional.

Never doubt the power of packaging 😊