Oliver's Christmas outfit

Chelsea and I went to the shops today. For bread and milk. We came back with about ten bags of other stuff! Christmas goodies, toys, santa gifts, hair accessories... oh, and an outfit for Oliver!



He didn't really like it :P




Also finished three more SPuNGieS today. These guys are just too much fun to make!

More baby toys

To my surprise, my baby toys have been selling reasonably well. Which is great - because I love making them! They're so much different to the bears, allowing a greater sense of freedom in choosing colours and matching ribbons, but still adding a challenge (the last step in creating the SPuNGieS in particular is quite tricky!).

So to celebrate the sales, I've made a few more (now on etsy). I mixed and matched 8 different furs/cotton/ribbon swatches yesterday, and sewed two this afternoon. I don't know which one i like more!

Curious little monsters

I had so much fun making my baby elephants I thought I'd revive my SPuNGie pattern. The photos above show the original batch of SPuNGieS (soft interactive sensory toys for babies) I made for Chelsea and her playgroup friends.



These are the newest, updated versions of the designs. I decided to sew the felt of the eyes down as it tended to fray too much when washed. The striped cotton legs were replaced with interesting ribbons and lace. And the ears got a much better crinkle plastic sewn inside. (The first batch were disappointingly un-crinkly!)