DIY Fairy Tale Play Mat!

I finally finished it!!! My very own Play Mat! Oh Happiness!

I was walking around Toys'R'us the other day and came upon a simple looking play mat selling for about RM250++... I opened the packaging a little and noticed that it's thin and has a very plastic like material. It's like something made cheaply in China but sold so expensively here in Malaysia. I could be wrong but I didn't like paying that much for something of that quality. I told Miguel I was going to attempt making my very own play mat! But I needed a theme...

I was talking to my nieces and nephews a couple of days later and was quite taken aback at how poor their knowledge of fairy tales and nursery rhymes are! I guess they stopped telling them at play schools, preschools, kindergarten etc anymore... So I decided to use Fairy Tales - Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, as my theme :)

I am so proud of this. It's done without any sort of referencing or templates from other tutorials etc nothing! It was all done as I work. Ideas came as I sewed! And when my baby outgrows it, I can always hang it on the wall and tell it bedtime stories or they could play it out themselves :)

Here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure :))

Grandma's House

Which you could peel off to reveal Grandma's Bed :))

And slip the wolf in during story telling...

"I'm waiiiitiiiinnnnnggggg.."

Laying down the path to both fairy tales

Inside of the straw, wooden and brick houses of the Three Little Pigs

Laying them bricks!

Hammering them wood!

And tying them straws!!

This was my second attempt at the Red Riding Hood

Isn't she adorable?

As you can see on the right... I didn't quite like my first attempt... Miguel said she looked like she's....

Blind (???)

The Wood Cutter

"I'm gonna slay some wolf, I will!!!"

The huffing and Puffing Big Bad Wolf with the Three Little Pigs :))

"He Huffed and he Puffed at the first piggy's straw house!"

"... Again, he huffed and he puffed at the second piggy's wooden house!!"

"... But huff and puff with all his might, he will never blow them bricks down to the ground :)"

I hope you like it as much as I do :))

Till I sew Next!!

Beddy-Bye Beast that rattles :)

I have always wanted to make these for the coming baby... Just so that I won't have to worry about some baby toy stuff for it when it's here. I had this tutorial for the Beddy-Bye Beast by Holly (you can find her at her blog) for some time now and finally gave it a go. I must say, I am very happy with how it turned out altho I didn't really use cashmere for it. Anyways, I mixed the colours up a little and this was how they turned out!

My Three Rattles!!

These are the things that are making the beddy-bye beasts somewhat rattle... We've actually had these lying around the house since 1994??? They are from the Lion Dances... I really don't remember how they end up with us...

This is the Beddy "Panda"...

And the Beddy Rabbit and Cat!

Instead of using the same colours or materials for the beasts... I decided to mix them up.

:)

They are going to be stored in a nice place until the baby comes :)

Till I sew Next!

A Revolutionary Monster!!

I just love this one! It's so cute in a scary way... But not scary enough to scare babies away :) I sewed this last night and just can't stop dreaming about them. I want to make more but maybe something that is of my own design. But till I get started on that one, I'll post what I have already done with the tutorial provided by Suse Bauer over at her website. 

Ahh... My beloved monsters :))

I'm ALIVE!!!

I guess my 4-handed friend here has lots of modeling work in store : p

Made from a green face towel... I especially adore him :))

He has that half happy half panic look on his face! I just love him to bits!

But lookie who's here... Miguel thought it would be a good idea to have at least a female monster just in case the guys get a little lonely...

I was so tempted to sew a line down the middle behind from the waist down to give an illusion of a butt crack... 

Tada!!!!

Mr. Smarty pants!

And a few random shots...

So now you know why he's green!

:)

Till I sew Next :))

Kimono From Woman's T-shirt

I have to thank My cousin, Martina, for some hand-me-downs. I get to cross some stuff out of my list and start concentrating on sewing other stuff. But I just can't help sewing a baby Kimono since one of the stuff were baby rompers and tees. So I used one of the "kimono" tops and made myself a pattern for it :))

I traced around the tie-tops and got these patterns to cut out and make me some Kimonos!

I got this top as a free gift while shopping at Parkson Grand and had always wanted to make something for the little one... So Why not a Kimono top?

Cut  according to the pattern...

Sew them together... I attached a red ribbon instead of bias tape because I don't have any with me.

Again... I used a wider red ribbon because I don't have bias tape at that time..

This is how it will look on the inside...

And TADA!!!! Done!

And since I have some more material out of that tee... I decided to make a baby hat to go along with the kimono... I wish I had enough material to make something more Kimono-ish... But I guess this will do.

Looks like I need to be shopping for more ribbons...

I wish the little one is already here so I can show it off on the baby than a doll with 4 hands...

And there you have it! 

Till I sew Next :)

Bunny Towel and Mr. Sunshine

It's a very sad day for many today as my super grand dad just passed away this morning... I believe he has gone to a better place for he has suffered many years trying to cope with his illness. May his soul rest in peace...

I was meaning to put this up yesterday night but was so tired. So while waiting for all the hospital procedures to be done for the release of my Grand dad's body so we can pay our last respects... I'll just put this up.

My cousins Jessica and Martina has been a big help in advising what stuff I should get before the baby comes. My mom helped me out on the list of things that I need to get ready too... One of them are baby towels and handkerchiefs...

I used some of the towels my dad gets for free from Shell and started cutting them up in 3s.... And since I thought White is just so darn boring, I decided to add some...

Bunny Ears!!!!

That's my mom in the laptop screen... I was showing the Bunny towel off and was taking some pictures for the blog while talking to her.

I wished I had a baby with me to parade in the stuff I make... sigh... What's great about this was I am starting to stop depending on tutorials!! I'm getting the hang of these tutorials

That's Mr. Sunshine :) He was made because of a mistake I made...

His towel body was supposed to be a handkerchief for the baby... but I screwed it up and decided to attach a head to it... hence the existence of Mr. Sunshine here :))

 

I sewed some cartoon filled cotton fabric to the towels just to make it look fancy. Snoopy was Miguel's idea... I wanted something more... unique.. I would still need to sew more handkerchiefs anyways so i'll experiment later.

Again... I wish i have a baby to parade in all these stuff. So i forced stuffed my head in the bunny hood so I can show how it will more or less fit with my baby :)

Till I sew next :)

What's for lunch?

I saw this tutorial once on how to make chef hats for babies, toddlers, teenagers and adults! I don't remember where but I had tried remembering every detail of it at that time... I suddenly thought about it last night as I was going to sleep and decided to make a baby chef hat!

And then I got carried away and started making a felt Ham and Cheese Sandwich with a beef burger patty and egg on the side just the way I like it :)

The Picture is a little blurred but I wanted to have it all in the same picture and my batteries were dying! 

Ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce, cheese, sliced tomatoes with a beef burger patty, egg and extra cheese on the side!

The Chef head I made... it's just waiting for my baby and he/she can be mommy's little helper.

Miguel having his sandwich with everything in it except the egg... he likes the extra cheese to go with it

And you can clearly see how much he loves it!

Till I Sew Next :p