Sunday, April 26, 2009

My First Finished Plushie

I finished my first plushie last night! He is imperfect and I love him! The best part is that while I was making him "it" hit me! I was taking this class hoping I could somehow figure out how to do a similar project with my kids next year. (See, I'm always planning ahead!) I have already made the pattern and am excited to try it out but I can't reveal it to you quite yet. (I'm sure you are on pins and needles. I have to many projects on my to do list...I NEED SUMMER!)



Also, I am excited to own my own SEWING BASKET! They were on sale for 40% off at Joann yesterday and I have a teacher card to get an additional 15% off so you can see why I HAD to own one. :) One of the girls in my class had one on Saturday and I was very envious of it. Now, I can keep all of my hand sewing supplies next to my chair in the library. :)


And, (Mom, don't faint...) if you have a sewing basket and a 40% off coupon and a 50% off coupon you really must own your own fabric scissors and snips! :) Cutting felt with my paper scissors necessitated this purchase. I bought all of these things and 4 pieces of felt and one pack of embroidery floss for what I should have paid for the basket and I am silly happy! I had to explain to Jim that he could not cut anything with my sewing scissors. It was a funny conversation and I agreed to just buy him his own normal scissors because he hates the pair he currently has that I gave him. :) In all fairness they are Michael Graves scissors that I bought at Target years ago because I loved their design. Jim would prefer the dollar store variety.

6 comments:

Jamie said...

Looove your plushie! He's so cute!
And that's a great sewing basket!!! Awesome purchases!!!

Kelly Kilmer said...

HA-love it all! Would love to see your Mom's face when she reads about your sewing basket AND scissors!!!!!!

Love the plushie!!!!!!!!!!!

michele said...

Love the plushie. He's so cute. I'm sure kids would love to make these. Just found your site. It's really cool. Your purchases were great. Makes me jealous that I'm so far from JoAnn fabrics.

jessica en fuego said...

Cute! I have an unfinished (like most of my projects) softie that is sitting in my craft room. This post just inspired me to finish him. :)

jane eileen said...

Jeane's mom said...
1.Where is JEANE?
1b. You know what happens when women become older. They become...
2.WArNINnG!! WarNInG!! I used to have a sewing basket. And you know what happened.
You might want to tie a ribbon around the handle of the "good" scissors. Just kidding. I'm sure my boy Jim will keep his hands off. Next thing you know you will need "good scissors for your sewing ROOM and another pair for your studio. I'm just sayin...
xoheartp,
MH

buffy said...

I used to use mom's "good" scissors no matter the project because I knew they'd do the job the best. I say the opening of Otter Pops and trimming my bangs was just as important as the cutting fabric. Right?

Love you, Mom!!