Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Cute House

This is one from my niece's Sabbath School. Love the door and bricks around it.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Breakfast by the Sea


Here is a cardboard boat. The wooden post is set into what I think is called a disk blade - it is heavy, and you can lift the post in and out. The boat also has a board in the bottom to make it more sturdy. I didn't make it, so I don't know exactly how it was made. The felt on the ground is probably not meant to be water - I just found it in storage and tried it out. Could use some work, but I like the idea. What I learned from it, though, is that if you sew on the hook side of velcro, it sticks to carpet and keeps it in place. I would like to figure out a way to add waves to the water, maybe using a technique sort of like on this pillow here.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Bible, Bible Book




The plastic sleeves are open on the top so that you can put in different pictures.

Oh Friend, Do You Love Jesus?







This is from Ikat Bag. She doesn't provide a heart pattern, so I included one here. I like how she did it better than me, but am still happy with it. In the current program, the children wave these around while singing the song "Oh Friend Do You Love Jesus?", but they could be used for many songs. I want to make Ikat Bag's sun wands as well.

You can get sticks for the wands in packs of 20, I think, from dollar stores. Of course you can just buy doweling from home improvement stores instead.

Fish




Cut one of felt. Sew on white and black circles for the eye (I just put an eye on one side of the felt because I'm lazy). Using a scallop stitch, create fins on the fish. Pin this piece on to another piece of the felt and sew together, except for the back fin end of the fish. Cut out. Stuff. Sew fin lines into the back fin. This will keep the stuffing inside. Cut a scallop pattern into the end of the fish.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Breakfast by the Sea




I just started working on the props for the Breakfast by the Sea program. Next are the fish!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Tree

I've been thinking of how I could make a tree for Beginners. Here is a fabulous one:

Brooklyn General

I'd like to make it a bit simpler, but like the idea of using old sweaters to make the bark.