making other stuff

A guest post and A Best Top!

May 24, 2011life
Scallop hat

It is raining outside and the sky is a bit dark, but there are sunshine in my house because I have two wonderful news today! By now, you must have been following the Free Pattern Month over at Grosgrain blog. If you haven’t, you should check it out! It is a whole month devoted for [...]

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Cockroach plush tutorial

March 26, 2011making other stuff
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A cockroach plushie? Who needs cute bear or cat plushies? I’m sure every boy would love a huggable cockroach! This is Sidra’s favorite toy at the moment, he calls it Gokiburi-kun (gokiburi means… well, cockroach). The cockroach is basically  just an oval shape pillow with legs. The wings and head are made with leftover dupioni silk [...]

Tagged as: doll, sewing, toys

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Christmas platypuses

December 20, 2010making other stuff
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Since moving to Tokyo, Sidra has been exposed to Christmas things and activities from friends and school, so it’s only natural that he wants to have Christmas too at home. Last year, I bought him a (very) small Christmas tree that he can decorate at home with those blinking lights and all. He was very [...]

Tagged as: doll, heat packs, sewing, toys

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Little things

December 8, 2010life
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I joined a small cooking class in the neighborhood and they had a Christmas potluck party yesterday. I always got nervous whenever I have to meet people, and this time I had to make something edible for them! The fact that my skill in the kitchen is not something to be proud of didn’t help [...]

Tagged as: food, heat packs, sewing

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Bye bye Baon-chan

November 22, 2010making other stuff
Baon-chan, the pink elephant

Have you ever heard of a wonderful project called Softies for Mirabel? The Mirabel Foundation is based in Melbourne, providing help to children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to their parents drug addiction. Once a year, they collect handmade softies for the children so they can have a friend to snuggle down with. Before they were [...]

Tagged as: cause, doll, sewing, toys

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2010 2010 = 40!

October 20, 2010life
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Today is my husband’s 40th birthday! Sidra and I had been thinking about a present for Papa, and he (sneakily) suggested that I should make a plush doll for Papa. Actually my husband likes plushies and other cute stuff, but he never bought one for himself because… , well, because he’s a grown man, I [...]

Tagged as: birthday, doll, toys

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Chiko-kun, the baby dino

October 4, 2010making other stuff
Chiko-kun's face

I woke up with terrible sore throat and headache today. I guess I caught the virus from Sidra, who has been having colds for a couple of days. Despite the cough and runny nose, he’s still very active and happy though, unlike me who who’d rather stay in bed and feel sorry for myself. >_< We [...]

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Chou-chou

July 30, 2010making other stuff
scrunchie - 20

Not a very spectacular project, but this thing proves to be very useful in summer. I think it is also called scrunchie, but it is called chou-chou here and I like the name better. I found several tutorials for making chou-chou, but they always involve hand-stitching, which I’m too lazy to do for such a [...]

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Couch cover

July 12, 2010making other stuff
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Not a very interesting project, but something that needs to be done. The couch is actually a sofa bed bought from IKEA, I love the simple shape and the neutral navy colour. But after two years of having a little boy jumping on it every single day, it finally showed some signs of deterioration. There [...]

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Florals: last batch

June 30, 2010making other stuff
Bubble dress #1

I’ve finally consumed all my floral fabrics! I put all the fabrics in a big cardboard box and the box is finally empty now. I’ve never made so many stuff within such a short time, and actually enjoyed this whole month making all of them. It felt strangely sad to look into that empty box. But [...]

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