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Kitty iPod Costume

I found a few scraps of felt in my “someday-I’ll-use-this-for-something” stash and since Halloween is near, I thought I’d make a cute costume! Well not for myself though because scraps won’t be enough (teehee). I made one for my iPod.

Do forgive me if this would seem “ancient” to you. teehee. I’m not one of those people who love to upgrade their gadgets every once in a while because I simply like my stuff to be plain functional. If it doesn’t function the way I need it to, then that’s the time I replace it. Otherwise, I stick with it until I feel the need. Hence the old iPod. :) I leave the tech-stuff to Mr. Snuggles.

Now my iPod’s all set for Halloween, don’t you think? :)

Don’t mind the poor sewing skills, I was very very excited to see the final result which made me a little less neat. :P

To make the costume, I simply cut 2 rectangles, 6 strips, 2 pairs of ears where one is slightly bigger than the other and a pair of tails from my felt. I found a matching bead which I can use to lock the iPod inside.

I roughly measured everything that needs to be measured. When I say “roughly” I mean I guess-measured. teehee. But I’m actually happy it turned out well.

She looks like a little kitten singing “ohhhhhhhh!”

Have you seen her cute bottom?

It might look as if the bead was her tail but her real tail was sewn to the side so I can see it when she’s facing me.

And look how effective my kitty iPod costume is! My two other kittens think she’s family! LOL!

I bet you’re preparing for Halloween already because whenever I’m blog-hopping I see all those DIY fall and Halloween decors being made. I wish we have autumn here. :P Oh well, I guess I’ll just enjoy the beach during “fall” season. :P

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Felt Travel Sewing Kit

You know the ones you get from hotels? Well, I’ve always wanted to create my own mini travel sewing kit that is not the throw-away type and would not look flimsy inside my bag.

I’ve finally made my little wish come true with this cute kit! It’s so easy to make that I’m now thinking of this as a great giveaway for your girlfriends or daughters. I actually made this a few months ago together with all the other felt projects (you can see them here and here) which I made during my felt-frenzy days. teehee.

I love how simple and yet functional the design is. :)

I found a lovely hand-painted bead form my stash of beads and used it together with a thin rope to close the sewing kit.

I have yet to fill up the thread area. teehee. I loosely sewed a couple of buttons on the left area and then attached various needles on the right.

Before I attached the thread area, I enclosed a thick cardboard in the middle of the thread holder so that it will stay firm and won’t look crumpled.

I actually forgot that I need to make zigzag cuts in the bottom part of the thread holder as well. I made a cut that was too close to the sewed area so I really couldn’t make those zigzag cuts anymore. No biggie, on my next sewing kit, I’ll make sure that it’s there. teehee.

All the holders — thread, button and needle holders were sewn on one side only so that it can be lifted up from the kit. This way, it won’t be too hard to attach anything to them. :)

You might be wondering how I tied the satin rope around the kit to close it so I prepared a short video to show you I close it. I initially wanted to use Velcro or a button but I thought this would be more different not to mention easier to make. Here’s how I tied it together:

From the looks of my simple travel sewing kit, it’s really easy to figure out how to make it. :P

However, drop me a line below on the comments section if you feel you need a how-to so that I can make one for you. :)

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Felt Monster Plush Toy

This project is part of the felt “installment” projects I promised I’d tell you about before we went on vacation to Cagayan De Oro. I made this for a very special little girl — Gabby. :)

Actually, I was never a fan of plush toys or stuffed toys. I have always seen them as useless toys unlike those that you can actually play with such as little pots and pans for the playhouse. I don’t want to sound mean but when I was a kid, I would always pray they won’t give me a stuffed animal as a gift. I would rather get a toy gun or a little boy’s toy than get a plushie. lol! I remember one Christmas, I fervently asked Santa to give me a white board just like what they have in offices. My Papa brought me and Ino, my brother, to his office one Saturday and I seriously fell in love with the white board.  You can just imagine how elated and giddy I was when I received my first ever white board, marker and eraser. So yeah, I’d rather have something so “adult” like the white board than a plush toy. hahaha!

Plush toys are something I would really do happily for someone else other than myself. :)

I’m not sure if Gabby was really pleased with him but I sure was happy with how eccentrically scary and adorable he looked:

And since I didn’t really know how to make a stuffed toy, I just guessed my way through. (Although I tried so hard (after finishing the plush toy) to make a pattern for all of you which you can download by clicking the download link above. :) ) **I have deleted the download link as I have been confronted by someone about this. I’m sure, just by looking at the plush toy I made, you will be able to “guess” your way and create the needed shapes for your own plush toy :) **

I didn’t even know where to get the stuffing! But then lucky me, I found something fluffy that’s lying around the house!

You know when you buy a watch or wallet or something fragile the store often gives you this box filled with something fluffy like the ones they use to make comforters or heavy and thick blankets all soft and fluffy? You know, the kind that they put inside quilts?

*hold on, lemme Google this one*

Okay, it’s Polyester Fiberfill or something like that. Teehee.

I saw a small jewelry or watch box (I really don’t know) lying around the house with that fluffy thing inside! The amount of fluffy thing is just enough to make a small plush toy so I knew I just had to try making it.

I especially liked the purple button eye of the monster and his two sharp teeth. :)

Have a wonderful week!

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