Cat's Meow

Five Minutes!

That's all is took for my newly made kitty toy to end up soaked in the dog's water bowl...

I saw a cute basic mouse shaped cat toy on Craft Stylish and decided to give it a try. Though I did try to make it my own, adding a few whiskers. This baby was loaded with catnip, so I really thought Molly would enjoy it.

She did. 

And all of five minutes later I found it floating in the dog's water bowl. This mouse absorbed the water like a sponge, and the wet cat nip left green stains on the mouse's ribbon tail. 

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

Organization

Bonus Project - Wallet

On many a blog I've come across instructions for various wallets. I had bought some felt and and thought I could do one with the felt.

And the inside...

The ladybugs are not yet attached (not sure I really want to use them, even though I made them), and I need something to cover up my sewing of the snap on the front. The inside of the wallet is lined with some scrap fabric. I attached the two layers with fabric glue, however, I have since discovered iron-on fusing. Next time I will know. The fusing would have made a smoother finished product. 

Project #2 - T-Shirt

Over the past couple weeks, I've been buying tons of supplies. TONS. Everywhere I go I see something I could use for my new hobby. And internet shopping makes it (too) easy to buy whatever I want. 

Anyway. 

I wanted to try embroidery on a t-shirt. There is a discount store in my neighborhood and I picked up three shirts for $5. I didn't want to invest too much money in this until I'm more comfortable with the thread and needle. That price was right. The shirt was perfectly plain. All in needed was a bit of colorful thread.

From my research I knew that stitching on t-shirt material was going to require a little something more. I bought a small amount of iron-on/tear-off stabilizer. This stuff made it real easy to work on the shirt. Though next time I know I need more than one layer of stabilizer. I'm learning!

I liked a embroidery pattern I saw on LollyChops, and decided to use it for my shirt. After carefully transferring the pattern from paper to my shirt using a iron-on transfer pen, I was ready to go. 

I don't have any in-progress shots, but I'm pretty happy with the final outcome. I even used a bit of fabric for the bird wing. I'm getting advanced with my "mixed-medium" techniques.

Yes, I do need to add a wing to the little bird, and I will. I ended-up also using a transfer pen to make some of my lines a little darker, and I need to "erase" those lines with a bit of water before I iron on the wing, otherwise it will be permanent. 

My first project

Here's photos of my very first embroidery project. I bought one of the kits from Sublime Stitching, and got to work on one of the tea towel.

And a close-up....

Not too bad for a first project. I finished it in time for Valentine's Day and sent it to my mom.

Hi there

Hello there. 

I'm just starting to pick up embroidery (and other types of creative sewing), and thought this would be a good way to share my progress.