January 13, 2008
mushroom bottlecap pincushion, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
I made this last night, it has a fishing weight in the bottom of the cap so it won’t tip over easily.
Looking at all of the others on flickr makes me think that bottlecap pincushions might be my felt ornament replacement for small projects to work on over my lunch break!
Thanks to verybigjen for the idea and the tutorial!
www.flickr.com/photos/verybigjen/123887411/
December 29, 2007
And for once, not super busy! JB made some experiments to eat on Christmas Eve, and they turned out great: the little tarts are onion in a cream sauce with feta cheese, and the other really pretty pastry is spinach and ricotta – so good dipped in marinara sauce! We had that on the table anyway for the eggplant he makes, and we had sausage and peppers and french bread slices to go with it all. It was a table full of heavy appetizers for dinner, and it was all so good!
So here are two of the 18 bags I made for neighbors, co workers etc. Just the neighbors got doves, but they were all fun to make since I got to cover every surface in the kitchen with cookies.
The doves were made from the template that was posted over at http://belladia.typepad.com/
AAAAAAAAnd Christmas Day pictures are up over at Gnat’s right here.
December 15, 2007
Felt reindeer ornament craft, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
Pattern below, I had so much fun playing with felt last night! I’m making a bunch of these as ornaments, to tie on to gift bags, and to justify going to Michael’s and buying a bunch of felt and pom poms for no good reason.
December 14, 2007
Here’s a much easier pattern, free if ya want it, for making a cute felt reindeer ornament.
Pictures posted when B brings back my camera!
If anyone has advice on making this into a pdf that people can print out, great, otherwise I guess download the big version at flickr and choose for the picture to fill an 8 1/2 x 11″ page when you print it. Thanks so much to Gnat’s friend (was it addicted2knitting??) for the pdf!
Cut two of each piece, sew together with embroidery floss. As you sew the antlers, put in a folded in half twist tie from the junk drawer in your kitchen. Leave an opening so you can stuff it, sew it shut and you’re done! It took me about 20 min. to cut and sew, so it’s really not a hard project to do if you want something to make while you watch TV or something.
December 11, 2007
Making a pattern, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
I am once again sending everyone (and by everyone I guess I just mean the twins!) over to my flickr page. It’s under ‘my pictures’ over there to the right.
Any suggestions on an easier way to come up with a pattern??
December 6, 2007
For Natasha, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
Ok, so I know that expression is supposed to mean 30 weeks, but that’s what I think of since I made this dog for Natasha when I worked on Sundays. I just sat in the break room and sewed during my lunch hour, and it took 4 Sundays. I need another sewing-at-work project now!
Waaaaaay back in September Tasha made this great pillow for me, so I wanted to sew something cute for her, of course a cute Scotty dog came to mind! The flower was a patch I bought, and can I just say once again that hot glue is the best thing ever?
Hot glue is the best thing ever!
I will mail this down to her, I hope she likes getting something nice in the mail!
July 10, 2007
gnat on craftster, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
Hooray for Gnat – she’s an Internet Superstar © now!
You can go to her blog for the instructions, it’s at
http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/
Now I have to post something I made – soon, I hope!
April 3, 2007
shoulder bag, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
http://tinyhappy.typepad.com/tiny_happy/2006/06/shoulder_bag_tu.html
More cheap Walmart fabric. Once I get good at these it’s Amy Butler fabric and a purse for me!
April 3, 2007
pom pom bunny attempt, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
I made this little cutie out of cheap thrift store vintage yarn …if you click on the picture the link to the instructions is under it on Flickr. And that was a great run-on sentence. She’s a cute bunny, even if she has no arms or legs. Or whiskers.
April 1, 2007
tissue holder #2, originally uploaded by i am superjen.
Here’s the second thing I sewed. You know, I measure and pin and iron and think everything is straight but it’s not. SO I will keep making things like tissue holders until I get the hang of it, THEN I’ll work on a skirt or something. But for now, it’s pieces of jeans that don’t fit and $1 a yard Walmart fabric for this girl.
Oh, here’s the pattern:
http://www.amisimms.com/afrtihopa.html
