Fake food

Made some fake food out of felt and flannel for the school play Stone Soup. All of the fabric cost me less than $6 to make all of this.

Carrots were 60 degree triangles with a rounded bottom. I sewed them in a cone shape, stuffed, and cinched them yo-yo style. The leaves are felt I stuffed in the hole and stitched in place. 

The potato in the back was tricky. To make it look less football like I cinched it in in several places to make it look like it has eyes.

If you want to know about the steak or cabbage, let me know. 

Thanks for reading,

-Allyson

Valentine Mug Rug

Just wanted to share a cute little mug rug I made for a swap at my guild. I am not a fan of red and pink so I tried to get creative for our valentine swap. 

A lot of little pieces but super easy to assemble. You sew the triangles into strips and then sew all the rows together. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. 34 background triangles and 14 for the heart. I used 1.5" triangles that finished into 1" triangles. I put mine together by machine, but I bet this would be fun to English paper piece as well!

Back is kind of interesting as well. It's all out of my overflowing scrap basket. The pearl bracelet stripes were actually already sewn together and leftover from another project. I love it when I can reuse things!

Thanks for reading!

-Allyson

Arcadia Avenue Block one

So here is January's finish. 

This project was kind of dizzying at first, but Sassafras lane had great fabric cutting directions. I was pleased to see very little waste fabric (relative to other paper piecing patterns). Piece 14 and 15 were kind of frustrating because the fabric piece was barely big enough to work. Stitches were ripped here, people!

After the first few slices I thought it was pretty fun. 

But it became quite tiring. Three slices was my max for one day. 

The center was a little bit of a bear, as you can see here. A couple of pins set it straight. Sassafras lane has posted a handy guide on perfect centers. 

Pretty happy with the outcome. 

Thanks for reading!

-Allyson