A Bear for Aden.

My nephew Aden LOVES his blanket. One day I was finishing up some memory bears for hospice and Aden thought it was really cool that I was using old clothes to make bears. As he was watching me with his blanket in his lap I thought, "hey that would be a really good idea". So I asked him if he would like to make his blanket into a bear, he did not even need to speak because the smile on his face said it all. So after him asking me about it just about every time I would see him for over a month, I finally worked on it yesterday. I got it all put together and then had him come over to help me stuff it. I really wanted to take more pictures of the actual bear but he would not give it up. I used an old baby shirt of his to make a t-shirt for the bear.

Here is the blanket before
Just your basic kids blanket.

The pattern is a Simplicity pattern, and because I use it often I glued the pattern pieces to some light cardboard ( cereal boxes, cracker boxes, ect... ) I then traced it on to the blanket like this.

I then cut it all out, whipped it up and made my Aden a VERY happy boy.


He already has plans on me making his 2 brothers bears also out of their blankets, but like I told him that is really up to them.

Finally!!!!!

Ok thanks to my good friend Francesca, I now have a camera again. She just happened to have one she no longer used. So this is kind of going to be a catch up post.

Here are just a few things I have been working on for the last few months.

I finished Beatrice's pencil bag for school, she wanted a cupcake, an orange dog, and a pink kitty on hers, so this is what she got, and she loves it.


Also I did start some napkins, so far I have made 10. Of course I had to make them cherry, because everything else in my kitchen is cherry and I was trying to downsize some of my leftover fabric.


I think they are just great, and they wash up really nice. I can't wait to make more, I have been requested for skull ones, so I am going to have to see what I can do about that.

So for my new camera I decided to make a padded zippered bag with a strap so it will be easy to take and go. It works GREAT at the park when I just want to take my phone and camera with me. I found out the hard way that it works really good from protecting it from a fall. I used 2 layers of craft batting and it holds up really nice. I made Danielle one and I really want to make Francesca one as a thank you but I just can't decided on the fabric so I might just have to ask her. Danielle is easy the funkier the better. I also got some more practice on my embroidery machine, I think after a few years I am finally getting how to use it.


Thank you for taking the time to read this.