This book is the one that i've been referring to earlier (to those who don't normally look at blogs, the earliest post is at the bottom). It is easily the best book that I've ever seen if you like having little sewing projects on the go, and has some way-out and different patterns that you won't find easily anywhere else. For a good example of this, there's a pattern for a cute, smiley little house that would be a great house-warming present, or in another Softies book (there's more than one, but i'm not sure how many) you can even make a felt tree, which i must say is incredibly adorable. I'll admit, not everything in there is completely amazing, it does have two or three patterns that are just too weird and incredibly ugly, but the rest more than make up for the minority.
On the left of the above pic is the 'Cosmonaut Devil' which is one of the many quirky characters you can create, and you already know Polly on the right. My little sister made the little devil, but she shortened the legs on the pattern giving it a much cuter appearance.
For completely personal gifts find a pattern that you love or relates to the occassion you need a gift for and alter it slightly. That migth just mean changing fabrics to suit the taste of the person recieving the gift, or as my little sister did, adding, taking or altering to get the perfect little softie.
Great book to try if you need a holiday project to entertain you during the weather extremeties (hot or cold depending where you're reading this from)
Enjoy!
hey kelly!
ReplyDeleteU have to remove the post at the top about the twillight books because it doesnt move down whenever you post something new. I think u do this under layout. It tokk me like two weeks to figure out that you had posted something new because i thought that the twilight post was the most recent one. Just a little hint! lol
c u soon
lea