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YAY! I made the Etsy Front Page!!!!

kalurah — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:20:47 +0000

etsy shop update today @ 10am PT!!

kalurah — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:02:00 +0000

I finally finished the small list of unfinished projects that were taunting me from my sewing room.
it doesn’t help matters when the sewing room is “on the way” to the laundry room. so, I get struck with that feeling of guilt every time I pass by.

I’m adding some crocheted items to the shop as well as another Onesie and a stroller blanket.

ooooh, the stroller blanket…..
I almost wept as I cut that adorable Hopscotch fabric into 4 inch squares! I picked it up at a local antique store and I fell in love with it the second I saw it.
one drawback to vintage fabric though…..very fragile!
the first stitch I made, the stitches were a little too close together and they ended up perforating the fabric and the poor old relic just fell apart. it was sad.

but I finally got the stitches to the right length and ended up free-quilting the top for extra stability.

cute, cute, cute.
almost makes me wish I had my own baby on the way to use it for.
okay.
it’s not that cute!

hoping everyone has a happy Friday!

sunday snippets~crafting behind closed doors…

kalurah — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:55:00 +0000

“while they play Etsy shop opening soon!”

pssst…..here’s a sneaky peaky of some items….

oh, bother…

kalurah — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:11:00 +0000

here is a pic of a “thinking of you” card I made for my aunte Jacqlin. I sewed camel colored felt to a heavy weight cardstock first. then fused the lace border to the back of the pooh image and sewed that to the felt. I stitched on a cute vintage tortoise shell button to the front and a large silver button on the back.
the inside of the card is a sheet of very light airmail paper that I sewed into the fold. it turned out very cute…

sorry, there are no pics of the back of card. I took these pics w/my father-in -laws Nikon and remember, it is a manual…and I am, after all, manually inept in all things non-digital. long story-short, I snapped a pic of the back and it appears in the photo as a very massive…brown…fuzz…thing. pretty much non-distinguishing of anything remotely related to what the back of the card actually looked like… oh, bother.

if the slipper fits…

kalurah — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:50:00 +0000

a friend of mine is adopting her 5 month old niece and I made these booties for her baby shower. my first pair of crochet slippers. the pattern I based them on suggested you buy a small strip of elastic and sew it to the inside of the slipper. (ew!) that hideous image in my head prompted me to make my own strap for the bootie… so I did.
I used vintage yellow buttons on the bootie to bring out the adorable felt fabric I used for the inside sole of the shoe. I cut out cardboard rounds and covered them with the felt and hot glued in place. I didn’t attatch them to the shoe itself, that way mommy can still wash the booties when needed. (leave it to a fellow mommy to think of that)
I definitely want to try these in a bigger size for my daughter Zoe, as a slipper to wear around the house. She thought the baby slippers were too cute, and promptly put in an order for her own personal pair. (she’s only 5, and already a slave to fashion. what can I say she is my daughter.)

button close-up…

felt fabric…

I crocheted a baby poncho to go with the slippers, as a “set”. it took the better part of a weekend. I used a stitch I wasn’t familiar with, so it was slow-going at first. it turned out alright. not my favorite pattern, maybe I’ll try a different one next time I do a poncho.

our digital camera died last month, so I had to take a pic with my father in law’s manual Nikon. I apolagize for the terrible quality, but it’s all I had at the time…