Two Owls for Two Little Girls

You know I love Owls! Here are my 2 little Owls ready & awaiting the arrival of my twin girls who will be here within the next 2 weeks! I've used contrasting fabrics for the face, wings & breast, rick-rack around the centre & felt for the eye pieces. Decided to make one a sleepy little Owl & the other a happy chirpy Owl!

Cloud Nursery Baby Mobile

I decided to make my own home made baby mobile's for the girls nursery, there is so many garish, loud & bright baby mobiles on the market, a lot which are not really my taste, I wanted something unique, to go with the style of the room & of course original!

I decided to go with a cloud theme, so the girls can look up & see some pretty fluffy clouds floating above them in cotton candy colours!

Let me know what you think or if you have any questions on how I made it?!

I bought bamboo hoops for $4 each from spotlight & wound white knitting wool around them to create the hoop for the mobile

The cloud cut outs taking shape!

Rocking Chair Make Over

My friend Hannah who has only just recently began sewing (just a few months!!) sent me some photos of a beautiful Rocking Chair make over she recently did in preparation for her nursery. I thought it was just too beautiful not to share!

She had her hubby repaint the chair white & she resewed all the cushion covers....The Rocker also has a gliding foot stool so she cleverly covered this but left the base free so it would still glide when she rocks baby to sleep!

Absolutely loving the mustard yellow & floral theme!

 BEFORE

 AFTER

She also made this super cute matching Owl! I just love the quirkiness of the design!

Winter Woolly Owl

I saw this red knit jumper recently at a vintage shop & thought it would be perfect to turn into a soft winter woolly Owl pillow. After washing & treating the fabric, I fashioned the Owl eyes & beak out of felt & then sewed the old jumper into the shape I wanted for my cushion. Finally I stuffed him & stitched him closed! it's so soft it's the perfect cuddly pillow for your little one.

Weird & Wonderful Creatures

Working on a few more stuffed toys for my bubs, made again from recycled materials! Check out this weird & wonderful little creature! I love making it up as you go!

Recycled Fabric Bunny Softie

There seems to be a huge demand and popularity at the moment for simplistic but beautiful hand made toys. The more basic & the more hand made they look the more popular they seem to be! They remind me of times gone by when these were the only toys that kids used to have.

I've made my own cute Bunny Softie below from 100% recycled materials. All of the fabrics & knits are sourced from a local second hand store, I've washed & treated them so they smell beautiful & fresh again. The great thing about recycled fabrics is they are always softer then brand new.

Little Bunny has a soft pink knitted tummy which used to be a cardigan, the checked ears & legs are made from a men's vintage shirt, the head & arms are made from a pair of girls grey tights.

Let me know what you think?!

*Please be careful using buttons on children's toys, ensure the button is stitched very well & always supervisor your young ones when they play with buttoned toys

Baby Animal Silhouette Cushions

In my recent Ottoman post there is a photo of my nursery chair with some cushions on it, I have been asked about the yellow Bambi cushion & yes it's another home project! I really love the idea of baby animal silhouette's, they look really gorgeous in just plain black contrasting with a pretty floral decorative fabric.

I made the yellow Bambi Cushion from scratch and used a print out off Google of a baby deer silhouette to cut my felt out in the shape. I also had a pink patterned cushion I purchased on sale at spotlight for $15 that I customised by adding a baby bunny silhouette. So if you want to cheat & not make a cushion from scratch you could also customise an already bought one very easily by adding the felt silhouette!