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One of the great things about having kids is that you can dress them however you want for the first couple years. That is, until they hit about 3 1/2 and figure out that weird hats and leg warmers are not a fashion choice that they will submit to graciously. The solution? Yes, you got it. Have another child! Which brings in my thing-a-day for today. I’ve been enjoying cignoh’s recent posts about reconstructing old clothing. So tonight, not having another project in mind, I looked in my closet for things I wasn’t wearing anymore. The first thing I found was a brand new pair of striped toe socks that I’ve never worn (because I found that my toes dislike being confined). I cut off the toes and hemmed the rough edges to give them a more finished look. They will now be a pair of baby leg warmers for my 14 month old daughter. Sucker.

 Really, I just liked their hair.

*Also, I’m having trouble with the scanner at the edges, but it’ll have to wait tills tomorrow to fix it.*

Playing catch up here, but still behind two days.   Tonight I made three felt cupcakes for Tricia’s girls. I had a hard time getting a nice photo of these.  I’ll have to try again in the daylight.

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Student indifference and teacher concern. What could the problem possibly be I wonder? I dunno.

Today I needle-felted some more felt pieces and yarn to the front of the felted sweater piece from yesterday. Then I hand-sewed the shoulders to the back sweater piece, and sewed up the sides by machine. The plan was to reconstruct this into a jumper dress for my daughter (a toddler), but I wasn’t really happy with the shape. The shoulders needed to be cut down and reshaped to fit her. I wasn’t sure that I could do this neatly, so I decided instead to sew the sweater back together with the original arms. I would have liked to substitute other more interesting felted arm pieces, but I only have a small stash of felted sweaters and none of them looked right. Basically I just reconstructed the sweater in a smaller size. Hopefully it will fit her next winter.

A Valentine card for Daddy. A collaborative project between Huck (age 17-months) and myself.

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My 4-year-old nephew really likes shiny gold jewelry and reptiles, so I made him this felt snake bracelet with gold thread stripes.

                                                                      their real alter egos

Last week, I bought two pairs of plain white mittens at Target on clearance for a dollar. I was trying to make them less boring and came up with these bunny mittens, haha. They have felt eyes and noses, felt ears that stick up, pompom tails, and a string that connects the two so you don’t lose one. I’m not quite sure what I’m doing with these yet.

A ducky barrette for my niece.

Flannel & felt

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The funny thing about this is that there’s one of the one kid, and over a dozen of the other. It really captures the quieter, stiller nature of the one and the more active, dramatic nature of the other. Seriously, all Seb did was maybe sit up some from time to time.