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Chubby Hedgehog

Posted by Kristin Rauch in blog | Craftiness | Gifts | Thrifted | vintage - (2 Comments)

Hello Lovelies! I made this sweet hedgehog from a fantastic tutorial/ pdf pattern I found via pinterest.  The Hedgehog is from the lovely LollyChops blog. You can download and print the pdf for free from her blog. Cool right?

This little hedgehog was made as a gift for a just turned one year old girl. It is a smaller toy and seems the perfect size for one year old hands to hold onto. The Tutorial called for using a sizzix to cut out the spikes if you have a sizzix. I don’t so I cut out a leafy shape and then used that as a pattern to cut out a bunch from fabric and the rest of felt. I think I used somewhere around 30 spikes, but looking at the tutorial my spikes are a bit bigger. I also stitched my front spikes with a fun x in aqua, and used the same thread to tack down the rest. I like that bit of contrast the aqua thread gives it.

This is a great pattern. Simple, quick, and cute. Plus it’s easy to add your own flare and personality with different fabric, the shape of the spikes, and the face features. I will be making it again and would highly recommend it for a fun gift or for you. :) I think it would be absolutely awesome made rather big too, and may try that out next time.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Super Luke

Posted by Kristin Rauch in blog | Craftiness | Gifts | luke | Thrifted | vintage - (1 Comments)

Super Luke… He is my little superhero.

Cape flowing in the wind, he is always ready for action.

Eyes to the sky, never missing a beat. He is vigilant in his job of superhero.

Even when refueling a good superhero makes sure not to miss a thing, especially those rouge airplanes flying over.

He must be ready at the drop of a hat, keeping his tools, and vehicles at the ready and well tuned.

Super Luke….

He decided to test a friends cape to make sure it was in tip top shape before gifting it to a special birthday boy.

This little friend just happens to have a name that begins with L too. It was tempting for this superhero to keep this cape as a spare, but alas he is a kind hearted hero, and the cape ran a little big for his older friend so he gifted it as planned.

 

As you may have guessed I have been outfitting superheros over here. A couple new disguises will be hitting the shop soon, so if you are a super hero in need of a cape I will let you know when they are in stock. ;)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Hold on tight!

Posted by Kristin Rauch in blog | Craftiness | From:Me To:You | Gifts | vintage - (3 Comments)

October marked the two year anniversary of my From:Me To:You Facebook page.  I celebrated by giving away two quilts! Although they are still at the quilters. :)

But for everyone else who nominated and was nominated in October I made a small gift.

So I made 52 Magnetic Photo Frames.

They where pretty simple once I figured out my plan would actually work . The prototype is always tricky. I bought that vinyl by the yard ( you know like grandma covered her sofa in ;) and dug through my scrapping paper. I cut rectangles a touch bigger than 4.5″ x 6.5″ out of both. I then put a vinyl rectangle on top of each paper and sewed around three sides.

I made a bunch of rolled fabric flowers and attached them to each photo holder with one felt and one book page leaf.

And of course I adhered a magnet to the back of each. :) They hold a 4×6 or smaller photo and give your fridge a bit of cuteness. Or in my anti fridge magnet house (husband) ;), my memo board in my craft room. :)

 

I hope everybody liked them and I would love to see if anybody makes some of these! I’m sorry I don’t have pictures of the in process, I never remember that part.

Thanks for stopping by!

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