Getting' My Craft On

I've never really considered myself all that crafty. In my younger years, I knew how to crochet and I'd done a cross-stitch or two... but I never really kept up with it. I kinda always thought that now-a-days it was probably easier and cheaper to just go out and buy stuff, than to try to make it myself.


Last week I stumbled across this book in a discount bin at a bookstore and I thought that the little home-made stuffed animals in it were really cute. Suddenly inspired to get crafty, I decided to buy it and try making one of them for Edison. And if it's not a total disaster, I might make another one down the road.



Some of the softies are a little... interesting, but I liked the look of this guy... the Tramp Heart Bear

So off I went to the craft store to get all of the ingredients for my little bear. I'm not totally clueless in the craft store... most of the things I can handle - felt, thread, buttons - easy peasy. But floss, what the heck is floss? I only know of one kind of floss and I don't think it's meant to sew little bears together. I had to ask an employee, who had to ask her supervisor, and in the end discovered that floss is a thicker type of thread that is mainly used for embroidery-type stuff. I also discovered that floss comes in a billion different colours.

The pattern 

I attached the pattern with safety pins instead of regular pins... less chance of stabbing myself that way 

Hearts sewn together with the infamous floss

Time is start sewing his little body together 

Don't own a sewing machine... so hand sewing it is!

Cross-stitched the floss onto the tummy

Button's added and heart attached. His tummy is complete.

Well, this is all I've done so far. I'll put up more pictures as I work on it. Stay tuned...