(photograph © Kiwidutch)
I try to read other people’s blogs and make a comment when something catches my eye…
Yesterday I was reading Mallory Murray’s blog ” Modern Mind, Vintage Heart- Handcrafted, Homemade, Heartfelt” a blog also on WordPress.
On February 17th Mallory posted an crafty idea that I had never seen before and it took my fancy. It can be found at the link the the bottom of this post.
It’s a little square of fabric that has little loops of ribbon sticking out that babies and play with, feel and suck. What a great idea !
A neighbour just down the street had a baby boy at Christmas time, so this unusual idea really appealed to me. I resolved to make it some time.
Today my teeth are feeling better and some medication is helping with the cold so after a nap this morning I bought my sewing machine out to the dining room table so that a friend could sew a little project that she had planned, and she had a few scraps of fabric left over, which I duly scrounged err, I mean recycled quickly into a little gift for our little newest little neighbour.
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
Thanks Mallory for the inspiration…. this took no time at all to stitch, if you don’t count the time it took me to re-pin the ribbons so that the loops were on the inside with the tails sticking out, when the right sides of the fabric were together. (Luckily the penny dropped before I actually started sewing.)
I did take one change and one short-cut. The change was to add two thin pieces of fabric to the inside of the square to make it a bit firmer. The short-cut was I found that it easier to leave a little unsewn piece between the last ribbon and the corner on two sides, this meant that when I turned it though afterwards that I would have had to fashion those two edges back into a corner.
It was more fuss that I was up for with this cold and a simple tuck under on the diagonal was quicker and easier so I did that instead.
Cool little project and fun to stitch. Thanks!
Here’s the link to Mallory’s page and the original idea.
http://mallorymurray.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/quick-cute-baby-gift-project/
