Thursday, May 14, 2009

I Made Toys!


Look at me! I'm a toymaker! I didn't know I had it in me. You know, the inspiration from all of you out in the blogging world is really opening me up creatively. I was only a quilter until I started reading blogs and now i've made pot holders and toys too. I'm slowly branching out.

I promised twohippos that since she paid it forward to me with the beautiful apron, I would pay it forward to others by making toys and leaving them for strangers. I chose an easy toy to make from this great tutorial. I love the blog I found it on, mollychicken. I liked that it had some felt and some fabric, plus the interactivity of the baby in the egg in the pouch.

I'm pretty proud of it! It's so cute! Here is the baby out of the pouch...


And here is the baby out of the egg. Well, I loved this little birdy, but she looked pretty lonely sitting there in her tree...


So I made her some family members! I enlarged the pattern and made bigger ones. That's daddy in the blue on the left with Junior in the front carrier, and that's mommy in the middle. I'm going to enlarge the pattern even more and make one medium teddy bear size! I can't seem to stop making these!


The End(s).

3 comments:

Victoria Findlay Wolfe said...

nice job! aren't they fun! such a sweet idea!

West Michigan Quilter said...

These are so cute. I read about that idea and was always going to do something, but, of course, never did. Now you've inspired me to get to work and make one of these cute chickens. Thanks for sharing.

Wanda said...

Such a nice little family of birds in the tree! Great job! I really love your toys!