Penguin Christmas present

This little penguin - a lovely christmas present

She comes with a Christmas hat, a knitted blouse, a tutu , a knitted scarf.
She loves to eat Christmas pudding.

She will be safe in  a drawstring bag.

hand stitched, knitted from 100% wool felt, alpaca yarn, tutu

She is only 15 cm tall.

Baby boy mushroom shoes

I  have made 2 pairs of baby boy shoes for my customers since last post, I like the exterior fabric, kind of softbrown fine corduroy cotton, the interior is stripy cream-blue cotton fabric. This pattern is so easy to hand sew. I embroidered mushrooms on the shoes.

I hand sewn the main part of the shoes and the sole separately,  then I hand stitched them together. I think it is easier that machine sewing (for me anyway) but it is time consuming. The exterior fabric was lined with iron on woven interfacing which I bought it from Uhandbag. It is really good quality though.  I added the softness to the soles by lining fleece between fabrics. My customers said they fit nicely on her baby feet.

Bumble bee

I can' t make baby goods without including bumble bees, I could not resist to buy this japanese fabric with bumble bees and tiny flowers patterns. Another pair of baby shoes were hand sewn straight away, and a bib to go with.

I like to design the shoes while I am starting to sew, and this bumble bee embroidery came in my head. I have a little bit of the creamy lace left just enough to stitch on the shoes straps, velcro was used on the strap.

It was quite hard to embroider 3 bumble bees to look the same, I drew the bees with washable pen for fabric but I managed just about to look same!!!

I love to hand stitch the fabric.

and last, the bumble bee bib, they are one of the kind and very special for me.

Hand sewn wool baby girl shoes

I love sewing baby shoes, the image always comes in my head just before I am going to sleep. When I make the shoes I don't want it to end, I have to add a bit of this and a bit of that so it takes me longer times than I need.
These pair of shoes, I used wool knitwear and cotton, the wool fabric is beige/cream so in the end I had to add the purple stitched to brighten it up.

The motif instruction is easy, cut a piece of wool fabric size 2 cm x 6.5 cm,  use DMC embroidery thread  running stitches on the outside edge, for the inside edge  stitch running stitches with the sewing thread and pulled thread until it forms flower. I will add the image next time, I forgot this step!!

cut the fabric to cover the button in circle and use running stitches stitch around the edge and pull the thread till it  forms like a ball, I put a plastic button inside the middle, then pull the thread tight and stitch to close it up.

I can not finish it without a gift bag, it is a little tote bag with lining, I used calico (cotton fabric) for outer and inner bag. On the outside I sewn the blue gingham in the middle of cotton fabric, I used organza ribbon to make the handle, size of this bag is 6 inches x 6 inches.

Etsy shop

A lovely customer has bought 2 pairs of cashmere - gingham baby shoes 2 days ago for twin babies. I do hope they will look nice and be comfortable for the babies' feet. I love Etsy, everything I need are there.

I am on a go of making a pink pair of baby girl shoes, I use cotton fabric for quilting and practice sashiko stitches on them and on the ribbon. I use DMC 25 embroidery thread, I like to try to stitch with sashiko threads but the price is just higher than ordinary embroidery thread so I used DMC 25. I am still not sure what motif I will use to decorate the shoes, uh?

I managed to finished the shoes off. I hand sewn the shoes and stitched with bright pink thread.
I used the paler pink ribbon I have bought long time ago but it looks too pale so I stitched it as well.
I changed the motifs many times till I ended up with using kawaii cotton/linen fabric to cover plastic buttons.
I hand crocheted DMC 25 thread, then stitched around the buttons. It took me a while to finish them off, I will keep them for my friend's baby girl.

Here more pictures!!

I couldn't finish them without a gift bag, this one is very easy to make. I used the the same fabric I sewn the shoes.
      

Hand sewn Cashmere baby shoes

Remnant fabric is good source of my craft material, also new garments that are too faulty that the shops reduce price for nothing. Some of them are too damaged to wear but they are still as good as gold to be designed and sewn to something else.

I made two pairs of baby shoes for boy and girl (ideal for twins), the lining is 100% gingham cotton. I covered the buttons with gingham fabric, I used an elastic hairband to secure the motif .

I used the sleeve cuff piece to make the frilly flower before stitching a covered button on it.
I handsewn bags for both shoes, they are nice for baby shower gifts.

Crochet- Baby shoes

I like to knit, sew, crochet baby shoes, I crocheted this pair using ROWAN 4 ply cotton mixed milk protein. The result is lovely. I made two pieces for a sole and stitched them together so the sole was shape nicely. I think the wooden bear button goes with the creamy color of yarn quite well. These shoes stay on baby feet perfectly.
Cotton is good for summer, I am going to crochet two more pairs using 4 ply wool mixed cashmere for my friends ' grandchildren in winter.  I love to work with 4 ply yarn for baby shoes, they are cute and the creamy color can go for boy and girl