June 17, 2008

Things you can make

Fabric bird mobile from Spool Sewing
Business card holder from Amy Butler
Memory candles at Inspire Company
Serendipity tote bag at Sewing Republic
Papercraft rabbits driving cars (so funny!) at a Japanese site I can't read
Papier-maché bowls from Painted Fish Studio
DIY roman shade at A Merry Mishap

(Image from Spool Sewing)

33 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 17, 2008 at 8:17 AM

    Oh yea! I love these posts. Can't wait to give everything a try:)

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  2. Grandma GJune 17, 2008 at 9:05 AM

    Those birds are so pretty!

    Mum

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  3. AnonymousJune 17, 2008 at 10:12 AM

    I love when you do these posts!

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  4. calicodaisyJune 17, 2008 at 11:10 AM

    Thanks for the links. Love the birds.

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  5. CaseyJune 17, 2008 at 11:53 AM

    I love those birds, I just a made a couple of those last night actually :)

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  6. Abby and StephanieJune 17, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    I had already found Spool Sewing and have 3 darling birds! I'm addicted...more on the way.

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  7. TranquilityKnotsJune 17, 2008 at 2:32 PM

    Found the little birds tutorial. I am going to make some for my niece. Thanks.

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  8. jenJune 17, 2008 at 3:34 PM

    some great links! thanks!

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  9. Saying It SimplyJune 17, 2008 at 6:58 PM

    These are great! You are impressive!

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  10. JudyJune 17, 2008 at 10:41 PM

    You have consistently brought the best little projects to your site. Fun easy and joyful. You are the Martha for us, and somebody - mmm - somebody should be watching.

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  11. AnonymousJune 17, 2008 at 10:57 PM

    Awwww I love those paper rabbits, thanks for the awesome links!

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  12. Young People in LoveJune 17, 2008 at 11:32 PM

    thanks for the great ideas! i'm totally making that tote bag!

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  13. aliceJune 18, 2008 at 5:12 AM

    I can't wait to have a go at the bowls and the birds!

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  14. JenJune 18, 2008 at 8:06 AM

    I love this post. I am going to make my nephew a kitty and some birds to play with!

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  15. DottieJune 18, 2008 at 12:11 PM

    i want to make the bird mobile, what a great find! i wish there 9 days in a week.

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  16. jojoebi-designsJune 18, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    ohh I HAVe to make some of those birdies,
    birds or dusting?
    birds or vacuuming?
    birds or laundry?
    Hmm when hubby comes home and complains about the state of the house, I will be blaming it al on you!
    (just kidding, any excuse for me to get out of doing the cleaning)

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  17. KellyJune 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM

    Help! I need an expert's opinion on these birds!

    They're so darling that I printed off the pattern and cut 12 out of scraps before I remembered that I'm not very good at hand stitching. (And even if I thought I could use my machine on this project, which I can't imagine, it's broken right now.)

    I tried sewing the first one, and it turned out... well, less than pretty. I think I used the wrong type of stitch. All I've ever used for hand stitching (which I avoid like the plague most of the time) is the running stitch or overcast for hems. I used running and it didn't work well. Should I have used backstitch? Your stuff always looks so beautiful, and I've been lurking for quite a while, and now I want to know how you got yours to look so pretty! I'm jealous!

    Thanks for the links to the cool projects! (And the links to fun stuff you find on Etsy - love that too!)

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  18. Jessica JonesJune 19, 2008 at 12:14 PM

    Kelly, so sorry to burst your bubble, but the bird photo above is from Spool Sewing (mentioned at the bottom of the post)—the website with the tutorial. So I personally have not made one of these guys yet. And I'm not a great sewer by any means! I guess I'd try a backstitch, and keep them fairly small.

    Somebody else who sews a lot, help us out!

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  19. Teresa @ good-graceJune 19, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    oh gosh!! Thanks so much for sharing these great links. (I love the little birdie pic.)

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  20. AnonymousJune 20, 2008 at 5:08 AM

    Hi, I too found those cute birds on Spool a couple of weeks ago and was immediately inspired to make three. I used back stitch, but it helps if it is very neat and small. I also found that with fabric that frayed easily it was worth dabbing the raw edges with pva glue to seal them (and letting it dry) before turning the bird right side out - particularly round the beak area!

    Hope that's useful. You can see my first attempts on my blog post 'Rare Birds Indeed!'

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  21. Fifi FlowersJune 20, 2008 at 2:43 PM

    Those are so cute! I do not sew and so I will not attemp these... but if I did... I just might!

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  22. Nathalanes PlaceJune 20, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    I just love those birds. I wonder if they are hard to make. You have great links here. Love your blog by the way and I've added it to my blogroll for safe keeping so that way I'm sur I'll be going back so I don't miss nothing.

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  23. JanisJune 21, 2008 at 9:12 AM

    These projects are the coolest -- thanks SO much!!!

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  24. AnonymousJune 21, 2008 at 4:38 PM

    These are totally rad! I might try making them from my many scraps.

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  25. KellyJune 23, 2008 at 11:21 AM

    artshades - thanks for the advice!

    jess - my apologies. It took me a moment to realize that the pictures on your site and on Spool's were the same. That said, thanks for the link to the awesome project, because I'd never heard of Spool before and now I might just have to drop in on their site every once in a while.

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  26. Pin Cushion PrincessJune 25, 2008 at 1:23 AM

    I am so excited to try all of these fun things. Keep up the fun links. There are never enough fun projects to do.

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  27. UnknownJune 26, 2008 at 2:49 PM

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  28. UnknownJune 26, 2008 at 2:51 PM

    Bummer~! The site for the bird mobile isn't working...and I purchased fabric just to make it too. Does anybody have the pattern that I can get via email? lchoidea@gmail.com

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  29. AnonymousJuly 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM

    Jess, I can't thank you enough for posting these great birds. I went to the Spool site and low-and-behold... It's in Philly! Me too! AND I signed up for a little birdie class their having this Saturday! Thanks for turning me on to this great resource in my very own city.

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  30. Jessica JonesJuly 3, 2008 at 1:54 PM

    That's great! Glad to hear it.

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  31. April Moore SkeltonJuly 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM

    lchoidea--I am having the same problem. I actually looked at the pattern several days ago and didn't print it ... now the link doesn't work and I can't find it on Spool's site! I was going to make this for my sister-in-law, can anyone send me this PDF file? aprilbmoore@gmail.com

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  32. Jessica JonesJuly 21, 2008 at 6:10 PM

    The link to the pattern changed... I've updated it in the post, so now it should work and you can get the bird pattern.

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  33. AnnCPJanuary 1, 2015 at 2:07 PM

    I can't find the link to the pattern. Can someone send it to me? savvychixstudio@gmail.com

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