Do you want to build a snowman?

Olaf, the sock snowman, inspired by the Disney movie Frozen.

My daughters are child care educators, and two work in the same child care centre. All the children are in love with the Disney Frozen movie, so they are having a Frozen themed week. I decided to make an Olaf, out of socks, that the children can play with.

My first photo of my idea.

A sock, some felt and pipe cleaners incased in felt, I built a snowman :)

I like warm hugs

He has a stand, a foam block, with a wooden piece of dowel stuck in it to help him stand upright. He is just leaning against it.

Bye Olaf,I hope the kids love you.

Topsy Turvy Doll

I have finished my Topsy Turvy doll, made out of a white sock and a black sock. It is for my daughters 30th birthday next month. A strange present for an adult but she had one as a child and she loved it. It went everywhere with her and became so ratty and dirty that I was so glad when she gave it up. Her original one was not a sock doll, but it don't think she will care.

Of course I didn't take photos at the start but this is half way, one side done, now to work on the other.

Sewing the arms.

All done one side.

And the other!

 They are dressed in their Sunday Best. I am so pleased with it, all done without a pattern, pat myself on the back :) 

Waldorf baby doll

I have been wanting to try my hand at a Waldorf doll for ages, so  I brought all the material and stuffing online at, http://www.winterwoodtoys.com/. It sat unused for many weeks, while I researched and goggled many Waldorf doll patterns and instructions and pinned so many :) I wanted a free pattern to use.

I found  ** Guerilla Fluff Holiday Sew-a-Long!!*** on YouTube and watched and watched and finally I was ready to tackle my baby. I down loaded free patterns from,http://ohjuniper.com/2013/10/01/free-15-inch-waldorf-baby-doll-pattern/, that is the one Guerilla Fluff is using, but I wanted a movable joint pattern so I down loaded from http://doingwithout.livejournal.com/41229.html and http://www.lapappadolce.net/waldorf-doll-patterns/?lang=en. What pattern I used I have no idea because I think I got the two mixed up, but in the end it didn't matter.

My head  at the beginning, I needle felted the nose on and added a bit more stuffing in the cheek area.

all stitched  up with a nice stiff neck, although it was floppy at first, I found by pushing the excess stuffing up into the head area that it firmed up really well before I wrapped it up.

Doll skin on and pins in place.

Yes! it is coming together 

I used big buttons for the joints and much poking and pulling to anchor them.

I did not have a long dolls needle so I used my longest needle, it worked for the joints but not very well for the stitching on the face, the eye was to wide and was leaving nasty holes in my babie's face :(.

So I used a normal needle with skin coloured cotton to sculpt the face and then embroidery cotton to colour it in. I could not go to the back of the head to hide the knots so I went near the ear line thinking I could hide it with hair after.

I ended up making ears for it, so it all worked out well.

Yeah! A naked bald baby

I made hair from yarn but I was not happy with the look.So since it was my prototype doll I decided to needle felt the hair, it was only going to sit in my craft room and not be played with so needle felt hair would do the trick.

Ears sewn on and hair beginning to grow :)

My baby is born!

 Little bum

Belly button

She is dressed with a little sock toy to cuddle. Now sleep baby and be quite :)

Cakes

I have not been making or decorating many cakes lately, my young niece and nephew have moved to a different state, and my circle of friends have no little ones who require a cake.However I did make two cakes at the beginning of this year, they were for my 'grand daughters' who are not really my granddaughters but daughters of a beautiful young lady who is my friends daughter. I think of her as a daughter and her girls as my granddaughters, and I do receive a 'Nanna', now and then from them but I receive so much love and more from them.

This is the youngest ones cake, she was 9 this year.It is a giant cupcake, pink tones of course, she is still that kind of little girl :)

The eldest was 13, so she got a giant cookie cake with ice cream filling, no pink in site, she is not that kind of girl lol.

Sock monster

I I found a pattern for an Adipose, a creature from a Dr Who series, it was made out of felt but I thought why not socks, why not indeed :) this is the link  http://crafts.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-an-adipose-plush-toy-from-doctor-who--craft-1558

I used a pair of men's crewel sock, two dolls eyes, and used the mouth, arms and feet from the pattern on the link.

 I gave him a dent where I wanted his eyes to be, carefully poked a hole close to stitches and added the eyes.

I added the eyes before I ladder stitched his bottom closed, and after I cut away the excess sock, which was the heel and top part. Cut out his hands and feet from the other sock, using the pattern from the link, his mouth from felt, which I glue on, and in no time a all a Adipose was born.

He will be a great gift for my nephew who is a Dr Who 

 

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Boy sock doll

He was made with men's light blue knee high socks.

And dressed with boys socks .His shoes are baby socks, one pair made 4 shoes, cut in half and sewn up the middle.His have laces.

He also has a sewn on hat and their clothes are removable but not the shoes and socks.

Girl sock doll

I just forget to blog regularly, and take photos of my craft in stages.Oh well,
This is my sock dolly.She was made from men's knee high white socks.

 I made her clothes from socks as well,kids socks and her skirt is recycled from pink denim jeans.

Her shoes are baby socks cut down and lace and flower sewn on.