Lizzie Borden Baby Rattle

Lizzie Borden- Baby Rattle Tutorial Pattern

Help your favorite little one remind their parents who’s really in charge with this killer baby shower gift!

You will need

*Red felt (Lipstick)

*Grey Felt (Grey Flannel)

*Beige Felt (Toffee)

Stuffing

Rattle Insert

*Matching thread

 Template (at the bottom of post)

To make the wood grain on my felt I used a stenciling technique I’ll be posting about later this week.

Begin by cutting  2 axe head pieces from grey felt, 2 bloody edges from red felt, and 2 axe handles and one axe base from beige colored felt.

Stitch bloody edge to each side of the axe head.

Be sure to attach in mirror opposites so that they come together correctly.

Attach each axe head to an axe handle using a running stitch and matching thread

Place axe heads together and overcast stitch the sides together using beige thread.

(click here for more on these stitches)

Leave bottom of Axe open, over cast stitch up the other side.

Connect axe heads with matching thread and an overcast stitch along the outside.

Leaving top open.

Add rattle insert to axe head –  lightly stuff and stitch axe head closed.

Stuff axe handle until it is stiff and attach rounded bottom with an over cast stitch.

And there you have it…

Did you have your heart set on a killer baby shower gift?

With a few tweaks Lizzie’s rattle easily becomes a fireman’s Axe.

You will need:

*Red felt (Lipstick)

*White felt (White)

*Yellow felt (Lemon Meringue)

*Beige felt (Toffee)

Stuffing

Rattle Insert

*Matching thread

 Template (at the bottom of post)

To make the wood grain on my felt I used a stenciling technique I’ll be posting about later this week.

Begin by cutting  2 yellow fireman’s symbols, 2 axe head pieces from red felt, 2 axe edges and backs from white felt, and 2 axe handles and one axe base from beige colored felt.

Attach White accents and fireman symbol to each axe head in mirroring directions.

Assemble as outlined above.

I hope you enjoyed this felt baby rattle tutorial.

 Happy Crafting!  - Andie

Felt Valentines Mailbox Playset

What’s better than a love letter?

Felt Mailbox Tutorial

 If you’re not following the Imagine Our Life blog you are definitely missing out!

Stephanie has made this sweet little felt Valentine’s Day mailbox along with letters, velcro stamps and envelopes .

Photo provided by Imagine Our Life

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What an eye for detail! Best of all her pattern and full tutorial is free!

Send a little love this year with Imagine Our Life’s felt mailbox pattern and tutorial.

Happy Valentine’s Day

~Andie

Felt Finger Puppet Theater

Check out the latest free pattern from the insanely talented Stephanie at Imagine Our Life!

What a fun and amazing work of art not to mention a great toy for all those holiday car trips!

The whole piece is supported on folding struts which allow it to fold flat to fit in quiet books or just for easy storage and travel!

I just love the flying dragon!

Check out the full and stunningly detailed tutorial over at Imagine Our Life

Happy Crafting

~Andie

* All images via Imagine Our Life.

No Sew Wool Felt Bows, Bowties and Shoe Clips

These no sew felt bows are super easy scrap busters.

 If you are a Pintrest fan (and lets face it who isn’t) you have probably seen this floating around.

Source: cdn.duitang.com via Pinterest

Super cool right!? I immediately knew I needed to make a few billion of these for my newest niece.

The only problem, no templates!

I tried to remake theirs but in the end I just ended up starting from scratch.

  Templates to make bows are at the end of this post

To make the hair bands I measured the “babies” head deducted about a 1/2″ and hot glued stretchy soft elastic together.

And then hot glued the bows to the seam on the headband.

To create the matching bow ties for I made the bow a larger size (templates below) and used Shoe Clips to attach them. Shoe clips ended up being perfect for this project because they hold tight on the thinnest fabric, don’t damage the fabric and have a smooth back so they won’t irritate little ones.

After I completed the bow I simply hot glued the open clip to the back of the larger bows.

Make sure the glue sets before you close them.

After making  both a small and large size of every color I could think of  I had to make some shoe clips too.

For these I used the small bow

Then I made small bows with  some long ribbon shapes.

 Wouldn’t they be a fun something blue?

A ton of these can be made in no time at all with whatever Felt scraps or ribbon you have on hand.

You will also need

Shoe clips

Hot Glue gun

Soft elastic for baby headbands, I prefer the lightweight lace elastic kind.

And of course the template!

Stop by the store to see all of  the over 100 colors we carry!

Happy Crafting

Andie