PEEK-A-HOO OWL

Don't ask me why I wanted to make an owl, but I did. I think it was because I found 2 sets of owl eyes on clearance prices. :) I have kicked myself since for not putting that crinkle material in the feet (because my daughter had some of it), but it is not too late for someone else who wants to do it. I made the body of cotton, with a heavy pellon lining for the front to anchor the eyes.
You have to cut the front piece to attach the ribbon taggies. They are the "feathers". Depending on the seam allowance you do, you might have to trim the front to match the back. It's okay - I had to.
I wanted the wings to be soft, and I had some yellow fleece, so they are made of fleece, and positioned so that the wings can cover the eyes for "peek-a-boo:. The feet tops are made of fleece, with cotton for the bottoms. You need to sew the beak, wings, feet and attach eyes to the front before you sew the inner body. When you sew the back to the front, leave an opening along the bottom to turn right side out. I started at the ear, quit at where I wanted the opening, then started sewing again at the other ear to make it right.
I stuffed the owl with toy stuffing and hand sewed the opening shut.

HARRY POTTER QUIET BOOK

I made the book pages out of heavy pellon and sewed felt onto it for the pictures.

MAILBAG

I made this mailbag and mail for the grandchildren to play with, and they have enjoyed it. I found the backpack at a second hand store and sewed the word MAIL and star buttons on it. The cards and postcards are made of felt, also the envelopes. I did double the felt on the cards to make them more durable, and I sewed around the edges with a blanket stitch. I used felt pieces and embroidery to make the designs, and google sew-on eyes for the eyes. The patterns and inside messages appear below.

TWEAKED

SCISSORS HOLDER

My sister pinned an idea like this on Pinterest and it made me immediately want to make one, so I did. I just used scraps of whatever I had on hand. I only sewed the back of the basket to the bunny to anchor it, and I put pipe cleaners in the ears to make them stand up and hold their shape. I think I may have enough room in this to add a measuring tape on the right side.
I really never expected to make a scissors holder, but I liked the idea of it brightening my sewing box, because I do quite a bit of hand sewing.
(Because this isn't my own idea, I didn't include a pattern, but you can go to the site on Pinterest.)

SEWING MACHINE COVER

I actually saw this on Pinterest, and it appealed to me because I have been wanting a sewing machine cover, and my machine did not come with one. There is really no pattern for this, because machines can be different sizes, but  I measured what I needed to make a rectangle and went from there, using extra wide double fold bias tape around the edges. I bought 1/2 yard of quilted material and had a small amount left over. The one I saw was tied at the sides with ribbon, into a bow, but if you notice the detail in the second picture you will see that I sewed a button on one side and doubled ribbon on the other. The ribbon wraps around the button to close it.

I might have chosen a floral pastel pattern for this had it not been for the fact that I already made a thread catcher out of this material, so I decided to match it. That and the reason that much of the quilted material is only sold in baby quilt sized panels. I did cut my material in half and then sewed it together to make the pattern be right-side up on both sides.

I actually would have preferred a sewing machine case, but this works since I don't have one, and it worked up fairly quickly.

EASTER CARDS

I make cards for the holidays sometimes, usually just for my children, mother and a friend who is in a care center. This year's Easter cards turned out to have some variation, because I was using left-over Easter paper from last year. It doesn't really show here, but the background of the far right card is light green, so the bunny shows up better on the actual card.  I kind of liked the whimsy of a bunny hatching out of the egg instead of a chick. :)