We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers.
Mace Windu Amigurumi with little itty
bitty black boots!
A modified pattern from Owlishly’s Amigurumi pattern, still needs
work. But I love the outfit! Working on a younger Obi-Wan
Kenobi soon... watch this space!
New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies
Secret’s out! The greatest and biggest chocolate chip cookie mystery has been
solved!
So how could I not attempt to bake the most talked about New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie that has
every baker around the world giving thanksgiving prayers and
becoming intensely popular amongst the people they shared their
cookies with? Naively I thought I had it down. But oh
no... This is a life-changing recipe. This is something you
will take with you until your die.
This is what God bakes in his heavenly perfect kitchen for his
Angels.
This has the right amount of crisp on
the outside and and a soft infused with warm melted chocolate gooey
center that reaches all the way in and touches your soul.
Nothing I’ve ever baked or made in my humble kitchen beats this.
Every bite was a savoured moment where all your stress and troubles
disappear. If only I could capture the aroma of the cookies freshly
baked - just a whiff and you will be sold.
This big cookie is the biggest treat you can give yourself! Why eat
a handful of regular sized cookies when you can have 1 (or more)
perfect chocolate chip cookie?
Go on!
The Western
This was part of Sew-U by Wendy Mullin. I actually was quite
surprised how quickly I completed sewing this together - 1 day. The
trickiest and hardest part of this project was the collar - always
have a problem with the collar. But I managed to wing it and make
it look somewhat decent looking without making it look like a
disaster.
Now I want to sew myself a dress!!
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope.
Thought it was time I made an amigurumi for myself and Princess
Leia Organa it was! It does appear Princess Leia is a little chubby
(or maybe curvy?) but I think she’s cute like that. I was quite
looking forward to making her because of her hair.
Did some research on amigurumi hair and
I adapted the hair tutorial from Geek Central Station but instead
of embroidery thread, I used roving wool. I originally wanted to
use the roving wool idea for Obi Wan’s hair but then realised I
didn’t have white wool. I didn’t really photograph the process so I
will try to describe how I made her hair.
Basically grabbed some roving wool -
with the sewing machine sewed a line down the middle to create her
hair parting. On the underside of her wig I applied a thin line of
PVA glue on her parting, and pinned on the line of her parting on
her head and left it alone for a few minutes for the glue to bond
to her head. Still with the pins stuck on I added a little more
glue to her undersides of her hair and using a hair tie, wrap her
hair down the sides of her face - and yes it might appear I am
killing her with my hair tie. This will hold the hair in place.
After 15 minutes of “strangling” Princess Leia, remove the hair tie
and braid both sides and twirl it into a bun - sew in place and
leave alone overnight for the glue to completely dry. Remove pins
in her head the next morning. Glue should dry clear.
Congratulations! You made made amigurumi hair! I haven’t tried this
with short hair yet but I should think it’s just as easy and you
can really do alot with roving wool for hair.
On another note, if you like my Princess Leia as much as I do, you
can download a desktop wallpaper of her here.
Sophia Carry All
After many weeks of prepation and sourcing of materials, my most challenging project to date is complete and not without a lot of frustration and abundant mutterings of swear words. It is my first time using a zipper foot, making piping and sewing in piping. For the record - I really suck at piping.
Along the way also pushing the limits my old Singer sewing machine
- which really didn’t help the already frustrating situation. It
really isn’t used to sewing many thick layers of interfaced fabrics
together. And in demostrating it’s irritation, it stubbornly
refuses to pick up bottom bobbin thread and or tangling itself and
spitting out mini thread ball disasters.
I am glad I made it. It’s a pretty bag and I get to use it tomorrow! I will have to make another one for Dixie but after that... not again!
That's no moon. It's a space station.
It's Obi-Wan Kenobi Amigurumi! Also my
Paré Freddie's belated birthday present. I'm a little over a week
late but I think once he sees this it will be okay. It was hard
deciding what to make since Yoda was already taken so owner of Yoda
#1 suggested the cool Obi-Wan (original) and it was perfect!
Obi-Wan took me over a week to make him and got 3 blisters from it
- mainly also I was making Yoda #3 for Gerry and our crafty swap. So it will be awhile
before another amigurumi project comes along, my calluses need
healing.
This is also the most detailed
amigurumi crated so far, with the most detailed outfit with facial
hair and my own attempt at "hair" which isn't really much of an
attempt. And oh... an amethyst Swarovski encrusted blue lightsabre.
I am grateful to Sammi at Geek
Central Station for sharing her "Human Amigurumi" pattern.
Now if we want to talk about details you really must visit her
site, it's filled with her many inspirational and highly detailed
amigurumi figures from her latest Ghostbuster to Gandalf. And
you'll see how I am an influenced follower.
With me again, the Force is
This is version number 2 made and you can see there is some progress in my crocheting skills. I've also made just adjustments to his costume and included a hood and a sash.
Due to the unavailability of my sewing
machine, I actually sewed Yoda's robe by hand. So it took longer
than usual to create this look. It is worth is because, most
adorable cute, he is.
Owner of Yoda number 1 found out
today that I made *gasp* another Yoda thus rendering his
no longer exclusive and needless to say, disappointed. But really
relieved that it was not for anyone he knew, so I made a deal with
him that I would not make another Yoda for anyone in the industry
and that made him happier plus the fact that I will make him
Mace Windu sometime in the future.
I found a Jedi Name Generator - amusing it is. Hmmmmmm.
Tammy's Reversible Shoulder Bag
Then I screwed it up. First I squared
off the wrong corners so I had to cut off the straps... then after
completing it, I noticed a dirty smudge on the cream fabric so I
thought I'd try to rinse that out. So that got the bag wet and
realised OHNO! The colour from the dark wine-coloured fabric was
coming off and staining the cream fabric!! !@#$%^&*!
Of course I felt terrible so I made her another one with my own stash and to the colour combination she had originally wanted but could not find. She was really happy when she saw the picture message I sent, so we'll see if she is still happy tomorrow when she gets it. Dad actually liked it very much too and Mum said she would like one in black and white - saying it would be perfect for traveling.
PSP Quilted Case Prototype
Will also be working on Nintendo DS
cases too. Coming to my etsy store soon in many colours!
girl*e is stocked!
New bag designs are coming soon! So bookmark my etsy store and keep checking in!