Holiday Weekend Crafting

Hello!  How was your long weekend?  I was busy!  My relaxing holiday weekend turned into a craft marathon.  First I made 100 fabric buttons and turned them into 50 pairs of hair pins.  Then I packaged all of those along with the felt flower accessories I have made.  I'm getting everything craft show ready.

I also spent some time getting dreaming in Craft ready for Halloween!  I made and listed two Halloween plushies in the shop.  If you have been reading my blog for a while you may recognize these little cuties.

Kandi

I didn't make any changes to this pattern but I could tell that my sewing skills have improved a lot since last year.  She came out so much more even.  :-)

 

Boo

I wanted to make some modifications to this pattern before I made it again.  Imagine my surprise when I went to get the pattern to work on it and it was gone!  I have no idea what happened to it!  I had to start from scratch.  Oh well.  It' a pretty simple pattern so it didn't take too long.  This year Boo is a little bit taller and wider.  Isn't he cute?

These plushies are now available at Dreaming in Craft.  This weekend I also listed three bunting and ten pairs of fabric button hair pins.  Come see!

Boo!

Happy Halloween, everybody!  In honor of the big day I am proud to introduce you to the latest addition to my menagerie.

Please say hello to Boo.

Name: Boo

Date of Birth: 10/30/2010

Favorite Color: Pumpkin Orange

Favorite Food: Halloween Candy!!

Favorite Hobby: Carving Pumpkins

Favorite Song: Thriller by Michael Jackson

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This is the story of Boo...

I actually had a few more projects planned for Halloween but ran out of time.  I decided that the plushies would get top priority since they're my favorite thing to make.

First I drew a really simple ghost pattern.  When I drew the pattern he looked a little bit shorter and wider but once I sewed the pieces together he came out more narrow.  I'll have to keep that in mind if I made more friends for Boo. 

I bought a bunch of white fleece to make Chibi plushies so I had enough to use it for this project, too.  I wanted there to be a little bit of a contrast between the body and eyes.  I made the eyes out of black and white felt.  I have to have at least a little bit of felt in every plushie I make.  It's not a marci plushie without felt!  :-) 

Then I just followed my usual way of sewing a plushie.  I used a blanket stitch for the eyes and machine sewed the two pieces together and stuffed it.  Easy peasy.  I love him!!!

Don't be scared.  He's a friendly ghost!  ;-)

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Well, that's it for Halloween around here.  It's time to start focusing on Christmas crafts and Christmas presents.  I'm so excited because this is the first year that I'm going to try to make something for everyone in my family.  I'll probably have to keep those things off my blog until after Christmas since some of my family reads my blog (Thank you!), but I'll have some other fun Christmas crafts to share along the way.  I can't wait!!!

I Heart Stop Motion - Candy

Happy Halloween!!!  I was trying to think of something fun to share with you to celebrate Halloween today.  I decided that since I love stop motion so much and my favorite thing about Halloween is the candy that the best way to celebrate would be to share some fun candy stop motion videos!!!



This is one of my favorite songs so it gets to be first!  :-)

Sour Patch Kids are my favorite non-chocolate candy so I had to include this one!  It's very cute!

Candy Stop Motion from Alli Kirtley on Vimeo.

I wasn't able to finish all of my Halloween projects but I do have one more plushie to share with you later today so be sure to check back and see what I made!  :-)

Happy Halloween!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Halloween

Hello!  I'm just stopping by to show you what I worked on this weekend.  My mom asked me to make another Corny plushie so she could give it to her friend as a gift since candy corn is her favorite candy.

I'm really happy with the way he came out.  When I made my original Corny plushie I added a quarter inch around the entire drawing because I was going to machine sew it once I sewed the applique pieces on.  I decided to use a blanket stitch instead.  I made this corny without an extra quarter inch.  His mouth came out a little more even, too!  I should really start drawing those on.  It takes me forever to just free-hand embroider it.  Oh well.  I think it's worth it.  I think it's kind of fun because I don't ever really know what the face will look like until I'm done.  It makes each one of them unique and special.  :-) 

Here is the whole family before I gave little Corny to my mom. 

I have a couple more Halloween projects planned for this month and then I think it will be time to start working on Christmas projects!  EEKS!!!  I haven't even really started thinking about what I'm going to make!  I'm also trying to come up with a pattern for a Gir plushie from Invader Zim that someone requested for a Christmas gift for their son.  If anyone has any helpful hints on that one I would greatly appreciate it.  I really don't know how to start on that shape!  I'm very nervous about this project.  It's not like coming up with my own design.  It's so specific!

I hope you have a wonderful day.  I'm off to brainstorm ideas for tomorrow's coffee break.  I haven't even thought of what I'm going to write yet.  I guess we will all be surprised!  ;-)

Corny

Meet Corny!!

Name: Corny (Does anybody else feel like watching Hairspray right now?)  ;-)
Date of Birth: 10/7/2010
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Food:  Corn on the cob (Isn't that obvious??  Where do you think his name came from??)
Favorite Hobby: Trick-or-Treating (His best friend is Kandi so they like to dress up and go together.)
Favorite Song:  The Candy Man from Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory

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This is the story of Corny...

Like I said yesterday, I really wasn't sure how I wanted to make my candy corn plushie so I decided to try two ways.  The first became Kandi.  Corny was a lot more experimental.  I wasn't too sure what I was going to do until I was actually working on him.  :-)

I ended up cutting a piece of white felt in the shape of a candy corn and then cutting the colored pieces out of felt and appliqued them onto the candy corn shape.  Then I used a blanket stitch to close him up.  I messed up a little bit at the end so there is a large space between the first and last stitch (eventually I WILL figure that out!) but overall I think it turned out pretty good.

 I did the same for his face as I did with Kandi.  I used black plush eyes and free-hand embroidered the mouth.  This one came out a little crooked but I decided to leave it because I thought it gave him character...aka, no matter how much I changed the stitches it wouldn't be straight.  So, he just has a crooked mouth.  I kinda like it!

Best Friends

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I have a couple more Halloween projects planned to share with you in the next couple weeks.  After that I have to start getting ready for Christmas!   EEKS!  I should have started way earlier, but I really wanted to make some fun Halloween stuff, too.  Somehow I'll fit it all in.  :-)

See you tomorrow for My Morning Soundtrack!

Kandi

Meet Kandi!!

Name:  Kandi
Date of Birth:  10/6/2010
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Food:  Broccoli (I know...that's weird for candy corn!)
Favorite Hobby: Trick-or-Treating
Favorite Song: Candy Girl by The Four Seasons

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This is the story of Kandi...

While I was trying to come up with fun ideas for Halloween crafts to make for my blog I saw a lot of candy corn themed projects.  Since I love making plushies I decided to make a candy corn plushie.  I wasn't sure how I wanted to make it so I ended up making two.  Kandi is the first plushie I made.

This was a pretty simple project.  I just cut the pieces out of felt and sewed them together with my sewing machine and then sewed the two sides together.  Easy peasy!

I used plastic plush eyes for this project.  I had never used them before so I wasn't sure what to do.  The internet is a wonderful thing! I free-hand embroidered the mouth.  I think it came out pretty cute!  :-)

Check back tomorrow to meet Kandi's friend!  And stay tuned throughout October for more fun Halloween themed projects!  I have a couple of things I'm going to try out.  :-)