The first is a growth chart that is also for sale in my shop. I LOVE this thing. It is exactly what I saw in my head and couldn't find anywhere else. I have definitely spent extra moments in his room since I hung it up just so I could glance at it.
And the second are a set of geometric bean bags. I don't think I've ever really made anything 3-D before, no clothing or anything. Just flat things like curtains or the plush alphabet toys. That's why I went for the pyramid design instead of your basic flat square bean bags. They were fun to make and I'm happy I challenged myself a little. You can see in the photos I tried a couple of different methods since they don't all look the same (but the basic idea came from here, I just enlarged the pattern). I used up fabric scraps from other projects and an old t-shirt to make ten bean bags. To fill them I dug into our stash of sensory bags we use in play and used a variety or beans, corn, and rice. I have to admit I'm pretty excited because Darwin doesn't always care about my "projects" for him but he was pretty excited about these. *Happy Mama dance!* He liked trowing them at block towers yesterday.
These now live in a basket on his play shelves in the living room. You can see the rest of how we keep his toys organized in our shared living space right here.
What are you working on these day? Any new projects to challenge your skills?
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Love that growth chart! It turned out so cute. I'm definitely feeling the need to work on my own (non-existent) sewing skills lately - I really want to try some dresses for L for the summer, and once I have some success with those I'm going to try a super simple quilt tutorial I found too. Excited to do more than just sew burp cloths for baby showers and the designs on my greeting cards!
ReplyDeleteI've been noticing some of your finds on Pinterest. L is going to be so fashionable this summer!
DeleteThose bean bags are so perfect! I've been trying to sew more too -- but I tend to get a bit overwhelmed when I decide to tackle things that are a bit too big.
ReplyDeleteThe triangle toys are so fun! I saw something similar on pinterest and thought they were such a great idea. If you're looking for start sewing clothing, I recently started venturing into that zone and have found some really simple patterns! Let me know if you're interested and I'll share. :) I'm so obsessed with sewing lately that I'm posting about it on Fridays for a few weeks. Right now, I'm planning to share my fav sewing blogs, fav fabric shops (online), and my favorite sewing patterns.
ReplyDeletexoxo
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