Hats and stuffed animals Inspired by Seuss

This year’s spring musical for the Newfound area of New Hampshire was “Seussical the Musical”. Like the past few years I helped out with costumes and props and offered to help with merchandise for the shows. I love how wacky and colorful Dr. Seuss’ characters are so I decided, rather than making “normal” sized hats to make…

Dr. Seuss inspired fascinators

I’m a huge Dr. Seuss fan and was very excited to find out the 2014 spring musical for the Newfound area of New Hampshire is going to be Seussical the Musical April 11th and 12th. I’m working on some Seuss inspired fascinators, for the stage and for sale during intermissions. Below is  my “Cat in…

Tessellation celebration

By Amy Lyn I challenged myself several months ago to hand sew a quilt after creating the DIY tutorial: How to Make a Tessellation Quilt. Originally I had planned to make a simple, little block of 4 x 4. But, once I got that put together, I was struck with a vision and just had…

Recycling every little scrap into something fun

After making several stuffed animals of various shapes and sizes, I was left with a very large pile of scraps. The small scraps I naturally added to the stuffing pile. But, some were too big not to use for something else, but not quite big enough for any animal body part. So, I did a…

Memphis, the Elvis loving, little black Scotty dog

I write the original stories that accompany each of the stuffed animals I create.  Memphis is a little all black Scotty Dog and a HUGE Elvis fan. He loves working on classic cars, and going to cruise nights with his 1955 pink Cadillac.  He’s got a wide, friendly smile for everyone he meets, even if he…

Super Secret Undercover Scotty Dog

As most of our readers know, my son Sam is an aspiring movie writer/director and a HUGE movie fanatic. In fact, he writes most of the movie reviews on our blog. Quentin Tarantino is his all time favorite director so I decided to make Sam a set of Reservoir Dogs. I think they turned out…

How To: Faux Batik Using Washable Glue

I had tried to make my own batik fabric years ago using the traditional hot wax and dye method. Let’s just say (ouch) it wasn’t pretty. This glue method does take a bit more time with having to wait for the glue to dry, but it’s safe for any age to give it a try….