12 Squared: April Square

This square is for my friend Jennie.  She sent out the fabric, which is so soothing.  The pattern she picked is called a Twisted Nine and was very easy!  If you'd like to see more of Jennie's squares from other 12 Squared contributors click HERE.

It's A Peeps Easter

This metal pail full of potted flowers is from Walmart.
Peeps on a half shell adorn this metal egg holder.

See Dana Made It for directions on how to make this Bunny Bunting. I might add, be sure to press your Peeps!

Even though these bunnies are not Peeps, I thought they were cute. The flowers were orange so I had to paint them to match my dishes. The napkin holders were my mom's and the dishes were my mother-in-law's.

FINISHED!

Everyone's suggestions were great!  Thank you!  I finally decided on blue gingham to finish off the Dresden Plates.  I love how it turned out!  It is my first real quilt, made from a pattern, started over five years ago.  It feels SO good to have it finished after all this time.

 I am in love with all of the fabrics used for the petals-- all thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law, who understands the need for a well balanced stash. 

 I used a vintage sheet for the back.

 Maybe a little over kill with a dust ruffle I made a few years back-- most of the fabrics were from the same 30s reprint line.

Princess Leia and Friends

Becca's brother, Peter, was born 7 weeks before the first Star Wars movie was released. Today is his birthday and so I made him a set of those puppets I made before, plus a few more.
To make Princess Leia's hair, I used the brown felt on the back, stitched to the back of the puppet head and then included in the seam where the body front and back are joined. But the hair back is not attached at the neck line.



For the braids I used 15 - 6 foot lengths of brown yarn. I tied one end of the bunch to a door knob and then braided them with 5 strands in each section. I tied off both ends so they would not come apart. I found the center of the braid and pinned it to the center of Leia's forehead along the seam line. I hand stitched the braid around her face, leaving it free just above the "neck". Then I wound each braid into a bun on the side of her head and hand stitched it into place.


She has real blush on her cheeks and a pink embroidered mouth.


Her dress is cut from the body pattern (without a head), slightly fuller and with elongated sleeves. It is made from an old white sheet. For the hood I sewed two rectangles together on two sides forming an "L". Opening up the hood, I made a narrow hem on the longest unsewn edge. This is opening of the hood for the head. Then I gathered the short unsewn end and attached to the neck of the gown. I used some silver gift ribbon for the belt and hand stitched it into place.

Her gun is made with two popsicle sticks. One stick is the base of the gun. The second stick is cut into 3 segments and hot glued into place to make the handles and scope of the weapon. I sandwiched the the stick gun in between two layers of black felt and hot glued those together.

The Storm Trooper is the simple puppet body made in white felt with a helmet based on the helmet pattern for Darth Vadar. Accents are in black felt. His and Bobba Fett's guns are made the same way as Leia's.

Luke Skywalker is a simple puppet body with yellow hair. In this picture he has a brown hooded robe, but everyone thought he was Han, so I made him a white felt jacket with brown belt, fringed his hair, and gave him a light coat of blush on his cheeks. Now he looks like Luke, but he is in L.A., just in time for Peter's birthday.

Needing a Little Help from My Friends

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