Mumma eBz gets her sew on!

There something about the cold weather that makes me haul out the ole sewing machine and want to put the kids to bed and get into it!

sooo nap time came around and I did exactly that.. I put down the laptop... sorry fb fans but an hour or 2 with BOTH in bed.. crafty bliss! 

so what was on the menu for my crafty winter warmer.... a octopus... yes something that screams summer and water fun haha... I can dream right? 

I have had part of a moda safari jelly roll that has been sitting here for aaages that I originally was going to use to put into a quilt that I was going to make for Logan... stay tuned I will make it... eventually ;) but looking at the shades of red, green, blue, yellow and orange I figured it would be a great color choice for my little bear! 

As I started to piece together the different fabrics from the jelly roll to make his body/head I was very happy with my choice, they just matched up perfectly to what I was trying to do, so after cutting and sewing the pieces to create the head i turned it round the right way to reveal what i hoped would look great.. only to find i had cut it the wrong way round as I wanted the red around the bottom and the stripes on top haha teach me for being distracted by FB whilst sewing.. never mind though it still looked fine the way i had cut it :D As I got to work with tracing sewing and cutting the legs, whilst sewing the last one up a "im not sleepy anymore" 2 yr old emerged from her room and she was quite happy to sit and watch her mumma create this in her words "jelly shishy" but alas as she helped me out.. it was now hers! 

The legs were easy enough to turn but with a 2 yr old now trying help more photos werent taken of the stages as it came to life.. note to self sew when kids are BOTH in bed haha much easier... as i stuffed the head and legs i ended up with stuffing all over the house as Marlie was helping me lol so this is the next photo I was able to take... almost finished, It was at this point she took off with it and wouldnt give it back without protest so his face had to be done later and well it still isnt finished

I had images of bells on his tentacles, pin wheels on and around his head to create a barnacle look.. a proper mouth...not the dodgy hand sewn mouth... with cotton at that!! lol need to go and get some emboridery thread! much more needs to be done to him for him to be picture perfect but hey the kids love him the way he is so I dont think I will bother! 

The smile from Marlie and the giant hugs she gives him, makes him perfect just the way he is! 

Stay Tuned fro the next octopus... must have 1 each as they are now fighting over it haha!