Showing posts with label mittens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mittens. Show all posts

Sunday, August 29, 2010

My Newest Pattern: Animal Inspired Chemo Caps for Newborns

I made some of these little hats for a friend's baby.  I thought that these would be a great place to kick off my newest project, pattern-making.  I finally decided that pattern making combines everything that I love, making crafts, coming up with new ideas, challenging myself, and exploring my creativity without the tedious mass production involved in actually making and selling items.  Eventually, I hope to phase out selling items other than my samples and to completely move into patterns. 

My First Official Pattern: Infant No Scratch Mittens

I finally completed my first pattern and tutorial set for sale on etsy and in my shop.  I think that these little mittens turned out so adorable and the pattern is easy enough for a novice sewer. 


I am so delighted.  It took longer than I expected to work out the details of creating a PDF pattern, but I did it and I am so happy with the result. 

Working with Cork Fabric

So, I am not an expert in this - based on using it for one project.  However, I did a lot of research before buying it and watched quite a f...