Modular Star baby toy

I started this toy a while ago, and finally got the chance to finish it! I used 30 different scraps of fabric (60 triangles). *Here* is the tutorial. It's a great tutorial, and this was pretty easy to make, but it was surprisingly hard to sew!


With a little wresting of tiny triangles, it worked out, and I love the result!! Everyone who has seen it so far has said, "wow, how did you make that?!"


I want to make another one for my baby sometime soon. It doesn't have to be a baby toy though, I think it would be awesome just to have sitting out on a coffee table! It would look really interesting to use some high contrast solids... I'm thinking teal, lime green, chocolate, and white. People would have fun just tossing it around, and it would be an attractive decoration!


I hope my cute little niece likes it! :)

Top knot baby hat

I have been so busy, I haven't had time to make much for my little one. But this project is perfect- it only took about 20 minutes from start to finish, and didn't cost my anything! I cut it out of one of my husband's old shirts, using the existing bottom hem of the shirt for the edge of the hat. And it's super cute!!

The tutorial is *here* at Prudent Baby. Now go make an adorable little hat!

Sakura-Con 2012!!!

I have been keeping this secret since November, but now I can announce... I am the official plushie maker for Sakura-Con's (Seattle's Anime Convention in April) annual collectable mascot this year!!

I'm so excited... I have always loved narwhals and have wanted to design one. They are adorable, and I hope I captured that in my plushies!

There will be 135 (plus one giant one, which will be sold at the Charity Auction), and they are available exclusively at Sakura-Con. No more will ever be made! (However, I am working on a different narwhal design that will be available in my shop sometime in the near future!)

Do any of you plan on attending Sakura-Con? I wish I was going! I love anime... some of my favorite movies of all time are anime! These are some really good ones... I haven't seen The Secret World of Arrietty yet, but it looks really cute! I read The Borrowers when I was little, and loved it.

I'll have more pictures of the narwhals later, but right now my poor baby has a stuffy nose and is very grumpy, and he's refusing to nap much longer than half an hour! Hope you enjoyed the photos! :)