Ties!

I've been searching the internet for cute/easy boy things to sew. While there are hundreds of dresses and skirts and even cute pants for girls, there are very few things out there for boys. I did find a few tutorials for really easy ties. A Traditional tie and a Bow tie. I was super excited to try them out, so with some cotton calico fabric for Valentine's day (and the super cute owls Bug picked out) I whipped out these cute little guys:

They took less than a half yard to make both ties (with the same print) Although you still need to buy the half yard because of how you cut the fabric.

The bow ties were the easiest, though I did substitute velco for the bow tie hardware she mentioned, I figured if my almost 1 year old wanted it off, I didn't want him to hurt himself when he tried to ditch them.

I hope you guys find the tutorials helpful!

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Truck blanket

Ok, so I know I promised to get the pyrex cozy post up this week, but I had another project that was keeping me up at night with ideas... so, introducing... Bug's truck playmat!








I got the idea from Crafty Cupboard and her crafting with the stars 3rd round entry. I loved her idea, but knew that Bug would get sick of the barn theme quickly, many dreamless nights later I came up with the final idea. It is still going to take some reworking to get it as spiffy as I'd like (the garage especially), but now I know I have the skills to make him and Munchkin a large floor quilt with all different sections (fairgrounds, zoo, farm, grandma's house, etc.) so that is my next BIG project.





When all is said and done, this only cost me $10 to make! (actually closer to $5, but I that is because I already had a ton of felt sitting around)