sewing gifts

I've been on a bit of a sewing craze lately. Avoiding painting at all costs. Turning to the cloth to put my creative energies into. There have been birthdays, and more are yet to come! Toddler birthdays galore. Luckily the internet is full of free sewing ideas and patterns for beginner sewers! Here are two projects i've tackled successfully:

A pencil roll is a pretty fun gift for a toddler, no? There are plenty of instructionals on how to create one online. I ended up just figuring it out myself, using what scraps of fabric i had on hand. It rolls up all tidy like into a little roll that you can tie up with string (aka bias tape) into a bow:

Hooray for bias tape!!

Project numero dos is a project i started with the intention to give to my daughter as a birthday or Christmas present. It was a simple project, but a lot of work. I got a little obsessive about it though and finished it in no time flat.

 

It's a memory game i found on The Purl Bee. Instructions are pretty simple, but time consuming. I used a lot less interfacing than what was asked in the instructions but it all worked out fine.

 So satisfying. Little patterned felt crackers. I made 15 matching pairs--30 in total. I hope she will have fun playing with them!