Happy 10th Anniversary new Who!

yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the reboot of Doctor Who - the day when we met the 9th doctor (he's great) and rose tyler (also great.) alex and i each celebrated the anniversary in small ways. i think the 9th doctor is great, btw; people seem to skip over him for some reason, but he was fantastic! the first picture is a screenprint i made on sweatshirts for both alex and i (sorry i don't have a better picture of our sweatshirts.) we first splatter painted with some glow-in-the-dark fabric paint. then i screenprinted a fun quote from the 9th doctor to rose, "did i mention it also travels in time." alex wore her sweatshirt yesterday - i would have, but i already got a spot on mine so it isn't work worthy anymore. i did however wear my tardis arm warmers and my adipose shirt to abs class; "the fat just walks away." the other picture is my bitmap who bag. spoonflower has been testing out patterns: you pick a bag or a shirt pattern then a design and they send you fabric with the cut and sew shirt or bag with instructions ready to go. i was in the test group. i made a shirt (which i still have yet to take a picture) and this bag. i used the faux suede fabric and it was so easy to sew together and it's a great size. i wish i could have scaled the graphics down in size to work with the pattern better, but the whole cut and sew bag thing is still in development. oh, i also used my sonic screwdriver pen all day :)

doctor who peg people - kid craft

just a quick post to show this awesome set of peg people that alex made (she's almost 8, so i'm quite impressed with these.) she is working on making more but was limited by the color of markers and wasn't willing to compromise on gray to make a weeping angel or cyberman yet. i love how she even improvised a little wood slice for a fez for the doctor himself. so creative. side note: i think the silence is her favorite doctor who villain.

raggedy man ragdoll

i made a new cut-and-sew fabric that you can purchase here: http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2905705 to make your very own eleventh doctor! haha, isn't he cute? and on a yard of fabric you get all the pieces to make the raggedy man ragdoll with bowtie, his sonic screwdriver (one side it's closed and flip it over for the open screwdriver in action), and of course, a fez. he's an easy project to sew and so fun. as soon as i finished making this doctor, alex wanted to know who got to keep him, haha. of course i let her have him and she took him on vacation and everything.

bitmap who tea towel

this was fun to make: a bitmap doctor who tea towel designed for a linen cut of fabric. you can buy the fabric here at http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/3062726. it took quite some time to layout all those tiny little bitmap squares but it looks so fun. i love using this towel. complete with a bowtie, two hearts, cybermen, daleks, a weeping angel, tardises, and of course some sonic screwdrivers.

tardis pencil case

it's bigger on the inside; tardis pencil case. about a year ago i made a foxy pencil case for a spoonflower contest...alex liked that so much that she claimed it as hers and has been using it at school ever since. i still might have to make another one of those for myself since it was so cute, but in the meantime i made myself a doctor who tardis pencil case-yay! it's a police box on the outside, but when you unzip you can see the interior of the TARDIS. you can find the fabric here: http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2901609 to make your very own. i wouldn't call this a beginner sewing project, but if you know your basics this case is easy enough to make. and it's the perfect size for a set of drawing markers.

beanie who?

i designed some more doctor who fabric! here http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2931192 you can buy a quarter yard of fabric to make your own beanie who set. you can also buy each one separately instead of a set on a swatch of fabric each at separate links on spoonflower in my shop http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/kfay they're really easy to make. right on the fabric it tells you where to cut and where to sew. i enjoy hand stitching these guys and that goes rather quickly, but you could always sew them up on a machine. i filled them with those plastic crafting beads to make them more like bean bags, but you could fill them with polyfill for a plush set. as bean bags, they're really fun to play with and toss around. my daughter loves to set them up in a scene. her favorite is the silence and she's itching for me to make amy and rory dolls next. and then star wars. in this set on a quarter of fabric you get: the eleventh doctor, the tardis, cyberman, the silence, a weeping angel, and a red dalek. you can choose to give them bottoms or leave them without which would make them more of a bean bag. the bottoms have difference phrases or words to go with each like: "geronimo" and "don't blink"

TARDIS pillow case

i've been watching and slowly catching up on Doctor Who...and, of course, now i want to make all these Doctor Who crafts. my doctor is the 11th :) that's what inspired me to create this TARDIS pillow case. it's so easy to make and i love seeing it every night. you can buy the fabric here: http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2756405 it comes on a yard with simple instructions at the top. it's a great beginning sewing project and a super fun project for any doctor who fan.