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.

terrariums

alex and i built terrariums last week! i absolutely do not have a green thumb; alex and john are my resident gardeners. but i like terrariums and they are more resilient than other gardens (although i have managed to kill bamboo and cactus before which i hear is kind of hard to do.) we shall see how long i can keep these alive. we made three different terrariums. i bought my jars over time from different sources like joann's and online and such. i also bought the little figures and such over time from different sources. then i bought the rocks and charcoal and soil and moss as a kit and i bought a few succulents and a violet for the largest jar. for the scenery figures we had some zombies for the largest jar, a tardis for the tall skinny jar (the tardis lights up, but the switch is on the bottom so we probably won't ever get to it again), and a deer and ladybug and plastic trees for the little mason jar. i created the zombie and tardis terrariums while alex built the deer one. first were the rocks, then the charcoal, and soil. then i planted the succulents and the violet to the large jar and then (water soaked) moss to all three jars. after they were all planted we added our figures. they're supposed to be easy to take care of, but as i say that i realize i haven't checked all week on them to make sure they're wet enough! haha, i'll try to remember tonight :)

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.