Owl and the Cat - Sewing Projects

(Note: This is the newest of four posts today which cover the Christmas season of craft)
For my baby nephew for Christmas I sewed this owl toy inspired by the design in the book 'Simple Softies', however I made changes such as the use of cotton fabrics instead of felt (except the wings remained felt for functional purposes)

Also from the same book, I redesigned these simple cat toys which I modified to become Christmas decorations. I made a black one for my sister who has a black cat Satie, and a more colourful one which is closer to the design in the book. I never follow the instructions in the design books for some reason, but rather create something based on the pictures with little reference to certain steps of the instructions.
The faces are hand-embroidered and the bodies sewn together on my sewing machine. I also slip-stitched the ribbons and stuff to the pink cat. I disemboweled an unused cushion to use for stuffing.

-AlbusOwner

Framed Christmas Decorations

It's that time of year again! I've been getting into the Christmas spirit with some decoration-making!

First of all, here's a video tutorial/recap of the project:

Festive cardboard cut into squares:

 

Photos glued onto cardboard:

  

Newspaper rolled around skewer to ensure a consistant width (this will be the frame)

 

Decorate the frames however you like - I used crayons and glued buttons. Then glue the frame around the edge of the photo/cardboard:

Here are some of the finished results:

Even Bilbo Baggins made it onto our Christmas tree ;)

Weasley Jumper Ornaments!

 

This brings back memories from a long time ago when I made these Christmas decorations for a number of my family members! Back then I'd never even heard of double-pointed needles and so I made up my own pattern just by looking at the pictures!

Luckily this time I had some more skill up my sleeves and I was able to follow the pattern fairly accurately.

The design was taken from Charmed Knits by Alison Hansel - a book all about Harry Potter knitting projects! Highly recommended for all true nerds.

I know it's not even nearly Christmas time, but I made these for some fellow-nerds for their birthdays in-between exams and watching the Olympic opening ceremony :)

It seems insane that I have any time at the moment to be doing anything creative. Then again, my major textiles project is due in, like, two weeks.......

Let's not dwell on these things!!

 

-Albusowner