Halloween Stockings

I am not sure what I was looking for when I came across this fabric, which I last used in 2014 and 2016 to make treat bags for my nieces (when there were only three of them!), but I decided to use it to make some Halloween stockings for them this year. I used up all the ghost fabric making two, and then figured I might as well use up the rest of the owls and pumpkins, so I made five more for them to share with their friends. Hopefully Lucy still likes little stockings as much as she did back when I was inspired to make mermaid and unicorn stockings.

 

Sleepy Owl Doll Quilt

Claire got bunk beds for her dolls, so she needed a new doll quilt and a few pillows. I had a fat quarter of this owl fabric. There were other cute owls, but these were perfect since they look like they're sleeping. She wanted it to be pink of course, so it was an ideal project for this batik I've had forever and have been looking for ways to use. Julie reported that when Claire opened the quilt she said, "It has owls on it! This is amazing!"

The pillow forms are 5"x7". I stuffed them with leftover polyester quilt batting. I hate stuffing things, so they are a little lumpy, but it was a great way to use up batting! There are three because it's a triple-decker bunk bed. I love the little pillow cases!

Quilt finished size: 17" x 20.5"

Pumpkin and Owl Halloween Treat Bags

These are the treat bags I made for the nieces this year. A yard of fabric made four bags, so I sent the extra one to Claire for her best friend, Jack. One of Claire's many costume brainstorms was that she would be a rainbow and Jack would be a cloud.

Ribbon Owl Ornament

I saw an owl very similar to this on a hair bow at Joann's and knew I needed to make one for Amanda. Mine is a bit different though. I decided to use a rhinestone for the belly, so I glued two wooden discs together and painted them red to provide support for the rhinestone and the eyes. I also added googly eyes, since I didn't have black and white ribbon and also it seemed less fiddly. It is about 1.5" x 2".

Flannel Owl Blanket

My first project on the new machine! I'm pretty sure I've had this owl flannel for at least 5 years, so I decided I should finally turn into something. An easy blanket seemed like a good test project for the new machine. 

Finished size: 40" x 35"

Pink and Orange Owls

I found out my two STAR babies are getting another sibling, and, even though I don't yet know if it's a boy or girl, I was inspired to start a baby quilt. If it's a boy, I'll send this to another little girl and make a little boy quilt. I have a lot of pink fabric, so boy quilts are a bit more of a challenge than girl quilts.

New items purchased to complete this quilt: none

Finished size: 36"x48"

ETA: I ended up making a boy quilt for the new STAR baby.

Mod Podge Book Art

Our new library director created a new department, so we've been moving offices at work. I am part of the new department, and as it turns out, the new department is going to be located in my current office. My old department is moving down a floor, and they took all the decorations with them! The walls were completely bare. Based on their current offices, I didn't think my new office mates would have much to contribute in the way of wall decorations. Fortunately, while recently decluttering the apartment, I had come across two 8.5 x 16" metal posters I had stashed in the back of a bookshelf. I was going to donate them but decided they would be recycled into office decorations. Conveniently, we are also weeding quite a few books to make room for the relocation of my old department, so I grabbed one from the recycling pile.

I decided an owl would be a cute and appropriately bookish graphic to complement the book pages. I had never used Mod Podge before except for the small bottle of Puzzle Saver I used for my scissor holder because I happened to have it on hand. I ended up using half an 8 oz. jar. First I watched the tutorial videos at Mod Podge Rocks, which were very helpful. I used matte Mod Podge and am very pleased with the results.

Owl Key Chain Holder

I saw this project on Craft Passion (where I also found the turtle). Since Amanda enjoyed making the owl so much when she was here, I wanted to make one of these for her birthday. It's as close to Carolina blue as I could get.

Sock Owl

This little project is from the book Socks Appeal by Brenna Maloney. There is an online tutorial for this project, but I think I'm going to have to get the book because I love socks. Of course I'm trying to cut back on making craft projects just because I they're cute, but Sock Owl can be friends with my bats, (which could probably be made of out socks too!) and my felt owl.

Of course I didn't follow the directions completely. The wings are supposed to be made out of the toes, but I wanted striped wings and fortunately this sock was a little bigger than the one in the tutorial (he ended up being 6" tall) so I had plenty of sock to work with. Here's how I cut open the bottom of the sock instead:

Owl Bead

Amanda and I went to two bead stores this weekend and had success at both. At the first one we visited, I found this little owl I just had to have. While cute, I don't think I will wear him as a pendant and instead will probably just hang him on the wall with my felt owl.

Amanda's Owl

My friend Amanda came to visit this weekend and we had lots of fun crafting together. She wanted to make an owl similar to mine. I used up all the paisley fabric so she had to choose another one, but I love the radial design and color scheme. She is a speedy stitcher!

Green Owl

I started this project last year, when I made an orange owl as a Christmas ornament for my sister. Then I ended up using the rest of my paisley scraps on another project for her, so I didn't have any left for my owl. I finally cut into the rest of the paisley fabric for my bento box quilt, and fortunately I had a few squares left to finish this owl.

Orange Owl

Julie was kind enough to send me a picture of this owl I made her as part of the ornament exchange (conveniently she is keeping it up all year). Maybe seeing how cute it is will encourage me to finish the one I started for myself.