We love a challenge, especially a craft one! Hobbycraft set us the challenge of making something out of just a few items selected for us, and we decided to make a lovely little flower pot lady. Mrs. Pot is easy to make, takes very little time and is the perfect craft to do with little ones. For the full tutorial on how to make her visit Hobbycraft!
~ Tia & Laura xx ~
My little girl is in a sort of no-man’s land at the moment when it comes to sitting at the table. She’s too big for a high chair, but she’s too small for a chair. I thought about buying a booster chair – I haven’t seen any in the shops but I’m sure you can get them. Then I realised that all you really need is a bit of foam. And its easy to cover a bit of foam! You can buy upholstery foam from EBay, its really cheap and readily available. So that’s what I did. And here’s how I did it.
Materials:
1. cut the fabric as follows:
2 x squares measuring 14 x 14″
1 x strip measuring 50 x 7″
2. Draw a 12×12 square in the centre of each large piece of fabric and a mark a strip 5″ wide on the length of fabric. This will show you where to pin and sew. Snip the corners off each square.
3. Fold over the end of each strip and sew.
4. Pin the strip along an edge of one of the squares, right sides together, matching up the pen lines.
5. Fold the strip around the corners to line up with the next edge and pin. Continue all the way around. Snip off the edges on the stip to match up with the square.
6. Sew all the way along this line (including over the ends of the strip)
Place the foam cushion inside the fabric and put the remaining fabric square on top. Fold and tuck the edges in. Glue in place (or you could sew it, but strong glue works well on oilcloth and getting the foam in a small hole would be a challenge…) and place masking tape over the fabric to hold the glue tightly in place.
Hoorah! Thats a happy little raised up bottom. One thing I would note though, if I was to do it again, is that it would be better with ties on, as it does slip off the chair a bit.
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Tia x
Hooray, our latest project for Hobbycraft is now live on their blog! It’s a whacking big piñata cupcake. Perfect for an outdoor celebration. To see the full tutorial of how to make it visit the Hobbycraft blog.
We’re really lucky to have been shortlisted for a craft award for the Bibs2015 awards. If you two minutes spare, please can you vote us for Best Craft Blog (section 12 of the form). Thank you so much!
~ Laura & Tia xx ~
We were very very happy to learn this week that Little Button Diaries have made the shortlist for the Bibs. The Brilliance in Blogging Awards, are the bees knees of blogging awards so we’re obviously very excited (and still in shock!) at making the shortlist.
We’re up against nine other great blogs for Best Craft Blog. If you like our blog, we’d be so grateful if you could spare a teeny tiny two minutes to vote for us. All you need to do is click into the form, scrolling down to section 12 to select us, Little Button Diaries.
Thank you so much for reading our blog and for all your lovely support.
~ Laura & Tia xx ~
Move over loom bands, paracord is the new kid on the block. Find out how to make this button paracord bracelet with our video tutorial over on the Hobbycraft website!
~ Laura & Tia ~
I have a tremendous amount of scrap bits of felt and fabric that lie in a box waiting to be used. After having a Spring clean I decided to use up my scrap felt to make an alphabet for my Little Button, along with its own fabric bag.
To make the alphabet you will need:
To make the bag you will need:
1. Begin by deciding what size and font you want your letters to be, and printing them out. My letters measured 3 inches high. I used Arial bold font in Microsoft Word and printed out a template.
2. Next, pin each letter onto two pieces of felt and cut them out.
3. Pin them together and sew. Trim the excess threads and neaten up the edges.
4. To make the bag you will need 2 pieces of fabric cut to 8 inches x 12 inches. Begin by placing your fabric right sides together.
5. Sew the fabric together. Begin down one side starting 2 ½ inches from the top. Sew and backstitch at the start and sew down one side, along the bottom and up the other side, stopping 2 ½ inches from the top on the other side. Backstitch to secure.
6. To make the drawstring part, iron your seam closed and sew. Repeat on the other side.
7. Next, fold the top over twice making sure the tie can easily fit through. Sew along the bottom of this section to secure it in place. Repeat on the other side of the bag.
8. Using a safety pin, thread the cotton tape through the top and secure with a knot.
This project was as easy as…well A-B-C! The bag is also perfect for storing a few toys in.
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~ Laura xx ~
It was my Little Button’s 2nd birthday recently so I made a batch of party hats for them all to wear. These hats are really simple to make and fun to decorate. One hat can be finished in the space of a short nap.
For this project you will need:
1. Begin by printing and cutting out the template to fit A4 paper. Draw round the template onto the scrapbook paper and cut out.
2. Fold the tab over and glue on the patterned side of the scrapbook paper.
3. Roll the hat up and stick it together. You will need to hold it in place while the glue becomes tacky.
4. Now for the fun bit, attach your decorations around the rim and centre of the hats.
5. I made 20 hats so did an assortment of different designs. I used the pom poms as trim and on top of the hats. I also used a sewing machine to stitch together circles cut from card, and glued those onto the bottom of some hats. Basically… anything goes.
6. The final step is to attach the elastic to the hat. Using a pin, make two small holes at either side of the hat. Then thread the elastic through and secure with a knot on the inside of each side.
They make a fun and colourful addition to any birthday table.
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~ Laura xx ~
These little munchkins are very easy to make from a couple of wooden spoons. Perfect for a little Easter puppet show! Over on the Hobbycraft Blog now.
Tia & Laura x
In the run-up to giving birth, some people let their nesting instincts run wild by cleaning the house from top to bottom, over and over. But before the recent arrival of our son, I think I went a little craft crazy – as well as trying to finish off all my existing projects, I decided it would be an excellent time to make something really intricate and completely new to me!
Because I didn’t know what size he’d be, I aimed this pattern at a 3-month-old baby, figuring he could always grow into them.
For this project you will need:
1. Begin by cutting out the pattern and fabric, as shown above. For one pair of booties you need to cut the following:
2. Next, pin the two feet pieces to the back of the sole piece, making sure you’re in the centre of the foot piece. You want the light piece to be on the inside of the bootie.
3. Using blanket stitch, sew the foot pieces to the sole pieces.
4. Then blanket stitch the top of the feet pieces together around the edge. You also want to stitch up the front leaving enough room to fit a tiny foot in but not too much that it falls off!
6. To add a bit more detail, add small snips along the curved edge of the ear.
9. Finally, sew or glue the whites and pupils of the eyes in place.
We’ve been busy little bees over on the Hobbycraft Blog, doing lots of tutorials for things to make for Easter. So why not (bunny) hop over to Hobbycraft to see how to make these Felt Pinwheels, Easter Bunting, little Egg Animals and a painted Mache Egg table decoration, complete with video tutorial.
~ Tia & Laura xx ~
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