Make baby toys out of old clothes

A couple of nights ago i was browsing pintrest as you do, I got really inspired to make Aria a hand made toy, I took a couple of her old vests and made this, I drew the patten free hand as i wanted it to be as personal and as hand made as possible.

It was really easy to make and considering i stitched everything by hand only took a couple of hours from start to finish. I have no idea what its supposed to be but it started out being a cat but i realised it looks nothing like a cat, so now it's just a bear thingy... Aria seemed to really like it and kept turning it round from front to back, i think because the material is so contrasting.

I also planned on doing arms and legs but I think it looks quite funny the way it is.
I used toy stuffing available from most craft shops and haberdasheries, and i used a 3-6 month vest for the body, it just about fits both front and back but I used two different vests with contrasting pattens/colours so its more interesting to look at.

Here are some pictures of the process and the pattern is available at the bottom of the page. Its my first pattered ever so it's not very neat as i had to figure out how to digitalise it. Has any one got any tips for this as I think I might try and do a couple more?

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Project Fill-o-Frame

That has to be the lamest post title ever! Sorry if i made you cringe a little.

So today is my birthday, I'm going to make a rainbow cake, tahdahh! I'll post the recipe later on or tomorrow!
But on to the post now, I thought I'd show you guys a little project I'd been working on. I've had this frame hanging around for years and just had random photos in it until now. I wanted to make it a bit different and personalised with a colour theme to match the room where it's going to go. (In my dining room - so I chose lilac and gold)

I first picked out my favourite photos of the moment and decided to make them black and white to try and stick as close to my colour scheme as possible.
I then printed some coloured/patterned paper that I thought would fit well. I also really wanted gold leaf but opted for a Easter egg wrapper instead.. hehe talk about being cheap.
Online there are tones of free printables you can personalise, I made a 'A is for Aria' one and a D+S silhouette one. (I forget what site i got them off but i will try and find it)

I then cropped and cut everything I needed and stuck the pictures to the glass using whitetac, its better than using glue for a frame like this as its not permanent and won't mess up your pictures if you decide to change it up later on.

This was how it turned out. I love it! I think it's a lot more interesting and easy on the eye than if I had just put photos in all the frames.

It turned out to be a quick, easy, cheap and fun little project. If you have any photo frames like that that need updating try filling some of the frames with patterns or other personalised things such as a handwritten family saying, or a favourite song lyric or poem or even a drawing.

Let me know if anyone has done anything like this or post links to other little projects like this, I'd love to try them!