life with monkey

what would you do if you found some cute toddler socks in the dollar bin at target? i mean, besides the obvious “put them on a toddler”.

i’d make something happy.

like a puffer fish.

it took lots of time to sew those little poky spines onto his skin.

but in the end, the effort was worth it.

the button is meant to be his mouth. my husband thought it looked more like a pig’s snout.

this puffer’s name is barry puffins, and he’s become quite good friends with mrs grimbley. i’m sure i’ll be adding more creatures to their entourage before too long.

last weekend, i started putting together some patchwork blocks for a new pillow cover, and it just wasn’t working for me. too boring, i guess. no zing. nothing going on.

and then… well, some big block letters popped into my head, and i couldn’t resist.

HELL YEAH! i pulled out my stencils and chalked some 4″ tall letters on the black fabric. a little heat-n-bond and some zig-zag stitching around the edges, and a new pillow cover was born.

for the back of the pillow cover, i placed the paper backing from the heat-n-bond on the fabric and pounced some paint over ‘em.

and there’s a zip at the top for easy removal.