I wanted to make something for the kids for Easter, but didn’t think they needed another table topper. Alex has already started to ask why I always send them quilts! It took a long time but when I came across a video on how to make chicken pin cushions I knew I had my pattern.

They were very quick and easy to make. Because they won’t be used as pin cushions (I don’t think) I stuff them with fibrefill. I made different sizes but I found the smaller ones were more difficult to sew the eyes on.

I saw this skirt pattern online and immediately thought of Taylor. When I visited in July I took all the measurements I needed, but it wasn’t until September that I finally got started on it. While doing the patchwork I thought the skirt probably should be lined. If I was going to the trouble of lining the skirt, why not make it reversible? I needed the help of some fellow Guild members to sort out the reversible aspect, but it all worked out in the end.

Taylor needed an update to her curtains. Christy and I took some time before we found something just right. We had settled on a Sesame Street theme but Christy changed her mind. We had taken so long to decide on a fabric (and she knows how long it takes me me to get things done) that Christy decided Taylor was too old for Sesame Street. We settled on this Cute as a Bug fabric from my local quilt store.

Taylor seems to be happy with our choice.

About a week before I left on my trip to Saskatoon and Calgary I had an urgent call from Will and Alex. Would I be able to make them a mascot head? They would like it to be a dragon head please!

I found a pattern for a Hallowe’en costume that featured a hood with spikes and, after verifying with the boys that this would work, I bought some fabrics. Because the boys range in sizes I ended up making two mascot heads.

In order to hide their faces we purchased black nylons which were cut and pulled over their heads. Because of the flash on my camera their faces show more than they do in “real life”.

Will recently had a chance to be the mascot at Alex’s soccer game.