Wow I can't believe it's December already... and hope all is well for you, my fellow crafty friends! Well, it's been a while since I last posted here, and I'm so glad to be back :)
Today, I'd like to show you what I had made for my baby nephew a couple of weeks ago. Baby Joe is my younger sis's 10 month old baby who lives in Japan, and although I have never met him in person (yet), my sis sends me weekly (sometimes daily!) photo images of him to my iPhone, so I feel like I know him so well just by looking at his pictures!
So, this is the latest project that I made for Joe ... It's a baby hoodie with bear ears.
I couldn't decide whether to make it a "polar bear" hoodie using white furry/plush fabric, or to use a brown plush fabric to make a "teddy bear" hoodie. But I finally decided to go with the "teddy bear" version so that the darker color can hide the daily wear and tear by the messy baby boy...
It has a snap closure. I used a large snap here and securely sewed it on to the hoodie.
Seen from above, the hoodie has a round arch shape.
For the lining, I used soft fleece, to keep the baby warm during the chilly winter weather in Tokyo. The hoodie can also be used as reversible.
I made some alterations here and there, but I basically followed directions from this Japanese book to make this teddy bear hoodie.
Book Title: Handmade Baby Items
Publisher: Seibido Shuppan
ISBN-10: 4415301932
ISBN-13: 978-4415301938
This is a well written book with cute baby items, but the only problem I had was the patterns printed in the last pages of the book, which had to be enlarged to specific sizes. And for this hoodie jacket, the pattern had to be enlarged to 285%, which was something impossible for me to do with our home copier! So I quite simply draw my own pattern, after many many trial and errors of copy taking and failures :(
Various baby bibs made of soft and comfy fabrics shown.
The baby shoes are so tiny and adorable...
Ideas of handmade fabric baby books. So creative and fun!
According to the online forecast, the weather in Tokyo today is 46F or 8C, which sounds sooo cold for the auntie who lives in Southern California (me). Hope this baby hoodie jacket will keep baby Joe warm and cuddly during this winter.
Well, thanks for visiting my blog and I wish you the best during this last month of the year! Yes, it's going to be the craziest month of the year for me, but I'll try my best not to go insane by squeezing in more crafting time whenever possible, to survive the holiday madness around here!! lol
Happy crafting and hope to see you soon :)
Love, Amy***
6 comments:
かわいいぃぃぃ～。着ぐるみ系は赤ちゃんの特権ですよね。本の中も優しさいっぱいって感じですね！私も今、日本でパターンを買ってパッチワークのぬいぐるみを作っているんです！初めての挑戦で歪みがすごいですけど（汗）出来上がりが楽しみです！！
チックチックさんのセンスの良さがまたまたでてる作品ですね～。すごくかわいい。これは６歳用とかはリクエストがあれば作ってくれますか？（あはは）
adorable!!!
Thank you, ladies, for your warm comments, as always ;)
＠cocostitch - パッチワークのぬいぐるみ、いいですね～。何の動物ができるのかとっても楽しみ♪ 完成を楽しみにしています！
＠gazimama－6歳用もパターンさえあれば作れると思いますよ！ただ、gazimamaさんちのお子さんだったらクマさんもお似合いだと思うけど、ピンクのウサギさんなんかもキュートな感じでお似合いだろうな～。
@marivel - Thank you!! Your creations are so sweet and lovely, too ;)
Adorable Amy... its so cute and like the reversible touch...
Happy if you come to see me at
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with love from
Farah
are you selling it ? it really looks good hope you selling those hoodie with bear ears Im looking for the same kind but for 10years old girl
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