Sunday, February 6, 2011

Feb 5-Baby alphabet "letter" rattles

Today I have made a couple of "letter" of the alphabet rattles as gifts to send to family members who have just had babies (Baby Aalyrah in Bega NSW and Lena in Poland).
I have made rattles similar to this before for friends babies, it adds a personal touch by making the rattle in the shape of the first letter in the new child's name.

-First you sketch the shape of the letter
-cut this out
-pin to your fabric
-cut out the fabric
-hand sew any motif or trim on
-stitch right sides together (leaving a small gap to turn it back out the right way)
-fill with stuffing and insert a couple of bells inside (for the rattle noise)
-then hand sew the gap to finish
see pics of the process below...







Craft out
xxoo

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