The Wool Food Mama: Patchy Produce

Gusty Bleu's Backseat Blurt-outs...

mom, what's that disease that rhymes with Fiona?
This show is dumb. d-o-m. dumb.
I know how to get all of the boogers out of my nose.
My lizard is the best at staring contests.
Dane stop! You're ruining my imagination.
A tornado is worse than losing your favorite toy.
Why do they call them cowboys? They ride horses.
Wouldn't it be nice if laundry washed itself?
You can't build a tree, you have to grow one.
For Christmas I'd like some fish food. Then I can get some fish. Oh, and I'd also like a box of crab rangoons. Real ones. To eat.
I just smelled my sockies and they smell like rotten eggs. blllaaaaahhhhh
I forgot, what are husbands called in a wedding? Oh yeah, a broom.
Why didn't you name me Blossom? I like that name better.
Can necks grow?
If you smell something, then smell it too much, you can't smell it anymore.
Am I dreaming?
Penguins, they come from the Cold Pole.
It's not broken, it just fell apart.
You can take a picture later, because the moon will follow you home.
I have to sit with you all day now because I can't when I go to school next year.
lots of people love cats and dogs.
I can speak chicken Spanish.
I did in on the day that passed, you know....tomorrow.
I'm soaking hungry
Icees have drink stuff in the bottom of them
Ugh means icky. And Icky means ugh.
I'm not drooling, my lips are.
Trees can't walk
I can't find my tired.
Crickets can't fart but horses can because they have butts.
Pink is NOT purple.
Snakes can't eat people.
Airplanes fly away
Ants have yellow blood
tigers can't go in a swimming pool
Fish can't eat cookies
Grapes have juice in them
Dogs can't go into the post office
Cows can't smile.
Dinosaurs don't have boobies.
Monkeys live outside.

May 22, 2007

I spent the last several days patching and sewing a new line for my shop and had such a good time that I decided to share the instructions here for anyone that may want to give it a whirl.

Pattern.
From left to right, tomato, apple, leaf.
I don't have instructions for my tomato yet. That will have to come later...for now, just the apple, orange or whatever round fruit you prefer.
It's difficult to read but the grid is a 1 inch square.
Apple piece, cut 5. It measures 5.75" x 2.5"
Leaf piece, cut 2

Sew right sides of apple pieces together leaving a small opening along one seam for turning right side out and for stuffing.

Stuff and use a ladder stitch to close the fruit.

Leaf. Sew right sides together as marked on the pattern piece, turn right side out and close with a ladder stitch.

Using a doll makers needle and STURDY floss attach the leaf. I usually start from the top. Needle enters top (leave a long tail on the thread at the top), pass through bottom, back into the bottom, back up through the top. Catch the leaf on the way up and tie. If you're not accustomed to a hard tie down, an extra set of hands may be useful to hold your knot. I generally secure 1, 2 and sometimes 3 times this way. Dependant on the age of the child that the intended produce is for.

Continue tying square knots until you have about an inch of knot. Fold it over and tie it once more at the base of the knots so you have a stem.

Re thread on to the needle and draw one set of ties to the bottom of the fruit. Repeat for 2nd set of threads. Tie a final knot and clip threads. A drip of fray check doesn't hurt on that final knot.