Will your foot fit the slipper?

This week we have Cinderella another princess who triumphs over adversity - this time a wicked step-mother and evil step-sisters.  With the help of a fairy god mother Cinderella makes it to the ball meets her prince and lives happily ever after (eventually).

The pattern for Cinderella can be found on the Disney Princesses page of this blog.  There are also other patterns now available for testing or for those who just can't wait.

 

Cinderella 

Next week Jasmine from Aladdin

Sorry it's not Belle

First of all sorry for posting so late and secondly sorry to all those people waiting on Belle for this week.  I had a blonde moment and did Snow White for this week instead.  I promise Belle will be up next week and if I get time I will put her up earlier.

 

Snow White was the first full length Disney Princess movie and has stood the test of time collecting new fans everyday.  She has been recreated many times and in different forms most recently by Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsmen, but the cartoon version remians my favourite.  Hope you enjoy Snow White.  For thise who had enquired - I will be doing Rapunzel and Merida from Brave.

Snow White

Patterns to be Tested

I have had a lot of requests lately for specific patterns and a lot of offers to help me test patterns.

Thanks to everyone who has offered but I have been so overwhelmed by life recently I have been unable to respond to you all.

Over the next week or so I will be posting patterns that are available for testing.

Todays offering is Simba as an adult from the Lion King.  Please feel free to test the pattern and get back to me.  The pattern can be found on the Lion King page of this blog.

Simba - Adult Version

By Popular demand - Moaning Myrtle

I have so many patterns that have not ben posted yet.  Most of them are over on fandominstitches.com but if you find any that are not let me know and I will put them on.

Today we have Moaning Myrtle.  I created her in all blues so she looked like a ghost and then overlaid the pieced of her with organza so she had that ghostly shimmer.  That took ages to double layer but was worth it.  She has a finished size of 7 x 8.5 inches,

You can find her on the Harry Potter page. Hope you like her - again.

Moaning Myrtle.

meet the ancestors - Pocahontas

This weeks Disney Princess is very close to my heart.  I am a direct descendent of Pocahontas.  My sister is the family tree expert of my family and has verified our direct lineage from Pocahontas.

The real Pocahontas

The Disney Version

The disney version is sweet but the real story happened this way.

Pocahontas was the daughter of chief Powhatan and her real name was Matoaka. Pocahontas was her childood nickname.  Pocahontas was only 11 when she first met John Smith who was 28.  John Smith was captured by the Indians when he got separated from his expedition.  He was not on his way to meet Pocahontas at the time.  He did not meet Pocahontas until he was to be executed and she rescued him.  John Smith was adopted into the tribe and he and Pocahontas became friends.  She visited often and helped the colonists when food was short.

John Smith was injured in an accident and returned to England but Pocahontas was told he had died.  She stopped visiting after that.  Pocahontas was captured and held hostage.  While being held hostage at Jamestown in 1613, she met colonist John Rolfe, a successful tobacco planter and sincere Christian. She converted to Christianity and married him in April 1614.  She changed her name to Rebecca.

The Rolfes had one child, Thomas Rolfe, whom they brought to England with them. When Pocahontas died on the way back, Thomas was also sick, and was left behind to be raised by relatives. John Rolfe would never see him again.

So here is the pattern for this week - hope you like it.  You can find the pattern on the Disney Princesses page or at fandominstitches.com.

I'm here - where is Blue?

 Magenta

Magenta is Blue's best friend from school. She looks exactly like Blue except she is magenta with magenta-colored spots. Magenta likes photography and making macaroni picture frames.

Although still going strong with my Sesame Street Collection I had to respond to a special request we received at Fandom in Stitches a couple of weeks ago.  A wonderful grandmother wants to create a Blues Clues Quilt for her sick Grandson.  I have designed many along with Jennifer (from Fandom in Stitches and Sewhooked) and Lilja (from liljabs.com).  We still need people to test these patterns - so let me know if you can help.  Magenta can be found on the Blues Clues page of this blog and soon on fandom in stitches.

Thanks to Celine for testing my pattern for me.

Magenta

I have something on my wee little mind

It's Baby Bear - Telly Monsters best friend.  Please welcome him to the Sesame Street gang.

Thanks to Celine once again for testing this pattern for me, it's one more ticked off a long list of patterns that need to be tested.  You can find the pattern on the Sesame Street page of this blog.

 Baby Bear

Little Bird and Kami

We have Bird Bird now let me introduce Little Bird from Sesame Street. 

 

I have another friend helping me test patterns and according to her she is only a beginner in the world of paper piecing. Her name is Karolina and she is from Poland - all I can say is she did an amazing job.    Karolina also has her own blog, where you can see some of crafy endeavours.

Little Bird

Celine has also sewn another wonderful sample for me - Kami.  Kami appears on the Nigerian and South African versions of Sesame Street.  Her character is HIV positive due to a blood transfusion she received as an infant.  She was introduced to foster understanding of those with AIDS or were HIV positive.

Kami has made appearances at UNICEF events, at the Peabody Awards in 2005, several Sesame Workshop Benefits and the United Nations for Worlds AIds Day.

 

Kami

You can find Little Bird and Kami on the Sesame Street Page or at Fandom in Stitches.

Johnny Depp

After a significant amount of time with no phone or internet I am back on track.

I feel a bit like Captain Jack - "I'm having an idea".  How about some more blocks of Johnny Depps wonderful characters.  There are so many - thinking - Mad Hatter, Willy Wonker, Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands, Ichabod Crane and Tonto from the soon to be released Lone Ranger.  Here is a sneak peak of fun to come. Can't wait until I have a bit of time to sew him.  For those who have not seen the press releases this is Johnny Depp as Tonto - what can I say - it's pure Johnny Depp.

Family Memories

When I started doing faces for my Harry Potter quilt about 5 years ago - I always wanted to extend this into the real world - well into quilt blocks of real people not just fictional characters.

Before I go any further I have to admit that my Harry Potter quilt (or should I say quilts as both my kids want one) is still not finished.  I revisit it as often as I can but it very exhausting as the faces take a long time and are very complex.

Which brings us to today.  I made this for my dad for his 80th birthday late last year.  It is a portrait of his mum.  There was meant to be one of his dad as well but I am still not happy with the pattern so it remains undone.  Not enough hours in the day.

This is the photo I used.  It is a good one to use, as all the features are clear which is crucial when drafting the pattern.  Sometimes when designing a pattern for a face I try several different photos of the same face before I am happy with the result.  I think for Harry Potter I did about 10.  Anyway I digress.

This is the finished block, which I turned into a wall hanging.  I think she looks young and beautiful.

Dad was very happy with the result.

Old Patterns - revisted

I am trying to load all my old patterns onto my blog.  As I am re-formatting them this is taking a long time.  Until they are complete - you can get most of them at fandominstitches.com which has many other amazing patterns as well as mine.

Today I have loaded Harry Potter.  The pattern can be found on the Harry Potter page.