Going Buggy

Baby Anna is a big girl as of today.  She's three!  I still have a hard time believing it and I saw her yesterday running amok with a new baby doll stroller.  *sigh*

Anyways I decided she needed something fun that wasn't awash in pink for her birthday since I knew everyone else in the world would take care of that for me.  So I dug through my pattern drawers and came up with these.

Adorable finger puppets of crawly things, complete with "bag basket" storage container.  The pattern is Butterick B4478.  I made a few adjustments here and there, depending on what looked good and functioned better.  Here's a better look at the basket.  It's made from felt and latch hook canvas.

Now for the cute crawly things:

Overall I'm not too pleased with the way the round heads (spider, dragonfly, bee) turned out.  The felt fabric wasn't the best quality (I'm not willing to spend a ton of money on 100% wool felt for a child's toy) and therefore was tricky to sew in a circle.  But I love the sweet faces.  The snail's eyes are even on the antennae stalks.

The wings and spots were supposed to be fused together with fusible web, but I haven't had much luck with that and this type of felt in the past.  Instead I glue-basted them in place and then sewed a zigzag stitch to hold them in place.  Not only does it hold better, but it looks neat as well.

I must admit I was sad to see the snail go.  He's the reason I bought the pattern in the first place.  I believe I shall make myself one to keep at some point.  I'm also fond of the spider and ladybug.

I'll have more pictures of Musical Roses on Monday.  See you then!