Sunday 15 July 2012

Saturday 14 July 2012

How to: Avocado Hosomaki

Avocado hosomaki

Step 1:
Cut out felt pieces
- 2 white circles (around 3cm diameter) for rice
- 2 light green squares (1.2cm x 1.2cm) for avocado
- 1 black strip (10cm x 2.3cm) for nori


Step 2:
Sew the squares onto the circles.


Step 3:
Sew the circles onto the nori strip.


Step 4:
Stuff, close, complete!

Saturday 7 July 2012

How to: Owls


Step 1:
Cut out felt pieces:
- Dark grey felt for back and front
- Light-coloured felt for face
- White felt circles for eyes
- Brown felt for feet
- Coloured fabric for belly


Step 2:
- Sew feet on to body
- Sew on face, eyes and beak


Step 3:
- Sew on black beads for pupils


Step 4:
- Sew the pieces together and stuff

Sunday 1 July 2012

Owls

I've been looking forward to making owls. They have so much personality and you can really play around with colours and patterns.

These little hooters are based on a similar template to the babushkas.

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