Cabbage Creature

Continuing on our theme of fruits and veggies (this blog is nutricious!), here's a little cabbage creature!
 You may want to read this whole post before starting, to avoid confusion between BASE sphere and finished product.

You will need: One yard of green fleece, two black buttons, thread, needle, a bunch of stuffing, a hot gluegun, and a few gluesticks (the gluegun type, not the elementary school type).

1. Create a green fuzzy sphere by cutting out six football-shaped pieces of cloth about three inches tall by an inch or so wide (You may need a ruler to measure that increadibly scientific measurement, remember; one inch-or-so.), and sewing them together. If you read my first post you will know that there is a right side and a wrong side of fabric, if you haven't please do (the fabric part is in italics)! Make sure the seems are all on the same side, or you'll end up with a funny looking seem patern! Also, remember to leave a one inch slit unsewn on one seem, for stuffing.
2. Now turn the little sphere insideout. Fill to the desired fluffiness and sew up the tiny slit. You may want to sew the seem so you can hardly see it, but it will soon be covered, so don't worry about it.
3. Cut out many oval-like shapes with a ruffled top edge. These will become the leaves of the cabage. Don't worry about them not being long enough, we'll take care of that later. The only size that needs to be the same is the outmost leafs, just make sure they are long enough to go from top to bottom of the sphere.
4. Here's where the hot gluegun comes in. Take your smallest ruffle-y oval and lay down a stream of glue at the top of the sphere and stick the oval ruffle side up to it. Continue to do this with all the leafs, layering them so they look... like a cabbage! You may notice the bottom is a bit funny looking, so cut out a large green ruffle-circle to cover the whole bottom.
5. Fix any little thing you want on the body, then go for the eyes. Sew the eyes right onto the body, going through the body and button holes many times to insure they do not fall off.
6. Congratulations! You now have a cabbage creature fit for a salad! Well maybe not... more like fit for snuggling. As always I encourage you to try different colors, sizes, and shapes!

Apple Minion

This little guy is very simple and quick to make, plus just plain adorable! I recommend making a small army... Or a large one!

You will need: a 1/2 yard by 1/2 yard of red fleece, a tiny scrap of green fleece, a 2'' by2'' of brown or tan fleece, two medium-small black buttons, thread and a needle, and fabric scissors.

1. Cut an oval ( Out of red) that is pointed on both sides, one side more steeply pointed than the other. Cut out five more by laying the original on the fabric and cutting around it carefully.
2. You will notice one side of the oval is softer and fuzzier than the other. This is called the right side. If I were you, I'd want the fuzzy side where I can see it, on the outside.To do that, you sew two pieces together, right sides facing. Do this in pairs, so you end up with three segments. When you sew the pieces together, do the classic stitch of Go through one side, go through the other about an eighth of an inch away from the edge. Be sure to sew the pointiest sides together.
3. Now sew these segments together. Make sure the seem is facing out word, otherwise you will end up with a silly looking mess. Leave a two-inch slot near the less pointy end.
4. Stick two fingers inside the hole and pull the apple inside-out. Now fill to the desired fluffiness.
5. Carefully stitch up the slit and tie off the thread.
6. This bit is tricky. Double thread your needle so that you have two (Or four, if you sew like me) strands. Tie a large knot at the very end of the threads. Go through the very top of the apple and push the needle all the way out the bottom, make sure you go through a segment and not a seem. Pull it a little tight so that the ball takes on a more apple-like shape, and tie a knot. do this several times so that if one strand breaks the others will hold.
7. Take the brown-tan fabric and cut the square in half. Sew the sides of the scrap together lengthwise so you get a strong, longish strip of fabric.
8. Sew the bottom (pick an end, any end) to the top of the apple where the indent is. This should only take a few stitches.
9. Using the scrap of green fabric, cut out a small leaf. Sew this onto the stem.
10. Pick a place for the eyes, anywhere will do, as long as it's near the middle. Sew the eyes in place, making sure to cut the thread close to the body when you're done.
11. Hooray! You're finished! I encourage you to try different colors, sizes, and fabrics.

Projects, from Writting to Art to Science

This is a blog for art, writting, and science. I'm going to post my favorite things from those areas. Everything on here is either my own creation, or my own take on someone else's. Please enjoy!