Castle Caddy and the 3-T

Have you ever heard that phrase, "A day late, a dollar short, but it's okay."  Well mine would go, "Almost a month late, and a little crooked, but hey it still works right?"  I planned to make these for Charlotte's 3rd birthday. Then I got started too late and chances to work on it were few and far between. It felt like it took forever even though it wasn't a very difficult project. It uses very little fabric so other than the PDF pattern for $7 it's very cheap- especially if you just use scraps of what you already have.

First the Castle Caddy-
From this-

 To this-

 To this

I hand stitched the windows and bricks with embroidery thread and machine stitched the rest.

 A sleeping bag for her princess- we need to buy some more so Cinderella can have a friend- I like that her dress makes it so she can stand up.

As soon as I saw this on a craft blog I knew I had to make it- I was thrilled when she got the pattern up on etsy.  I saw one that was made from black felt with lava looking fabric for a manly castle.  She also has a very cool car caddy with a circle track complete with 3-D tunnel/bridge- and a place for their hotwheels!  I'll definitely have to make one for Olly!  Perfect for the car, plane (ha ha! Who knows when  any of my kids will ever get on a plane!), dr visit, church...

I think little sister likes it too- we might have to make another one someday.

Moving on to project #2- the 3-T Supposedly for her birthday but she's 3 all year so it's okay right?  This one is super quick.

The materials-

• Plain pink shirt ( I already had)
• Fusible web (also had) to iron the fabric to the shirt- cut out in the same shape
• Printed a butterfly from Word clipart the size I wanted and a number 3 in the outline format to use less ink in the font you want (about 200 size)- use as a pattern for cutting fabric and fusible web- can either iron the fusible web to the fabric before or after cutting the shapes out
• Left over pieces of fabric
• Zig zag around the whole raw edge the color of the fabric.
• Wish you'd finished it in time for the parties!

I have a disease- as soon as I finished these two projects I got the next ones in line out of my craft closet!