the land of misfit toys.

Sometimes when I sew, it turns out well.

Other times it looks like the Texas chainsaw massacre.

Once upon a time I attempted to make some super cute stackable rings for my friend's baby shower.  I didn't want to download the pattern.  It seemed easy enough, but when I tried to turn the rings inside out it was a virtual black hole.  I couldn't get it to turn inside out for the life of me.  I had already sewed some ribbon on the fabric, so I quick stitched just the top and bottom pieces together for Owen.  Molly ate the middle foam part that held them together.

This block is the first thing I made that wasn't a pillow.  I'm not sure how to get it entirely square, but I can't seem to cut in a straight line either, no matter how many gadgets I get.  There has to be a way to get those corners sewn together better, but I really don't have that long of an attention span.

I put this here so you would see my first hand stitching job.  I've gotten a better grasp on it, but my first attempt was pretty abysmal.  Owen, he does not mind it.

After blowing it on the block I wanted to make a ball without wasting fabric.  I picked up some 50 cent felt and this one came together nicely.  Since I have somewhat of a mental block when it comes to piecing so many fabrics together, the "beach ball" circle on the ends hid all of my mess ups.

Owen has his floor pillows that I store under the coffee table.  I think they look kind of cute there.

You'll notice I measured wrong on this pillow and it has a huge gap.  This was the second pillow I ever did.  I wanted to keep it, but not on the couch where people might examine it.  The floor seems a great place for it as it looks perfectly presentable from the front.

So there you have it.  The good.  The bad.  The misfits.