Thomas the Tank Engine Dress

Our little friend Kat loves Thomas the Tank Engine. Unfortunately for her, there are no officially licensed Thomas clothes for girls. So for Kat's third birthday I made a very simple yellow (her favorite color) polkadot pillowcase-style dress with blue ruffle trim and ribbon ties at the shoulders. I found some Thomas fabric that I believe was meant to make pillows, and appliqued him it on top. I also used iron-on fusible web to make a "smokestack" at the collar and did a little detail stitching at the edges.



And don't worry about how I dress my boy up in fancy dresses (I needed to check out the finished product!). He is still a manly man with big muscles who can knock-a you out!

Huck's Easter Basket

Huck and I made this Easter basket and eggs together. I discovered a great way to use hot glue with kids or toddlers during this project! I have a bunch of those adhesive mounting squares used for scrapbooking. Since I discovered MonoAdhesive, I never use them, but now they have a purpose again. I apply a mounting square to the pom-pom, yarn hair, foamie shapes, or whatever I want Huck to place--essentially turning it into a temporary "sticker" and letting him do all of the placement. When he's all done, I make his design permanent by hot gluing on the elements that he placed. That way it is all his design without him having to get anywhere near hot glue.