Handmade3D Blog

I have transition from blogger to wordpress.  It may take a few days to work everything out but soon you will find the musings doodles, designs, and current work located here.  Thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoy what you find!

~Ellen

After a few months of hard work, my first pattern booklet has been released! Please check it out!
Fatty Pennies is for sale at QuiltWoman.com.

Ever since I found out I was pregnant at the end of April, my brain has been on everything baby! Well of course, I know. But I will say my plushies took a little back seat for a while but hopefully will start up again this month. I wanted to share some of the items I have made for little Zoe when she makes he appearance this December!

The first is this giant Z! At our wedding we had giant paper-collage letters at the entrances to the church. An ‘E’ on my side, ‘J’ on Jason’s side, and an ‘A’ in the middle. I thought it would be perfect to continue the letters by making one for her nursery.
Next I was on a bib kick. At this point I hadn’t bought anything yet but was itching to make something. I found a real easy bib tutorial online and bought the designs from Urban Threads. I know she won’t need these for a real long time, but couldn’t resist!Making the bibs from scratch took a bit of time. So next I went out and bought a ten pack of terry cloth bibs to embroider on instead. My husband is in gaming so I decided to make one that spoke to him!

Next I have a few onesies to finish and then I really want to work on her baby quilt. Although, I do have a wedding present I need to finish first. Grr, I want to make more baby stuff!

So for the past two months I will admit I have done next to nothing on my blog, for my shop, and even very little sewing. And here is why: We found out we were pregnant at the end of April and were beyond thrilled and excited! The past 8 weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions, as I’m sure it will be to come! I have had such little energy that I am sad to say I haven’t made a plush since the beginning of April! In April I was tired all the time and had no idea why, until we checked this out!

May led to our first ultra sound where we saw our little blob and found out we were due Dec. 23rd. Because of sweet baby this will be our first Florida Christmas! May was very tiring and exhausting, falling asleep by 9 pm. Hey, I would sleep any chance I got.

June has been great. I am finally getting energy back, and even though I haven’t sewn any plush yet I made four embroidered baby bibs, couldn’t resist! We also had our second ultra sound last week. It was the NT Scan to check for Down’s Syndrome which everything turned out fine. And lucky us had such a clear scan that we found out we are having a Baby Girl! Just what I always wanted, our little dream coming true! She was bopping along in there, waving, and I couldn’t feel a thing. Very bizarre. We also got bumped up two days, to Dec. 21st, my husband’s birthday. He is thrilled.Today marks Week 13 Day 3. Super-Grandma is coming down tomorrow for a week filled of shopping and sewing, it will be a great start to vacation!

Today I decided to make myself a little pin holder. I have started accumulating sewing pins for events and memberships I have joined. Instead of leaving them lying around, I created this quick rainy afternoon project to hold them! The doll is from Urban Threads, 20,000 stitch count! She turned out adorable!

I want to thank everyone who came out Friday night for the Art After Dark event at the Tampa Museum of Art. It went great and we had lots of fun! Here are some pictures from the event.

For the month of April the below two pieces are being shown and are for sale at the Tampa Artist Emporium. I love making plush monsters but had the idea of plush collages of sort. Painting with fabric we could call it. Well, whatever we call it, they turned out fabulous!Each piece is 16″ x 20″ fabric stretched around canvas. My lollipop one was my first doodle and I still love it!
Big, big show this Friday night at the Tampa Museum of Art! Can’t wait!

I completed my submission for the Plush You Olympic Challenge today! I was assigned the ‘Made Up Sport’ category and at first was a little nervous about it. But after some brainstorming with my husband about winter sports for Floridians, we created the “Snowbirding Biathlon.” Read on for the rules!

Welcome to the Snowbirding Biathlon!

To qualify for the Snowbirding Biathlon the participants must:

1. Reside at least six months of the year in the New England Coastal area.

2. Reside in the winter months in the coastal areas of sunny Florida!

3. Wear a penguin suit.

Snowbirding Biathlon Regulations:

Round 1- Carving on the Water

Participants must complete a round of carving on their surfboards, with at least three turns before hitting the beach. The more turns before reaching the beach will reside in higher points. The participant will be wearing the penguin suit to add difficulty for balance and turns on the board. If the participant falls off their board, they are disqualified for the round!

Round 2 – 50 yd Timed Waddle

Once participants reach the beach, they must sand their boards and race in a 50 yd penguin waddle across the beach. The waddle winner will be competing against the time runs of the other participants. Runners will continue to compete in the penguin suit, adding difficulty to the waddle. Deductions will be made for falling over during the waddle.

The participant with the best score of water carves and run time will be the winner!

Bonus points awarded for the following:

1. Squawking like a penguin during the race.

2. Oldest Snowbirding competitor.

3. Dismounting from the surfboard in a penguin dive.

With the sewing expo next week, I wanted to show more of my crafty side. Part of which was the little sewing kit bag I made last week.

This week I wanted wearable accessories. I made three headbands, one bandanna, and one wristlet. Might make more wristlets before next week, they were so cute! The Bandanna was made from one I already have. The headbands and wristlets designs are from the book Sew Cute.

Today was an ugly rainy day, so to turn it around I declared a Crafty Goodness day!

First item completed – alchemy request for a custom ninja:Second item completed – Patchwork Cat I started playing with layering of fabrics and thought why not make a plush from it! I’m going to continue playing with fabrics like this to see what else I can create. She is available in the shop.

Third item completed – Sewing Kit zipper bag.In two weeks I will be going to the Tampa Sewing Expo. I am so excited! I went last year and had so much fun, learning new ideas and becoming inspired. For many of the classes I signed up for you need to bring a basic sewing kit of scissors, needles, etc. Last year they were stuffed in a bag all over the place – this year a nice little bag!

It’s only 6 pm, I think I can get another project started at least!

Hello Iphone and Ipod users! The brand new Handmade3D App is now available for free on Itunes!

Ever see the claw game at arcades or even in front of Walmart? Now play the Claw game with Handmade3D plushies! And it won’t cost you any quarters!

My wonderful husband created the game for me. It has links to his other games and a direct link to the etsy shop! Just search ’3Doodle’ in itunes for his other games. There is a great fishing game as well.