soft sets

Remember back in the day when I made all that play food? Well, I never made Keely the full set and I don't see myself doing it anytime soon, but she loves the stuff I did make her. The other day I realized that she plays with those almost everyday (especially the sandwich). She also plays with all of the "toys" I've made her. I like that. So, I've been working on some more little soft toy sets. Ever since we got the "Little Pea" book (so long ago), I've been meaning to make up a little pea character for her, as so many others already have. I finally did. He wasn't the right size, so I had to make another. Repeat. Then, I ended up with 3, so we had the whole Pea family. Why stop there? I made the candy and a bowl of spinach too.

Then, Ryan said, "Hey, how 'bout a bag to put them all in? One with a pocket to hold the book too!" Oh well that's a dang good idea, just had to make that too.
That's a bad, low-light shot, but you get the idea-green with polka dots and a big pocket holding the book on the outside.
 
Then, I saw Molly Chicken's cute little mice and gave those a go.
Thanks Lyn, for the easy tutorial.

Also, Keely loves cats so when I found a bag of itty-bitty cats at the store I knew I'd do something with them.

I made a little drawstring bag and filled it with all the cats. Then made little kitty beds for half a dozen of them. I was going to do some yarn balls too.

I have a couple more little sets in the planning stage. We'll see if they get any further than that. I was thinking I could give her these little things in a bag when birth day arrives. They'd be soft, quiet and maybe keep her entertained for a few minutes.  I really want to make her a waldorf doll, but I don't think I'm up for that endeavor right now. I originally had planned on buying her a special doll and then make it a set of things that I'm making for the real baby (bibs, blankets etc.) and it could be her big sister present, but after looking at every doll in the normal stores-I just am not impressed. I then thought I'd buy her a waldorf doll, but they cost a bit of moolah. Anyway, that's on the back burner for now. Little soft sets are on the front burner.

*Speaking of play food….You've gotta check out all the soft food sets made by biofino. This sandwich is so cool.  This bowtie pasta is also cute. It's just felt, cinched in the middle, pinked at the edges. Easy. This one is even easier to make. It looks like fettucinni noodles and it is just strips of nice felt (which, of course, I don't have). So good.