toys: piggy mobile

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I found this adorable baby blanket/sheet/crib bumper set: blue gingham with little piggies all over it. I was inspired to make a matching mobile, but I wanted to personalize it. My husband is a musician, so I replaced the kites and flowers the pigs were holding with a guitar and a bass. Originally I was also going to make a drummer and another guitar player, but I never found a mobile that I liked that I could hang these guys from, so I sort of scrapped the project. Here are the two piggies I completed:

the lead guitar player

the bass player

Glove Bunny

Glove Bunny, circa 1998


I made this little bunny one afternoon with my boyfriend's mother. I think she got the idea from a magazine.

It's made out of a cloth glove. First, you reverse the thumb into the body of the glove. It will look like a pocket. The two middle fingers become his ears, the outer two fingers become his arms. On the back, you pinch a small section and stitch around it to make a tail, or you could add a little pom-pom tail. For his feet, you snip the opening at the bottom of the glove, then stuff and stitch shut. The addition of a little scarf helps define his neck. I was new to sewing when I made this, and sadly added his mouth with a Sharpie. I definitely recommend stitching one on.

He'd make a cute Easter or Christmas decoration.