Toddler Bedspread

This is part of a custom order I am making for a friend. It is made to coordinate with this bedspread that they already have for their older son. I cut out all the material yesterday, and today I put it all together. Finished size will be about 40x60. PHEW! Now I just need to fringe/rag it all and it will be pretty much done. Also going with this order are two stuffed animals, an elephant to go with the bedspread and a shark, plus some hair clips.

 side that will be ragged

 smooth side

close up of the material

More Hooded Towels

I love making these!  Which is a good thing, since a friend commented that she would like to order 4! That is wonderful.  Here are two more towels that I made yesterday and today. I am planning to give away the Teddy Bear towel in this week's giveaway, so look for that on Monday.

Teddy Bear

Frog

I would say these towels are toddler size, the frog one is 28x40 with a hood that is 10x9.5 when flat. The Teddy Bear is even smaller, but it is perfect for a 1 year old!

There are towels that range in sizes from about 30x54 to bath sheets as big as 33x63. For child sized towels, I would use larger towels, to make sure they were long enough so they could wear them out of the bathroom with out mooning anyone :) I think I will also need to increase the hood length for kids as well.

Boo Boo Bags Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations Gina McAllister!  You won two Boo Boo Bags your choice of covers!

Please e-mail me at HoneybunchBoutique@yahoo.com to let me know which ones you would like and I will get them sent out to you in a jiffy.

Have a great weekend everyone. Check back next week for the next Giveaway, I have something in mind :)

Hooded Towels

I made a hooded towel a while ago for a niece and I decided to make one today for my own daughter. It worked as a good test run to see how it would go, if I want to make these to sell. Here are some pictures of how it turned out, I will take some more later of Aurelia with the towel, but she is napping now.

Most of the tutorials I found on how to make these used a towel and half of a hand towel, but I felt that would be too big for infants and toddlers. I used one towel and cut off 10 inches from the bottom of it, which I used to make the hood. This way I did not have to buy a hand towel and I also made the towel a little smaller, so it will fit little one better.

I used a wide orange ric rac to trim the edges along the hood and the ends

Close-up on the hood

Boo Boo Bags Giveaway

Here are the BB Bag covers I have made so far. The one in front is one side, and the bag it is laying on top of is the print on the reverse. Lots of colors and prints to choose from. Some gender neutral, and a whole bunch of boy and girl color/print choices.

I will be listing these on Etsy soon, trying to figure out pricing and shipping. Comparable Boo Boo/Owie/Corn/Rice/Flaxseed bags are about $4 each, but they do not have removeable/washable covers. What do you think would be a fair price? What would you pay? Also keep in mind that shipping will be a bit pricey, around $4 for two I think, at least, I need to make a test run at the post office to see for sure though.

Check out the posts below for more information on these great little creations. You could also win two for yourself if you enter the giveaway, it will close at midnight, Thursday, May 5th.

Giveaway: Boo Boo Bags

The lucky winner this week will receive two boo boo bags with the covers of their choice!

To enter this giveaway:
1.) Comment on this blog and tell a friend about Honeybunch Boutique or share a link on your blog
2.) On Facebook: Comment on the album, BB Bags Giveaway, and share a link to the HB Blog or the HB Facebook Page.

Number of Entries: You can earn up to a total of 3 entries for this giveaway. 1 each day for sharing on Facebook (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). I will give only 1 entry for those who comment on the blog.

The winner will be announced Friday morning, you can enter to win until Thursday night.

A stack of 3, the bottom one does not have a cover on it

A couple stacks of rice bag inserts

Flannel covers in boy colors, some are made with two different prints

Flannel covers in girl prints, the pairs along the top are of two different prints

Tutorial: Boo Boo Bags

My latest project has been making Boo Boo Bags, also known as owie bags, ice packs, hot packs, rice bags, the list could go on I am sure. These little ditties are great for kids when they get bumps and bruises, hence the name. They are also great for headaches, sinus pain, insect bites, bee stings, sprains, strains, reducing swelling, puffy eyes, muscle aches, growing pains, cramps, earaches, gas pain, labor and after-pains, nursing discomforts (plugged ducts/mastitis), pocket hand warmer, and you can take the larger size with you to bed to warm a chilly bed in the winter.

They have covers that are easily washable and won't shrink. I use rice, it is cheap, true, but it works well. It is nice small grains that easily conform and I like the weight of it. If it is was too light, you wouldn't have good contact and not as much heat/cold would transfer. Some say that the rice dries out after many uses, and yes, it can. If that happens, simply place a damp (not dripping) paper towel around it when you microwave it, the moist heat helps a lot more than dry heat.

Anyways, this is how I make mine.

2 pieces of 5x6.5 inch material, fronts facing in, sew around the outside and leave an opening at the top

turn inside out

press around the outside

top-stitch around the outside, just 1/8 inch in from the edge, still leaving the opening

find a funnel or make one out of a piece of paper, fill the bag with 1 c. rice

it should look like this

line up the two layers of the opening and pin the top shut

sew the opening closed

a whole stack of them ready to sell!

Now for the case

prewash the material, very important, if you do not, the cases will not fit your bags after you wash them!

take two pieces of flannel material, 7x5.25 inches, mark 1 inch down from the top

fold it over 1/2 inch, the edge lines up with your line, sew 1/8 inch in along the top, then stitch a zigzag to prevent fraying

face right sides together and stitch around 3 sided, about 1/4 inch in, leaving the top open, turn right-side out and you are done!

here are they boy and neutral prints I am working on

the girl prints

more girl prints

with the HB logo on them