Crafting

♥ Amigurumi Dilly Duck

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Hey Lovelies!

It’s about time to make something cute again, right?! Well I was brainstorming a bit of what to make for upcoming blogs, and I saw one of my Blue Nose Friends plushies. I got it long ago and I remembered there are more around. When I looked them up on the internet, I found out that there are so many now! I only don’t know where to get them. The store I got this one, long ago, is now closed. So, what I can’t buy, I’ll make myself haha. Also a good reason to use my plush yarn!

Let’s make Dilly Duck of My Blue Nose Friends. I believe it’s No 4 of these series.

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥  Acryllic Yarn, in Light Blue and Grey.
♥  Plush Yarn in White.*
♥  Crochet hook, 2 sizes.
♥  Stitch marker.
♥  Yarn needle.
♥  Sewing pins. (optional)
♥  Scissors.
♥  Fiber Fill.
♥  Grey Felt.
♥  Safety Eyes.
♥  Glue (optional).

*Note: You can use regular yarn as well, but just make sure you have 2 sizes of yarn, White must be thick and the light blue and grey thin. This was you’ll be able to make him too without the plush yarn. (Scroll down for a picture)

Stitches used:
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern:

Body
In White Plush Yarn.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
5: (3SC, inc) 6 times. [30]
6: SC in each ST around. [30]
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10: SC in each ST around. [30]
11: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
12: SC in each ST around. [24]
13: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
14: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing. Don’t forget to stuff the body!

Head
In White Plush Yarn.

1: 1: 6SC in Magic Ring [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
5: (3SC, inc) 6 times. [30]
6: (9SC, inc) 3 times. [33]
7: SC in each ST around. [33]
8: SC in east ST around. [33]
9: (9SC, dec) 3 times. [30]
10: SC in each ST around. [30]
11: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
12: SC in each ST around. [24]
13: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
14: SC in each ST around. [18]
15: SC in each ST around. [18]
16: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12] Stuff the head here, and if you use Safety Eyes, place them inbetween row 10 and 11.
17: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Wings (2)
In White Plush Yarn.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each ST around. [12]
3: SC in each ST around. [12]
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7: SC in each ST around. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. You don’t have to stuff the wings.

Beak
In Light Blue.

1: 4SC in Magic Ring. [4]
2: 2SC in each ST around. [8]
3: (1SC, inc) 2 times. [12]
4: SC in each ST around. [12]
5: (5SC, inc) 2 times. [14]
6: (6SC, inc) 2 times. [16]
7: SC in each ST around. [16]
8: SC in each ST around. [16]
Fasten off, leave an extra long tail for sewing. Now flatten the beak and sew around the edge, about 0,5CM of the edge, this way you make a rim in the beak. When you have done that, stuff the remaining middle part.

Feet (2)
In Grey.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each ST around. [12]
3: (inc) 2 times, 4SC, (inc) 2 times, 4SC. [16]
4: (inc) 4 times, 4SC, (inc) 4 times, 4SC. [24]
5: SC in each ST around. [24]
6: (3SC, dec, 7SC) 2 times. [22]
7: (2SC, dec, 7SC) 2 times. [20]
8: (2SC, dec, 6SC) 2 times. [18]
9: SC in each ST around. [18]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.
Cut of some extra grey yarn and tie a knot on one side. With a yarn needle your gonna devide the foot in 3 toes. Skip the last 3 rows, and insert the needle from the inside, wrap the yarn around the foot (make sure it’s 1/3 and 2/3), and go in the foot and out at the place you started, pull tight and fasten it off. Do this on the other side, of the foot, again. Repeat for the other foot.

Assembling.

Sew the head to the body. With some sewing pins you can place the wings in the right place, just were you’ve sewn the head to the body. When you are happy, sew those one as well.
Do the same for the feet, and sew them on tightly.
Sew the beak on as well, just under the eyes. Make some markings with black yarn on top of his beak.
Now cut 3 Squares from grey felt. You can make them as big as you want, but don’t over do. Now, with some black yarn, sew one on his head, one on the side of his belly and one on his back.
And you are done! Yay!

I hope you enjoyed this pattern! I certainly did, I love how he looks! If you made one or more too, show me with #DelinleaDIY I love to see how yours turned out! Now, enjoy the rest of your day!

Love
Danielle

♥ Memoboard DIY

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Hey Lovelies!

I’ve been drawing polaroids weekly, well I try to. And I’m putting them like everywhere in my room and quit a few are put away already. Now I’m kinda afraid some get damaged so I though of having a place where I could put them. That’s why I’m making a memoboard today, where I can collect them without having to worry!

I know this tutorial isn’t gonna be very original, but I still wanna share with you all, how I made mine!

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥  Cardboard (25 by 45cm).
♥  Sheet stuffing (not sure how it’s called, I used a snow blanket xD)
♥  Fabric (55 by 45cm) make sure it’s not a stretchy fabric but choose something like cotton.
♥  Fabric (30 by 30cm) Same for this one, don’t pick a stretchy fabric but choose something like cotton.
♥  Yarn or Ribbon.
♥  Glue Gun.
♥  (Fabric) Scissors.
♥  Sewing Pins.

Let’s start

Plug your glue gun in first so it has time to warm up.
Make sure your cardboard has the right size. Now take the sheet stuffing and cut that down to the same size of the cardboard, and glue these two together.

Take your main fabric of 55 by 45cm and place this on a flat surface with the good side facing down. Place the cardboard with the stuffing on top, with the stuffing facing down as well. Now take your glue gun and glue all the corners of the fabric to the cardboard, just as shown in the pictures.

When that’s done, it’s time to glue all sides to the cardboard as well. I started in the middle of each side and working my way down to the corners. While glueing down the sides make sure to stretch the fabric so any oneven things in the fabric will be gone. I learned in school to start in the middle by making things like these with fabric, so the surface will be nice and sturdy. If you start at a corner and work to the other corner there’s a higher chance that there will form any wrinkles, and that’s not what you want.

Decorating

This step you can skip if you want, but we are gonna work with the second fabric (30 by 30cm). Cut this diagonal, so, from one corner to the other. Fold about 1cm over of the longest side of both triangles. You can choose to sew this down but I chose to glue it down with my glue gun, quick and easy. Just don’t burn yourself like I did xD.

Take one triangle and place it of the right side of your memoboard, with the good side of the fabric facing up. Position it the way you like, but make sure you have enough fabric going over the cardboard to glue down. When you are happy with the way it looks, use a sewing pin to keep it in place. And flip the whole thing over.

Do the same for glueing down as the main fabric, start with the corner. And glue down the side.

Repeat for the other triangle.

Get out your yarn or ribbon that you chose. and start wrapping it around the memoboard. I used Pins to hold the place I wanted them to stay in. I loved wrapping it criss cross around the board but you can do it however you want, like straight lines. When you are happy with how it looks, glue everything down on the sides of the cardboard, make sure you glue them on tight, so it stays in place forever xD. To secure it more, I glued the yarn/ribbon once more on the back as well.

Finished!

And you are done! Yay! ^-^ Now you can stick all those memories on there, or like I did, my drawings. You can use pins on there, or use those tiny clothespins on the threads.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and if you made it, show it to me on instagram or twitter with the hastag #DelinleaDIY. Have a lovely day everyone!

Love
Danielle

♥ Theatre Boxes

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Hey Lovelies!

Today I just need to share these DIY kits with you. I’m addicted to them and definitely gonna get some more. I’m talking about Theatre boxes! I found out about these on this Chinese website called aliexpress.com (<< That’s actually a dangerous place for me as a crafter xD). I can spend hours on that site, so I often find cute things that I can use for crafting or, like these, craft kits!

At first I wasn’t sure if I should get them. The instructions seemed to be in Chinese. Usually that doesn’t bother me much, I just follow the pics xD (or if it are videos, just copy what they do xD). After a while of searching and over thinking if I should get them, I found out that there are kits with English instructions, well that makes it a lot easier! Specially if it comes to connecting the lights. Yes! There are lights in there as well! It makes it so much more magical!

Okay, so, if you get a kit like I bought, ‘Forest Rhapsody’ or ‘Snow Dream’, everything is included that you will need, except for the glue (But I saw some ppl online that had glue as well, it depends on the seller I guess). And in one of the packs were batteries and in the other there were not. Even backgrounds are included (those are in the last 2 pages of the instructions that are meant for cutting out). Sadly enough, I don’t have pictures of when the box has just been opened and not used.

With these kits you almost make everthing yourself. In the instructions they tell you exactly what you need for a particulair item and you glue that togehter. Sometimes you need to cut some pieces to the right lenght but that’s always stated. The instructions are very clear, just follow what they show.

I had a lot of fun making these, and definitely gonna get some more! They take some time to make tho. AND you totally should get some tweezers with a bent tip, it can be very fiddly! Most item are tiny, like really tiny to fit in the box. (the boxes are about 8 by 14 cm).

Here you can find the ones I got:
Forest Rhapsody
Snow Dream

I hope I got you a new addiction as well *evil laugh*.

Love
Danielle

Note: this is not sponsored, just someting I love!

♥ Amigurumi: Marie Ufufy

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Hey Lovelies!

I thought it’s time for another Ufufy! I doubt way to long what to upload, so today I am a bit late with  uploading, I will do better next week! I’m sorry! Let’s make Marie, shall we?!

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥  Yarn. I used thin acrylic yarn. White And Pink.
♥  Crochet hook.
♥  Stitch marker.
♥  Yarn needle.
♥  Sewing pins. (optional)
♥  Scissors.
♥  Fiber Fill.
♥  Pink and Blue Felt.
♥  Key Chain.
♥  Glue (optional).

Stitches used:
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern

Body
In White.

1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each ST around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc), 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc), 6 times. [24]
5: SC in each st around. [24]
6: SC in each st around. [24]
7: (3SC, inc), 6 times. [30]
8: SC in each st around. [30]
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17: SC in each st around. [30]
18: (3SC, dec), 6 times. [24]
19: (2SC, dec), 6 times. [18] Stuff the body here.
20: (1SC, dec), 6 times. [12]
21: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and  weave in tail.

Legs (4)
In White.

1: 4SC in Magic Ring. [4]
2: (1SC, inc), 2 times. [6]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing. You don’t have to stuff them, just flatten.

Tail
In White.

Chain 5, insert in second chain from hook, 4SC.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (2)
In White.

1: 4SC in magic Ring. [4]
2: (1SC, inc), 2 times. [6]
3: (1SC, inc), 3 times. [9]
4: (2SC, inc), 3 times. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Inside of the Ears (2)
In Pink.

1: Chain3, insert in second chain from hook, 2SC, turn. [2]
2: Chain1, dec. [1]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Bow on top of her Head
In Pink.

1: Chain 7, insert in 2nd chain from hook, 6SC, turn. [6]
2: Chain 1, 6SC. [6]
3: SLST around the bow for a nice edge.
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Use a Yarn Needle to go to the middle of the bow and wrap the tail tightly around several times and fasten off.

Bow for on her Back
In Pink.

1: Chain 11, insert in 2nd chain from hook, 10SC, turn. [10]
2: Chain 1, 10SC. [10]
3: Chain 1, 10SC. [10]
4: SLST around the bow for a nice edge.
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Use a Yarn Needle to go to the middle of the bow and wrap the tail tightly around several times and fasten off.

Collar
In Pink.

Chain 32 and SLST in the first chain to make it round.

Assembling

Start with sewing on the legs, use some sewing pins first to make sure you position them right, before sewing them on. This way you can easily move them around until you are happy with the look. The ‘arms’ go just under the middle of the body. Sew them on securely.
Sew the inside of the ears to the ears, and sew those to the body.
To give Marie some fluff on top of her head and on the sides of her face, I took 2 pieces of white yarn, tied a knot in the middle and pulled both ends through the side, with a yarn needle, to the middle of the head and on the sides of the face, just under the ears. Make sure the knot dissapears inside the body. Cut the yarn slightly longer as you want and with the yarn needle you can untwist the yarn, so it get’s fluffy. Now you can give them the final hair cut ^^.
Time for the bow on top of her head. I glued it on, but you can totally sew them on if you prefer.
Now put on her collar, and sew or glue it on, so it stays in place. And don’t forget to sew the big bow to her back, on her collar.
Cut her eyes out of blue felt and a nose out of pink felt and glue those on. give her some blush on her cheeks with some soft pastel chalk or make-up.

You are finished now! I hope you enjoyed making Marie! Ofcourse you can add lashes and eyebrows with needle and thread, but I was just lazy and I like how she turned out this way!

Have a lovely crafty day y’all.

Love
Danielle

 

 

 

 

 

♥ Geometric Planter 3

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Hey Lovelies!

As I am typing this, I don’t feel to well. I’m not doing good with hot weather, and yesterday, I went cycling to another city, maybe not the best decission xD. But I am glad it’s raining right now, so I hope the heat will go away for some time!
Anyway, today we will make the last geometric planter, probably the most complicated one to explane. you will find out why soon.

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥  4 Wooden Sticks of about 40cm. (Can be longer or shorter, you only need more or less)
♥  Saw or anything to cut the sticks with.
♥  Pencil.
♥  Ruler.
♥  Masking Tape.
♥  Hot Glue Gun and Glue.
♥  (Metallic) Acryllic Paint.
♥  Brush.

First step

For this geometric panter we won’t precut all the pieces, why?! Because I kinda freestyled it as I go. So I’ll gonna explane you step by step what to do exactly! oh and btw, get that glue gun hot!

First cut 6 pieces of 3cm in length of the wooden sticks. Chop these with a tool you prefer, I used a handsaw. Place these on a piece of paper in the shape of a hexagon. I used some masking tape to keep them in place. Glue all the corners together with a bit of hot glue!

Second step

Now we need 6 more pieces; 2 of 2cm, 2 of 3cm and 2 of 4cm. Cut these to the desired length. With some hot glue you’re glueing these to every corner, on a slight angle to the outside. Use the below to see where I placed every length.

Third step

For the next layer we need 3 sticks of 4cm and 3 of 5cm. Just like the first step you are gonna place these in the shape of a haxagon first. Put them on a piece of paper again (to prevent your service you’re working on to get glued). Get them in the right shape, tape them down, and glue all the corners. This hexagon won’t be even, cause of the different sizes in length.

Now glue this hexagon to the sticks of step 2. How to place it exactly?! Use the pictures below. I will add all lengths to all sticks.

Fourth step

Cut 1 stick of 16cm, 2 of 14cm, 1 of 12 cm and 2 of 10cm in length. This is where you get you height of the planter. You can always make them longer if you want to. I liked it this way.

Now, glue these sticks straight up! On every corner of the hexagon from the previous row, use the pictures again to know which one goes, where. You don’t have to do it too precise. It will turn out good anyway! Like I explaned last 2 times, the glue is gonna stay flexible after setting, you’ll be able to move them around a bit.

Fifth step

Chop up some more sticks in the length of: 3 of 7cm, 1 of 8cm, 1 of 5cm and 1 of 4cm. When you have done that, use the pictures below to see which stick goes where and glue those on the sticks of the previous row.

Sixth step

The last step to complete the planter. For this step you need 7 sticks instead of 6. The lengths are: 3 of 6cm, 1 of 8cm, 2 of 9cm and 1 of 12 cm. Now, take 2 sticks of 6cm and glue these together so they form a wide V shape. When the glue has set, glue these in place following the pics below.

When that’s done, glue the remaining sticks in place as well, and you have completed the whole structure. It’s optional, but you can fill up any gaps where the sticks meet, with some more hot glue. This will make the end result much better.

Painting

An important step that you don’t wanna skip. Paint the whole thing! I used silver paint but of course you can use any color you like! I had to do 2 coats so it looks neat but it really depends on the quality of the paint you are using.

I hope you liked making these planters and put them in your house everywhere, I am hanging them infront of my window. But you can just put them on a cabinet with a plant in it and decorate a bit more like you see in these facy styling magazines haha.

Have a lovely day everyone!

Love
Danielle