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DOG Baby Rattle Pattern From the entire series, this was my favourite rattle to make by far. I’ve made this for a particular baby boy who has two older sisters…two toy poms and I just thought this will be so cute if he can have a doggy rattle to play with. Hope this inspires your…

The gift of a smile

BEAR Baby Rattle Pattern It’s always nice to appreciate friendships and to express it with a personalised gift. I’ve made this baby rattle for a dear friend of mine’s son and he just adores it! Hope this inspires your to make one yourself. Materials needed: DK yarn in different colours. 4mm Crochet hook Wooden ring…

It’s a girl!

OWL Baby Rattle Pattern This particular baby rattle I’ve made for a dear friend of mine’s daughter. We’ve been friends since school and it was so special that we could share our pragnancy journey’s together. Hope this inspires your to make one yourself. Materials needed: DK yarn in different colours. 4mm Crochet hook Wooden ring…

Let’s make some new friends

FROG Baby Rattle Pattern I’ve made this baby rattle to welcome a new friend and he just loves it! It’s perfect for teething. Hope this inspires your to make one yourself. Materials needed: DK yarn in different colours. 4mm Crochet hook Wooden ring Stuffing Scissors Tapestry needle Bells (optional) Notes Level: Intermediate Size: Approximately 11cm…

Get your Glitter on!

Working with difficult fabric This silver glitter fabric looks amazing and was quite striking on stage, but it was a big challenge to work with. The main problem with the fabric was that it stretches in only one direction, which makes it difficult to make a full leotard from this fabric, because a leotard needs…

Hallo Darkness my old friend

This scene was a very sombre low point in the Les Danseuses dance production “When Life Happens”. It depicts the world in utter desolation and hopelessness without any colour. So for this scene we decided to use grey for the costumes to accentuate that. Add some interest We really didn’t feel like making another plain…

Making our very first tutu

As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, “When your test pattern makes it on stage”, we took on the challenge of making our very first tutu for the Les Danseuses dance production “When Life Happens” during the Covid19 lockdown. It was a lot of work, but such a fun and satisfying challenge to take on.…

Your everyday Joe

Relate to your audience Initially the male dancer, who was portraying the abusive partner in a romantic relationship, was going to wear an all black outfit, to emphasize the evil side of an abusive relationship. But fortunately, as life has it, a relationship is not always just bad. Through the choreography, you can see the…