For Your Birthday, I Give You Dirt - Part 3

One gift down and one to go. My box of play dirt is finished and I couldn't be more pleased with how it came out.

Last week, I had solved the problem with the stems and this week was all about building blooms. I used a great tutorial from Sew Ritzy-Titzy and some inexpensive fat quarters from Joann Fabrics. Instead of pulling the blooms tight and sewing a button in the center, I tied the petals around the stem and stitched them into place. I covered up all my ugly seams with a round piece of fleece trimmed to look like three leaves. A hole in the middle of the leaves made space for the stem to fit through.

I added a little embroidery to the flower box to jazz it up some. There's a little butterfly at the other end of the words. My little Buttercup caught a glimpse of one of the flowers and had a screaming fit because I wouldn't let her have one yet. I think that's a good sign.

I've been giving some thought to other ideas to make use of this project. Of course, LiEr has those great pickable strawberries and peas and there's tons of play vegetables I could make. My brainstorm last night (at 2 am) was to make some fabric seed envelopes filled with seeds that can be "planted". That may need to be a project after I finish the LED Booties.

Many thanks to the Fabulous LiEr for her idea and to Dawn for her blossom tutorial.