Blueberry Bear - crochet pattern for a bear

My daughter loves bears. She has 10 or 14 teddy bears in her room: white, brown, pink, blue. Every bear has a name, of course: Blueberry, Chocolate Bear, Pink Bear, Martin, Snowflake.... Her favorite is Martin, because she has is from she was a little baby.
Now I made a crochet bear. She called it Blueberry (another one!), because it's blue. I admit: I researched many patterns to learn how to make one, but for the moment I could find one to be perfect for me: not too big, not too small, not so difficult to make it. I began to learn how to crochet a bear by pieces: first a ball for the head, then the body like a pear, then the arms and legs. I'm not satisfied with the muzzle, but I'm learning.

I used single crochet (sc), back loop work, increase (inc) and decrease (dec).

The head
R 1: chain 6 and slip stitch in a circle
R2: inc
R 3: 1 sc, inc
R 4: inc, 2 sc
R 5: 3 sc, inc
R 6: inc, 4 sc

R 7: 5sc, inc

R 8: inc, 6 sc

R 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 sc around
R 15: dec, 6 sc
R 16: 5 sc, dec
R 17: dec, 4 sc

R 18: 3 sc, dec

R 19: dec, 2 sc

Stuff and finish leaving a long tail to sew the bod and the head. This is the head - it's like a ball:

The body – it looks like a pear
R 1: chain 6 and slip stitch in a circle

R 2: inc
R 3: 1 sc, inc
R 4: 2 sc, inc
R 5: inc, 3 sc
R 6: 4 sc, inc

R 7: sc, inc

R 8: sc, inc

R 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 sc around

R 16: 6 sc, dec

R 17: sc around

R 18: dec, 5 sc

R 19: sc around

R 20:  4 sc, dec

R 21: 3 sc, dec
R 22: dec, 2 sc
Stuff and finish leaving a long tail to sew the bod and the head. The body looks like a pear. 

The legs – you have to make 2
R 1: chain 6 and slip stitch in a circle
R 2: inc
R 3: 1 sc, inc
R 4: 2 sc, inc

R 5: back loop working sc around
R 6 and 7: sc around
R 8: 2 sc, dec
R 9: sc

R 10: 2 sc, decrease

R 11, 12, 13: sc
Stuff and finish leaving a long tail to sew the legs.

The arms – you have to make 2
R 1: chain 6 and slip stitch in a circle

R 2: inc
R 3: 1 sc, inc

R 4: back loop working sc around
R 5 - 10: sc around
R 11: dec
Stuff and finish leaving a long tail to sew the arms 

The muzzle:

R 1: chain 6 and slip stitch in a circle

R 2: inc

R 3: 1 sc, increase

R 4: back loop working sc around

R 5: sc

R 6: 1 sc, dec

Finish and leave a long tail to sew the muzzle. 

The ears – you have to make 2
R 1: chain 6 and slip stitch in a circle

R 2: inc

R 3: 1 sc, inc

R 4: back loop working – 2sc, inc
R 5 – inc, 3 sc
Finish and leave a long tail to sew the ears.

After I finished to crochet the pieces, I sewed the eyes and the nose from black felt. The eyes are round and the nose is a triangle.

This is my bear. Or my daughter's Blueberry Bear. Sometimes I think it is ... like a mouse. Ha ha ha :). I don't know what it looks it to seem more like a mouse not like a bear, but ... I have to practice more.

A big one and a small one.

Ladybug - How to make

This is a tutorial to make a ladybug from felt. It's very easy to make one. You can use it as decorations for your herbs pots, for kids room, for your kitchen or ... you can make one just for fun. I use them to sew them on the kids banners.

Materials you need: black and red felt, polyester for stuffing, big and small black beads, red and black thread, needle, scissors. 

*Draw a ladybug contour on a sheet of paper: a big circle and a small one for head. You can copy my shape, if you want. Cut along the line and fix it on the sheet of felt.

*Cut along the ladybug contour.

*Make 2 pieces.

*Fold one piece and cut a small triangle to make wings.

 *Cut a black triangle, but try to make bigger than the red one that you already cut. If this black triangle is bigger, you can sew it easily.

*Sew small bead on the one piece of red felt.

*Or sew big ones.

*Sew the eyes ... 2 small black beads ...

*And sew antennas with  6 small black beads.

* Put 6 beads on the thread, then insert your needle after the first one through the others five and fix on the head. 

* Sew the black triangle.

*Then sew the both red felt pieces together.

* Stuff with polyester and finish to sew.

* It's done!

* Find a place for them.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment. 

Angelina Ballerina Banner for a Girl

If you have a little ballerina, you know how important it is her name and a ballerina character. I made this banner with soft felt and fabric, assorted colors and some little yellow stars for contrast. I sew a little Angelina Ballerina in the right part, because the little girls love her.

Size for banner -19.68 inches ( 50 cm) , and the letters are 2.75 inches (7 cm). You can hang it on the wall in your girl's room, you can use it as decoration for a party, or you can give it as a gift. 

If you want another name on the banner, send me a message.

Crochet Blue Flower - Pattern

This is a pattern for a flower that I used to my blue crochet skirt.

Here is the pattern.

Chain 6 stitches.

Yarn over hook 3 times (make a treble stitch)

Insert hook in the 5th stitch from the chain and pull yarn through first 2 st, then through next 2, then next 2 and so on. This is treble stitch.

This is the treble.

Chain 5 stitches.

Insert hook in the same 5th stitch from the first chain and make a slip stitch. This is the first petal. 

Repeat for the next 4 petals: chain 6, treble, chain 5, sl st.

This is the flower.

To make a yellow middle, insert hook at the base and make slip stitches with yellow yarn.

Finish. Fasten off. You can use this flower for hair band, for skirt and sweaters.

I used it on my blue crochet skirt. If you want t try to crochet one, use my pattern and send ma a picture with your creation to post here. Crochet Blue Skirt Pattern

Counting Felt Book for Preschool

I sew this book for a little girl named Kate. Her mother was looking for a toy that can be use in the airplane. And my quiet book is perfect for this.

It is an educational activity book for preschool and kindergarten. 

This book is made from felt and contains numbers from 1 to 5. The size for each page is 9.00 x 6.00 inches. Each page is design to help children learn to count. Numbers and pieces are detachable and they have velcro on the back. The last page contains geometric shapes arrange for counting. 

For each page you can tell a story or sing a song:

For number 1 – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

For number 2 – you can adapt the song Five Little ducks 

For number 3 – you can adapt the song Five Little Snowmen

For number 4 – you can adapt the song Little Apples

For number 5 – I’m A Little Fish 

For last page – songs with shapes. 

This is the cover with Kate's name. I applied 2 little butterflies too.

These are the pages for numbers 1 and 2. Sing the songs and play with the detachable star and ducks. On the page no 2 you can play "I spy..." to find 2 items: 2 circles for sun, 2 butterflies and so on.

 These are numbers 3 and 4. Sing about snowmen and apples. Create some stories. Count the clouds and the leaves.

Number 5 and a page for geometric shapes.

This is the back cover with a cute little flower.

Here are all the detachable pieces. Sort them, count them, find other activities.

If you need a gift for a little girl, you can give her my book. If you want one for a boy, please let me know to change the design. :)