Felt Phonics

Recently I've had the great pleasure of making a Felt Phonics Folder (great tongue twister) for Kristin, a speech pathologist who I met through Kids Spot. Kristin asked me to make the folder in wipe clean fabric so she could use it with the children she works with without worrying about sticky fingers! (good thinking). She provided me with a list of the most high frequency letters/sounds and I came up with some felt 'scenes' for her to use to encourage the children to use the sounds like 'sh', 's', and 'th'. I added a wipe clean bag to the set to help keep things together, although I think it would be more useful if the folder fitted into the bag too, I'll try that out next time. It's definitely a work in progress and I'll keep you posted, it's such an exciting project.

Mummy says "eat your fruit & veggies please!"

This fruit and Veggies 'Felt Story Folder' was such fun to make - I definitely got carried away with the detail. The cauliflower set the standard as it was the first item I made, so the other felt pieces had to follow suit. I was thrilled to sell the folder to a lovely mum of twin boys that I met on Colette's sewing course at the Bronte Sewing Room. It's always good when I know that my products are being used by boys as well as girls (redressing the 'gorgeous gifts for girls' versus 'plastic toys for boys' balance). As the Mum of a five year old boy myself I know they often get the short straw when it comes to handmade products, it's why I insist on making a boys version of everything I make...

Tea Party Story Time

I sold this Tea Party 'Felt Story Folder' last week to a much loved teacher at my son's pre-school. She wanted a special Birthday gift for her three year old niece who loves pink. What a pleasure to know it's going to good home!