LEO Time, Again

It's that time of year again for the LEO gift exchanges.

Just pillows, a blanket, and a scarf.





Nothing exciting or new but always fun to do.

Leo Pillows in Mass Production

It's that time again for LEO projects. This time I had to make 16 mini pillows, roughly 8" diameter, for the graduating seniors. I've never had to sew in such mass quantities before. I realize I'm being overly dramatic here, but it's the truth.


My production line sewing is quite impressive. It was tedious towards the end, which would explain why some of the faces became off center.


They're partially stuffed but still not complete yet.

Spoon has the rest of the pictures. I'll upload them whenever she gives them to me.

LEO Blankets

Here's a blanket for Spoon's LEO gift exchange. I was quick and sort of easy. I think I'm getting better at that LEO face. This is suppose to match the mittens and white scarf.

LEO Toliet Paper Pal

Here's something I've been dying to make for a while now. It's this toilet paper dispenser/stuffed animal is something my aunt bought for my cousin in China. I thought it would be fun to make a LEO version of it.












You take out the middle cardboard, stuff to toilet paper from behind, and pull it out from the opening.

I apologize for the fuzzy pictures. I was in a hurry and took pictures with my phone.

I'm hoping to make a sheep and wolf version of this too. Hopefully my stuff animal faces will get better by then.

LEO Scraf & Mittens

It's that time of year again for Spoon's gift exchanges. Here are some mitten and scarves with LEO themes.
I found a pattern of mittens online with a google search. link
There were quite a few to choose from but I think this one fit my purposes the best.


The scarves were really simple and took no time to do. I think the little LEO paw prints are adorable. I'm thinking Spoon needs to have a LEO scarf too!!

LEO Tote Bag

It's that time of the year again for Spoon's Secret Lion Final Gift Exchange. For all of you who are confused on what I'm talking about refer to LEO Pillows to clarify. We were at a stand still for a while on what to do. In the end we decided on a tote bag.

I was inspired by this fun floral fabric. It was too thin and busy to be the outer section but would be a beautiful lining for the bag. For the outer section I did choose a nice simple royal blue fabric. I wanted something plain so it wouldn't interfere with the LEO face and the name I was going to sew on.



Using the same template from the LEO Pillows, I cut out the parts for the LEO Face and attached it all together on the royal blue fabric.












I used casual font to print out her name and traced it out with carbon paper. I then attached the lining fabric to the back, sewed out her name and cut it out.


And here is the finished tote bag. I really liked how her name turned out.

LEO Pillows

For Spoon's LEO Club, they had their final gift exchanges. Their SL (Secret Lions) were revealed. A final gift was given to their SL recipient, and a gift back to their SL giver. Meaning that I had two gifts to produce. We decided to make pillows for the both of them.

The first gift for her SL giver. We were inspired by this sign, which Spoon received when she was accepted into the club.

I enlarged the lion image and used it as a template for the pillow.


We decided to do free standing letters to give the pillow a novel look. It took me a few tries to produce, since it was harder to do free standing letters as opposed to stitching letters onto a rectangular pillow. Eventually, I was able to achieve a look I was satisfied with.

This is the finished product:

For her SL recipient, we created a lion head pillow. I had Spoon sketch me a lion head to size. This was a lot easier than the first pillow. The lion head is actually a separate pillow and cover. This way her SL recipient will be able to wash the cover.

I hated this pillow at first. I was dissatisfied with how it turned out. But being pressed for time, there was no chance to fix it's imperfections. Later upon reevaluation, I've come to realize that this pillow is perfectly fine and I was just crazy.


I was told by Spoon that these pillows were a huge hit. And there is talk about doing more. We'll see how that will turn out.

LEO Frame

Just a quick project for Spoon (sister of fork) as a secret gift exchange. The name of her club is called LEO hence the cute lion paw prints. This was done with some Ikea frames, rope, and the wood burner. These hanging frames are easy, quick, thrifty, and versatile.


I haven't been sewing at all. I'm not especially motivated to sew anything right now. I'm a little more excited about craft projects.