Oscar’s stuffed hand turkey. Thanks Marigold for the link and thanks to Bella Dia for the cute idea! I traced Oscar’s hand on fabric and he sewed it up all by himself. His first sewing project! He had such fun stitching it up and has been begging me all day to do more sewing. Thanks for all the fun crafts suggestions. We’ve got a full project to-do list now. Thanksgiving is making a comeback.
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
We have the same problem with Bresnan, our internet will be running as slow as molasses for ever and when hubby calls to complain, it will miraculously speed up for a day or two, then slow back down. Really annoying as we are paying for the speed. Hope all of your issues resolve quickly.
Oh, sorry, forgot to say what a great idea for the turkey, it’s gorgeous. My six year old did his first sewing project a couple of weeks ago, sewing a Christmas tree ornament based on one of his drawings, it was so great to see him work on it. It turned out brilliantly. Please tell your little guy that his turkey is fantastic.
How cute is that turkey?
Crab away — Comcast truly does suck. Two years ago we had serious Comcast trouble, and I ended up getting to know my Comcast guy quite well. We watched most of a Cubs game on TV together one afternoon while waiting for another worker to deliver some equipment.
We ditched ’em and went with RCN in the end. Much better!!
wow!!! that’s amazing that he did that! and he didn’t get hurt by the needle too many times? i’m wondering if levi can do something like this…i think he’s a few months younger than oscar.
I once crabbed about Comcast on Twitter and got swift, cheerful resolution of my problem from a guy named @comcastbill. Maybe try twittering about the problem? If you search twitter for “comcast” it is almost entirely complaints, so I can see why they are trying to fix some things for the most vocal complainers.
Oh, that’s the cutest dang turkey. Must do this with Rebecca and Jessica’s handprints, too.
I totally sympathize with you on the Comcast thing, sorry. Don’t even get me started on Verizon.
Oh, and can you (or Tim) help me with the sign in for comments thing? When I click sign in with TypePad, it just reloads your page and nothing else happens… do I have a pop-up blocker or something that needs to be disabled to allow me to sign in to comment on certain sites? On other sites it will bring me to the log in with TypePad page, but when I enter all my info and click Sign In the same thing happens, the page just reloads and then nothing happens. What the…?!
So, has Comcast helped yet? Dying to know if it works.
Yeah, I made a mention of Comcast issues once on my blog and they commented on it right away. I dealt with a “Vice President” and got promises about having my issue escalated. I got all excited and started a whole blog post about how their blog and twitter team was so awesome. That post never got published…
Unfortunately, after that team passed me off to my local group, service bottomed out. I actually ended up figuring out and fixing the problems myself because I gave up on them.
Good luck!
That is so wonderful! (the turkey, not the other stuff)
Totally going to the top of my list for crafty kid projects
Testing a theory or not, I think you have every right to be frustrated. If you pay for a service, you should actually get it. Right?
I too have heard wonderful things about twittering about comcast. Awesome turkey, too!
Love the turkey! I can’t wait for my daughter to be old enough to sew.
I too have heard great things about twittering about comcast. Good luck!
Such a great turkey!!! love it!
Ack! That turkey is adorable! Such a great idea, and Oscar did a beautiful job! I’m definitely doing that with my kiddos. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’ve been reading your blog for a little over a month now. Thank you for having this blog! Your are fantastic and I love this turkey idea–now, giving control to my six-year old to do a sewing project… that will take some patience and guts on my part! But really, a good idea.
I found the fastest way to Comcast help was to b**** about them on Twitter. The popped out of no where to help!
What a turkey! Thanks for sharing this post. It is definitely a good project for my daughter for Thanksgiving.
I would also like to apologize for the troubles we caused. I will certainly reach out to my contacts to make sure that the problem is looked into as soon as possible. If you don’t mind, will you please send us the phone number on the account?
As confirmed, we are also available on Twitter to help. You can reach out to Comcastcares, ComcastBill, ComcastGeorge, ComcastBonnnie, ComcastSteve, ComcastDete, ComcastMelissa, ComcastDoug, ComcastKim, ComcastSherri and of course, ComcastMark. 🙂
Regards,
Mark Casem
Comcast Customer Connect
National Customer Operations
We_Can_Help@cable.comcast.com
What a cute turkey! And, what a fun sewing project for boys. I hadn’t thought to involve them.
Oh my gosh that turkey is spiffy! My son is too young to handle sewing (19 months) but I might make one for him and let him help me pick the felt feathers. Thank you for sharing 🙂
too funny!
Hrmm… I got my turkey started! Did yours bunch up weird between the fingers when you turned it right-side-out? Mine has all these wrinkles/creases at the base of each finger.
did you clip your curves? that’ll probably do the trick.
This is just about the cutest Thankgsiving project I’ve seen! I made up two for my youngest sons and they are so precious to me, thanks for this great idea. I posted about them on my blog and linked to your post in order to give credit to the original idea. I’d love it if you had time to check them out, please consider yourself invited!!!
Oh no, how did I post the same comment twice? You’d think I was a n00b! Anyways, thanks for the tip. Clipping the curves fixed the problem!
I let my toddler color on the fabric with fabric crayons, and he helped pick out and place the feathers. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RGfU3_vL9f8UwuyjYrmyeA?feat=directlink Here is our masterpiece 😀
Thank you for the inspiration!
Yes, Comcast sucks balls, we have them and hate them.
Love the turkey, I think we need to do the same, tell Oscar he did an amazing job.
I love it. the comcast guy and the turkey. Great stuff.