I recently made another rat ....

I made the rat using button hooting and some vintage balding mohair from Bridport ...

And the rat turned out so sweet it was soon snapped up and sent to france!

So I suppose this rat won't be present at Dorset Art Weeks!

Last rat of the year ....

I love to work with woollens and had been making cats and hamsters, when I decided in a quiet moment on Christmas Day to make a raggyrat doll ...

This button jointed fellow has already been adopted but I would like to make

More like him. 

A few years back I used to slip out into the cul-de-sac and lie on my belly with my camera and a fresh soft toy .... 

It works doesn't it? The grey road provides a contrast to the colourful stripes of my rat! 

The Scapegoat!

Stuffed...and some scissor sculpting to shape the beard!

needle sculpting and embroidery thread to give the face character...

And the limbs are jointed with old-look buttons ...

WIP goat doll

Working on another of my fun goat dolls, who like to wear steam punk waistcoats with cogs for buttons...

Goat Doll - finished!

Goat Doll WIP

I am working on this lovely chap, goat doll the forth ...

He likes his new waistcoat!

goats and gadgets!

"Right, I think we are ready!" Goats-a-goggled and ready to invent, me thinks!



short-goat grabs his magical clockwork heart ...



While shaggy-goat sits down and feels the wind in his beard ...



But then short goat feels a bit odd viewing the world in orange ...



Ah, much better!


let's just hope he doesn't eat the leather straps, I have just remembered what goats are like!

Goats in Coats ....

to be honest I only iron craft work, never actual people sized clothes!



Natty waistcoats for natty steam-punk goats, with fiddly watch-cogs sewn on with invisible thread!



I think they rather like them, i am quite fond of waistcoats myself!

Goats in knickers ....

This time it's personal ...

I am rather partial to a spot of hand embroidery on a Saturday afternoon ...



and i made these 2 very special lables, and some thank you cards to go with them ...



special button-jointed rats for a special thank you ... for working hard to save abandoned pet rats and help them find new homes!

Cat on the bottom?

who is this with a cat on their bottom?



why, it's a rather cheeky button-wheeled mouse!



and there is only one way, well you can up your chances a bit of course - but sign up to the Plushteam, Raggy Rat, Mouse-Giveaway!!!



say that before your coffee!

Schmancy Olympic Challenge - my entry - opening ceremonies!

bunnie is all ready to twirl her bunting - i love bunting - and to cheer on her fellow plushies, in the winter olympics plush challenge! (It is a plushies only winter olympics, after all)

i made her a needle-felted needle to brandish alot as she does her very special dance - button jointed creatures are very good and movement to music!

i will post a link when all the entrees apear on the "plush you" blog ...

new button jointed rats ....

based on 'mrs pack rat' who i made when i first joined the etsy plush team, i have created this cheerful bunch to come with me to artwey open studios ... and beyond !

they sat and waited a few days for me to root out buttons and sew on all their limbs ... "hey, thats MY left leg, please!"