The Princess and Picasso!

Did a bit of glittery embroidery, which will be part of some wearable art :-)

also working on this plush-team challenge piece ... lots of flat work today! Then I remember how much I like drawing, too!

11/11/11 - the date that most resembles corduroy!

Watch this american TV show clip and cheer when you see my plush numbers on screen!

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Performing Pony needs your vote ...

please vote for her here, and enjoy all the other Plush-team challenge pieces too ... Bring on the clowns ...

Getting ready to prance!

I am making some attire and plumes for this little pony - created as part of another plush team challenge.

goat - vote - round two!

and so I made my goat all steampunk, for an etsy-plush-team challenge, and we would both love it if you would go and vote for him in the final round of the competition - it's goat versus blimp!

click thru to see all of him, and if you want more pics here, just ask XXX

plush-team steampunk challenge piece ...

remember when I teased you and asked you about this magical clockwork bag, and the bottle of stardust, too?



well they belong to my goat doll, now fully dressed and ready for inventing adventures, and not to mention getting a few votes here - on the plush team blog...

you can read more about my ideas behind this piece here, in the Plush Team Etsy shop. I had a great time deciding what do do with a selection of tiny watch parts, and think they made good buttons on his fancy waistcoat!

I think goats are rather eccentric beings anyway, perhaps it's the beard and sideburns?



I realised how much I enjoy making little gadgets myself, creating goggles from suede 'blind' fabric, real suede and some thin gold coloured 'pleather' along with some hand tinted acetate lenses to keep out the glare!



i would love it if you would vote for my goat doll, the prize is a handmade piece of art! You can vote for one steam punk character, and one plush gadget too xxx

WIP - goat doll ... in need of clothes!

The basic goat doll is now finished, heat to toe, now he just cries out for some fantastic steam punk gadgetry and of course, something to wear!



some metal, and machine-like buttons helped me to joint him, and I made his limbs and face from a lovely Harris tweed ... don't tell the Harris tweed people I felted it in my washing machine though!



all four limbs are very pose-able, of course, and he appreciated this as he bent to crop my lawn ...



and sat back, to enjoy the spring sunshine!

WIP - goat doll ....

I love plush team challenges, the latest one is a steampunk theme!



the categories were characters, or gadgets and I went with characters ...



been poking around in my fabrics looking to create suitable steam-punk attire for this goat character ...



and i picked up some pretty little cogs for embellishments ...

goat WIP ....

the sneaky eyes of groats really appeal to me. I made these sneaky eyes out of copper wrapped buttons ... this will be a plush-team-challenge-sort-of-goat ...

Have a Heart!

No one loves you like your teddy ... so for the current 'plush team' challenge, I made this sweet little bear who wears his heart like a button joint, two little red bells and a sweet ribbon ...

i also used a lovely vintage woven-backed faux fur, in a warm soft shade ...bear is fully jointed and about 25cm tall ...

the eyes are glass and the button is hand made ceramic

http://raggyrat.etsy.com

"Plush Team Has Heart" is a fundraiser to benefit the International Children's Heart Foundation, an organization that works to bring aid to children in developing countries with congenital heart conditions. 100% of these sales will be donated to the ICHF.

Thanks to all the Plushteam members who are participating in this charity, we hope for it to be a huge success. All of the other items can be found at http://plushteam.etsy.com.



Should you want more information about the ICHF their website is here: http://www.babyheart.org/


and here is their rating on Charity Navigator: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11172

is it ground-hog day yet?

there are groundhogs in the plush team shop - and one of them is mine!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/plushteam?section_id=7681850

another fun plush team challenge ....

these amazing body parts were made and sent to me by Rowan of OUT OF THE FRAME, fame! i was impressed, i cannot crochet, or knit ...



so i took some of the green fur Christina Ward sent me,some of Rowans scraps and while eating her candy with the fuzzies came up with this ...



The children named her Ingrid Monster, Ingrid Ennerver, to use both her names ...



Cute, or just strange? good fun to make! find a challenge today!

a yummy M ....

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!

Plush Team Virtual Book Tour: Day 7, with the Raggy Rat!

I am still really proud and excited to be part of this inspiring Plush-team publication...



This very special raggy rat, named Tia, found her way into my chosen photos, as she has unique markings. She is also one of a line of plush rats I began to make in 1996 ...



This is not our dinner on the dining table, where i also work, by the way! This is partly puppet, partly soft sculpture and also perhaps part pyjama case, and shows that i like to work both big and small ...



and sandy appears in the book, one of my favourite one-off pieces, with a lovely ratty face. I had fun dyeing the gingham and the mohair in tea, and fitting in those cheerful red wheels!



Do you have a copy of the Plush Team book?
Find out more at the Plushteam Etsy Shop...If you bring your copy to my open studio even I will sign it for you :-)



Hey Stitchy - Don't eat the book!

More on Flowers the Lion ...

I have been teasing you a lot recently, so here, with his story at this link... is more about Flowers!

look out for an opportunity to vote in the latest Plushteam Challenge, soon!

Five Tiny-Tuesday plush mice ...

what am I going to do with these?

Flowers the Lion - who is he?

Another Superb plush-team challenge ...

P is for "Pyew! Pyew!"
Originally uploaded by Don Solo

this time for a plush weapon, long range short range or fantasy! as i love Flash Gordon, costumes and sets I looked around for some props, and also found this great steam punk paint job on flickr ....

here is my challenge entry...

sadly hubby called it a hair dryer for a lot of its development, then when i took the photos, said it looked like i was trying to get paint off my walls with it .....

sigh ...

Published!

I have my work in a book, yippeeee! a propper book wth coloured pictures on everypage and an ISBN number!

I have got my copy now, and you can get yours
Here, in the plush-team shop!