here are the markings to give a hint of that shimmer of changing colours, in rust thread and 2 kinds of shot fabrics ...
a familiar face apears next to me on the sofa, needing some more padding and giving me the evil eye!
we really need to buy some christmas cards - i have not written a single one!
just listed a whole bunch of critters on bid4bears - click left for link or paste .... http://www.bid4bears.com/otheritems.php?owner=449&nick=RaggyRat .... into a lovely browser ....
my ginger cavy is back inthe etsy shop too ....
wow i am 16 weeks pregnant and almost stopped throwing up !
cat xxx
A SUPER SWAP!
check out my flickr pics - i posted a few pictires of me openiing the exciting package from poland, as out tumbled eddie, alfroggio and some extra goodies too ...
i send some bunnies on their way to poland at the same time and they have been welcomed by the lovely ania, eddies creator :-)
the babies wanted to share their rice cakes with eddie as soon as he arrived :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raggyrat/tags/eddie/
a pyramid of mice entered into the softie awards ....
i am hoping so hard for a nominee ... then i can go mad nagging you to vote for me/us etc .... so these mice join the berries, just pop over to flickr to see more entries by all kinds of folk ....
sorry - i dont normally 'do' christmas so early, but i love challenges and competitions ....
meet the holly berry triplets!
go and see other entries in the holiday softie flickr group there are some spooky ones too ....
i made it using scrap fabric .... and an apple aplique ...steve said was i taking pics of him of his bag ! you can see the golden apple aplique hiding in the leaves.
of course steve said he didnt need an apple bag but i knew better - he has both his hands free for sneaking onto next doors wall !
a little taster .... i teach this subject of album making and have been in the paper a few times publicising this ... i decided in spring - when i had more energy - to book some space to show off what we and my customers/students do :-)
from a bevvy of 4 bouncy babies .... one is me of course !
Rusty is still looking for a home, after his twin was sold this summer ... he might pop back onto bid4bears again soon, with sexyier pics, but to link quite smartly - here is some more news from bid4bears .....
In October, we'll be playing BINGO at B4B!
Register at the bid4bears.com site and get your card. It\'s free to play and everyday a number will be placed on the bottom of one of our auction pages. Find the number, and mark it on your card. There are 4 Games to be played in total, and great prizes to be won!
Game 1: One line for a $25.00 Gift Certificate from Edinburgh Imports
Game 2: Four cornersf or a Prize TBA
Game 3: Letter H for a one year subscription or renewal to Teddy Bear and Friends Magazine and a plush Steiff bear designed especially for TB&F
Game 4: Full Card for a beautiful hand crafted creation by Kim Endlich of Friends-Fur-Life.
Sellers ... this is a chance for you to really get people looking at YOUR listings!
Stop by Bid 4 Bears now and get your card!
The game begins October 1st.
i have experimented with emailing from memory manager directly to flickr and my blog at the same time ... just trying to catch up a bit haha
anyway - i will put the rest of the gallery up later, these are just some of the tools of the trade, but for now i must rest !
cat xxxx
any one like the idea of being stuck at RAGGYRAT for an hour for delays/leaves on the line/essential maintenance/a busking job?
enjoy the autumnal sun ...
how i made fins for this softie version ... below is a sandwich of 3 pieces of fabric - the lighter fabric is in the middle and you can see the stiching using the same thread in both bobbin and spool ....
three layers of scottish woollen, plus close stiching to give strength .... isnt my skirt pretty?
carefully cut between the stitching thru only the top layer of fabric to leave veins of darker fabric ...
all done on one side - now flip the fin over and do the same onthe other ... lovely isnt it ? i did it the hard way when i made the blenny puppet !!!!
his top- knots are felted woollen jumper again, all rolled up and stitched ...
this long awaited book arrived inthe post just as i finnished this fish ... what a super antidote to all this larger-then-life-marine creatures ..... i devoured its contents and then, by way of celebration, threw the rest of the wool i used for the blenny into the washing machine to felt it .... insert evil laugh !!!
the darker fabirc is shown here with colours belnded beautifully and it hasnt got too thick to work with ....
the lighter woollen is slightly thinker and difficult to sew and but has a gorgeous texture and seems to now consist of stripes ... smells lovely too :-)
a bunny was born ... i might get one more bunny out of the lighter fabirc after tweeking the pattern a bit ....
do i look like that? bunny is based on these in my new book ... he thinks he is cuter - of course ! and he's up for rehoming on bid4bears now ....
