Muppet Doll WIP

I often like to create 3D models nowadays to help me make patterns ...this follows on from my fursuit head making, where i had to fur a pre made shape, rather than stuff something the way you do when you create plush.



I have added paper 'ears' and drawn on where the pigtails and the star tattoo will go.



choosing from my stash of wool, for Jess' hair ...



and sewing hair onto yellow fleece, I see a parting appear!

Chicken-Lady!

I was a bit busy today, getting to know some new pets ...



This is the most forward of the chickens, a buff Orpington (one of two) who let me stroke her as she inspected me and my camera ...



A sea of fuzzy butts, as my camera appears!



RUN! one of the three Black-tails is very camera shy!

My Baby will be three in May ...

and her drawing has just really taken off!

When hats get lost ...

Jumpers can be recycled ...



Into new hats, with ears!



Daddy took out three children and three hats last weekend, and came back with three children and two hats ... we are off to portland tomorrow, so we all need hats !

Save Fancy's Farm ...

A fun event takes place on portland this weekend to raise money for a fab community project, that's has the peoples' involvement from the start ...



I have created some pictures of some of the residents at the farm, working from some photos taken by Soozy and Jon, and these are going to be auctioned off to help raise funds to keep this community project going ...



Pippy the goose knows all about territory ... if you want to know more about what's going on, a bit of googling should help, and there is also a facebook page where you can add your voice and start the bidding on my art work ...

Save Fancy's Farm facebook page!



Portland sheep live here, a very rare breed - with lots of character, as you can see!



And it will soon be lambing time again ...

Everyone wants to play!

Should we go shopping? says a fun-loving raggy rat!



Raggy rats and a seemingly abandoned shopping trolly ... i told those chickenpants to park it properly, but did they? no!



My turn, give us a push!

Chock-a-block...

old toy blocks,washed then painted white to freshen them up ... a nail was removed from one of them ... a pity there are not 6 of these!



5 light, cotton fabrics chosen from my ample stash!



some careful cutting and sticking down with ronseal acrylic varnish ...



and the blocks sealed with further coats of aforementioned varnish ...


I like jigsaws, and played with jigsaws on blocks like this when I was small.

family ... chickenpants family fun!

the chicken pants family are off to shop chez The Raggy Rat ...



i got this fun trolley off ebay, and cut up a business card to make the advert for the front of it ... it even has the pull out seat for the baby ...



and just like the real thing, you can have a sneaky joy ride round the car park, before you have to go and get your trolley token back!



i am going to have some fun using this for photoshoots ...

Happy Valentines Day!

my three girls helped to make this lovely heart garland ...



daisy said, it looks like bunting ...



and I made heart shaped veggie sausages, and heart shaped potato cakes!



Hope you had a nice dinner, too XXXX

Do you like to see what people do when they work?

when they feed odd object through their sewing machines ...



do some lovely chunky blanket stitching?



putting buttons in odd places ...



making very good use of their 'zipper foot' ...



or tying interesting knots!



I know I do! what have you been making this week?

jess, the muppet doll....

i pinned up a large piece of paper to make a sketch ... but then i was too busy probably making a nice veggie curry! So daisy, knowing that i was planning to Draw a large doll, got there before me!



Eventually though, I got it down ... just need to add some colours ...



next, I will also model a 3D head, but i have already chosen some skin and hair!

another hermit crab ....

I made another hermit crab ...



and my children gathered to give him a good send off, before we extracted him from crabby number 1's shell, and bubble-wrapped him ...



crabby number 2 is off on a secret mission, we hope he comes home soon ...

a stitch in time ....

this unremarkable torso was recently subject to surgical investigations ...



and closed by small neat knots in three places ... that Mary asks to see several times a day, and the Fuzzies come running for a peep when she asks me!



which all get snipped today at my local surgery ... I could almost untie this one!



so Daisy, asker of all very thoughtful questions says, how do you sew skin? and after vetting it I showed them this video (no blood!)



and then i gathered together some 'skin', a bent needle, thread and my scissors (pretending to be hemostats!)



then we sewed up our patient, or rather, I did two sutures then gave the hoop to daisy and made a nice cup of tea!

not much sewing going on around here ....

... i am recovering from surgery, but my busy children are as creative as ever ... painting, drawing and writing for me, done by matty. it even includes a cut-out hello kitty!



and this lively set of creatures by daisy ...



i love the use of so much vibrant colour (they got berol felt pens for their 4th birthday last year)



they even have their own dinners!

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