Russian Doll making - WIP

Recently the girls had been doing some Russian Doll colouring, and designed some of the own for some handmade cards. I decided to buy a set of blanks for us to have a go at the real thing!



I made a Flickr gallery for inspiration, and off we went, starting with some fabric collage and some acrylic paint ...


From left to right, the work of Daisy, Matty, Mary and four for Mummy - the fiddly ones!

fur and feathery greens!

today I buried my hands in super soft fur ...



and i spent a long time cutting shapes into this for and a fluffy white one ...



also did some green things, eating this lovely fresh lettuce for out tea, harvested under the watchful eye of our chickens ...


the children picked some of our gooseberries, and removed some of the fallen-too-soon apples from the lawn...

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?

Umgums .....

i have for some time been working on a plush version of
Umphy the Umgum ... two, to be exact!



i have found working with 'minky' furs a challenge!



the webbed hands and feet were fun to do, I like working with fleece!



and he is in the region of 14-15 inches tall ...



and now, how about hearing all about Umphy for your self?