Fab Cat Purse!

This Cat purse is finished and given as a gift, I made it from lovely pieces of felted knitting, when a friend's blanket got washed wrong. The acrylic squares went slack and stringy but the woollen ones felted beautifully!

Tinsel the Cat, all hand stitched!

Making faces!

sewing session ...

and i dont mean me, either ...
here is three year old matty, busy sewing up felt shapes, and the odd bit of ribbon ...



and daisy, making a rat with a pink tail and a long leg ...



the white rat held out for me to take a picture of it ...



and a felt rabit made by mya, using a pattern from my vintage sewing book, and with a little help from nisa and her mummy ...

my sewing machine is in the hospital ... sewing machine man is waiting for new parts ...

so i will just have to knuckle down and sew all these body parts together ...
these will become jointed raggyrats and some colourful rabbits ...

i miss my sewing machine - once i even borrowed one while mine was inthe shop !

new kitty in the shop

this smiley cat is over in the etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19765789

and was begun a long time ago when i went to hospital for surgery, well, it feels like a long time, anyway!

WIP - (flash) the border collie soft toy ...

i was baby sitting the evening before seb completed his coastal charity walk, and thinking about the next day i took some fur pieces and a soft toy book over to my friends house - well, i can't knit!
this is the dog without any stuffing or eyes, or tail!


i used 33 pieces of fabric to create this dog, and inside the ears is a vintage style newsprint cotton, which im rather fond of, to allude to all the media attention for seb and flash!
what do you think of him so far?


the original flash painting and a print for chester park school, side by side for the last time ...


me and the painting before leaving for the beach, i did think i would be giving the pic to seb, instead of raffling or auctioning it, but i thought i might have to argue the case with seb, who had already reached his fund raising target...!

my girls and an old ratty gent ...

i made this puppet when i was 13 ... so hes aorund 24, cough ...
not bad for a vintage rat, is he? how daisy and matty love him, makes steve and i think we should get a pet again ... but not at the moment!
the shout in theback ground is mary-baby xxx

mallard ....

another hand fiddly experiment while sitting with the children, i will tweek the pattern and make some for spring in nicer fabirc too ... would loveto go even smaller - but dare i? this little mallard is 2 1/2 inches tall :-)

going on bid for bears, to find himself a new home

meanwhile - i sitll need claws fabric for the mouse fursuit ....

cat xxx