Green rabbit

I couldn't resist: I bought another stuffed toy from Pussman.
This time a green rabbit, made of mohair. Danielles stuffed animals always have a lot of detail and are made with a lot of love. As I have so much work till the end of September, I decided to do a one evening project, and I crocheted a pair of trousers for this cutie.


A detail of the back:

Now I want to make a little smocked dress (never did smock in my life, but one can always try...), a knitted sweater, a little embroidered blanket maybe... Maybe in October?

This little rabbit has no name yet, I decided it to be a girl (because of the dresses I want to make).
Any suggestions?

Emily

And here she is, the beautiful cat Emily!

She came with a velvet ball...

...in an bag with her name embroidered on.

It didn't take long before she got company.

I want to make her a beautiful dress, and a sweater, and a scarf...

I'm back!

I finished my work a few minutes ago, time to start blogging again.

I bought a new cupboard/secretary in September, and I managed to paint it in between all my work.
The result makes me quite happy.
These cute little fellows paid me a visit one evening.

You can admire the work of their creator here, and if you would like to buy one for yourself, go to this Etsy shop.
I bought a cute Emily cat, more about that later.

Cuties

I bought this lovely, lovely book here, and I think it is the cutest bear book I have ever seen. Go and see this shop on Dawanda, wonderful things!
Although it's in japanese, the tutorials look not too hard. But I am going to read some instructions on how-to-make-a-bear in english first. And when I find the time, I want to make me a darling bear!

Girls & dolls

It's almost St. Nicholas, a feast for the children (and their parents). Now that my children are growing up very fast, this day always makes me very nostalgic. It feels like yesterday that I was sewing clothes for my daughters dolls and hiding sweets and toys until the night of 5 December came!
So this mosaic is a tribute to those days long gone now...
Sorry boys, this is a girls' thing!

1. 109708, 2. Blue-eyed Buddies, 3. yoko01, 4. ..., 5. so does the doll, 6. at the window, 7. Moño enorme, 8. Pearl as Frieda, 9. Violet, 10. oh so cute, 11. Ruby, 12. Leala, Kerala India, 13. Untitled, 14. Untitled, 15. Untitled, 16. Feverish Cate
And for all of you, who wants to make a mosaic: you have to join Flickr (a simple procedure) and then go here.

Inspiration

To give credit to all the crafters, who inspired me to make a softie!
1. rippling kitties, 2. beatrice, 3. Turquoise Kitty, 4. Lily, 5. bunny (nr 34), 6. Little Chicken Coco Haute Couture, 7. red and linen bunny, 8. Kitty close up, 9. :), 10. Gatinho (Severina 11), 11. mochi kitty, 12. "Amélie" Elefant, 13. red rabbit, 14. Shibira, 15. blackwhitekittyongreen, 16. Zelda

And off to Australia!

Today my cat is starting his (or her) trip to Richmond, Australia. Maybe the scarf is a little too warm for over there, but it's removable. And in the bag is a little note for the child this softie will belong to.

Softies for Mirabel

I joined this group on Flickr, and made my first softie ever! It's not perfect at all, but I hope some child will like it anyway. All it needs now is a scarf and a little bag (not finished yet). And on the pictures you can still see the threads, which I removed already.
Feel free to join and make something!

Vintage finds

Look what I bought on the flea market last weekend: a nice monkey, a fifties patterned fabric, a tin box and a handbag, for less than 10 euro!

Felted bunny

My first finished project in needle felt. It's still very difficult to sculpt it the way I have in mind, I hope that this will get better with some practise! I made the dress using a tutorial by Mollychicken.


Fabrics and ribbons