Bunny Gets Company

My Bunny gets the company of Claire, a Tilda doll - pattern by Tone Finnanger.  I love all her patterns and books.  I've really wanted to make one of her Tilda dolls for a long time. I can finally check that off my list and it feels satisfying to have accomplished this. I hope I will make more in the future.  I was listening to the audibook Dragonfly in Amber while making her so that is why she is named Claire. The doll pattern is a combination of two different Tilda dolls from two different books.  I chose to paint her hair, but if I ever make another I would try the yarn method. I enjoyed painting on fabric.  It made me feel like an artist. I am really tempted to paint some gold or light pink shoes on her.   My family keeps saying "she has no face" which makes me feel a little dismayed. Gotta love a critic!  Nothing like family members to keep it real..

I used Robert Kaufman for the solid fabrics.  Love!

 I love all her miniature animals.  I'm wanting to make the deer just to see what having sticks for antlers will turn out like.  It is hard to see but I was trying to show on the bunny's ears the difference of a ladder stitch and a regular stitch.  The ladder stitch on the left looks so much neater. I'm thankful for the ladder stitch! 

Tilda's Miniature Animal - Ms. Bunny

This little bunny is suppose to keep company to the Tilda doll I am almost done with, but she got finished first, so here are some pictures below.

May Day Parade

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I WON

I can't believe I won something!  I can't even count how many times I've put my name into a contest. Sometimes I have one in four thousand chances to win, but still a chance to win something is too good to pass by.

I would like to thank Incomparable Buttons for this win of these cute bunny buttons.  Check out all of the adorable buttons at this Link. [giving employment to women in South Africa]

Hoppy May!

This Moment

April 22, 2013

This Moment

Here Fishy, Fishy

There are some patterns that make me smile.  That is what I happend when I saw Mimi Kirchner's Fresh Fish Pillow Pattern.  When I was cutting the fin fabric my mother, who was with me, asked me what I would do with the fish when I was done?  Well, not much.  Just look at it and smile, I guess.  Putting a smile on someone's face is doing something isn't it?  I get a rush of pleasure that lasts for about a day after I complete a project.  If it was a tough project with complicated instructions then the rush lasts longer.  A part of me  does a happy dance inside.  I could have gone with all the fins being plain blue fleece and I'm still not sure if that might have been better visually, but I thought the Free Spirit fabric would give it some movement and complexity.  I just love that pop of teal.   I want to see how durable the fish is so I'm giving it to my daughter Audrey to cuddle and play with and keep. I could tell she was happy. She said, "mom if you see the fish laying on the couch very still it's because it's laying eggs".  My other daughter, Jamie, wants one and of course I will make one for her too. The finished pillow measures at 24 inches long.