Felt Bunny

The first of several felt projects...

Bunny!

This is the first of the Bunnies, with more to come.

I've made an Easter Boooonnet...

Yeah, this was for a competition at www.heycavey.com

I did NOT make the green guy wearing the bonnet, he's a Cavey.. found at the website listed above.

I shouldn't be allowed near clay, LOL.

Oh my!

This has been the time for disease! I have had Bronchitis and the flu and the flu and Bronchitis... so I've been laying around getting nothing done!!

I did manage to sew two new little creatures though...

First up is my Bunny, who doesn't have his tail yet because I can't find my white fur!
He's pretty cute though... although I think if I made another one I'd modify the pattern a little... I made him in the depth of my sickness though, so I accidentally sewed one of his arms on the wrong way. Go me!



Next is a bear I imagine eventually having a ten gallon hat and some pistols strapped around his waste... he just looks to me like he's ready to have a shoot-out at high-noon! (I think I might yet make his eyebrows bushier, but I'm not sure)

New Bear from a New Pattern! (again...)

So here's the deal... I ordered a mohair kit off etsy that someone had put together that was meant to make bears from their pattern for bears. The kit didn't come with the pattern... but pretty much my brain said "Hey! 3 pieces of mohair, eyes, joints and embellishments all for under $25?! Sign me up!" So I bought it.

Now, don't get me wrong, I expected them to be small pieces of mohair for that price... but after my initial purchase, I kind of didn't think about it anymore.

Then the mohair arrived, and my brain yelled at me "HEY! These are SMALL pieces... you don't have a pattern this small!!! IDIOT!" Thankfully, my brain quickly forgave me, though, and set to work on making a small pattern.

Now I have a little bear who stands roughly 6 inches tall (now... at this point you might be saying, "Wait a minute, Heather... don't MOST of your bears stand about 6 inches tall?!" and you would be correct... my bears so far have been about 6-8 inches... so how I managed to draw this one and think "Oh yeah, he's small!" I have no idea... but his pattern fits on the mohair pieces, and that's what counts!)

He was a lot cuter yesterday before the 'incident'... I had decided this bear should have a stitched nose... and it all went swimmingly, until the LAST stitch... in which someone started talking to me and I pushed the needle out through his cheek when I looked away for a second! I could have wept.

So out came his stitched nose, and up rose my level of aggrivation, and he ended up with a needle-felted nose that just doesn't look as cute as the stitched one did.

Oh well :) This one was just a practice run before I cut into the mohair, anyways. So, without further ado, here's my latest little bear:

Who is this? A Koala?

No... not quite!

It's a little bear! (shocking, right?)

Heather thought I was a 'little' bear... but look at that bear to hand ratio! Heather is an idiot.

It's ok though, I'm still small... and let me tell you, being small ROCKS!

I can stand up and Heather has no clue!

I can sit down and Heather has no clue!

Aww man... my life is boring.

Don't feel too bad for this guy, he's all melodrama because I haven't given him a name beyond "Small Bear with Big Head", which, to be honest, I don't think he appreciates very much.

If anyone has any name suggestions, I'm all for them. :) I've got nothing... I keep trying to figure out one for him, but then I get so annoyed that he's not as cute as he should have been, thanks to the nose trouble... that I just end up thinking "GraaRGH!" which... while amusing, probably isn't the best name for him.

Also, knittingturnip is having another giveaway! She's so generous!!
Click the image to go check it out:

A thank you and a new bag!

Click on the pictures to make them larger :)

First off, Thank You!!!! to KnittingTurnip for her LOVELY PIF Giveaway prize!! Here are some pictures of the little cutie she sent me!


Next, my Mom sews purses... more to the point, she sews bags for other people, lickity split, but if one of her kids wants one, we have to hound her and hound her and wait for months and months.

So, after months of waiting, and repeated asking "Is it done yet?! Is it done yet?!" She finally finished my purse... and I LOVE IT!!!!


I chose all the fabrics, except the base fabric... which is evidentally Hand-dyed Ricky Tims fabric that she had laying around for ages!

The inside is lined with little pockets and it has a solid bottom... and in general, is just a very useful purse!! Have I mentioned I love it?

Now for some random "What's in/on Heather's purse?" items :)

What's that dangling from my purse?! It's a hand sculpted little leather dog!! SO CUTE!


And also Skelanimal bat that I ran out and purchased after reading Kelly's (Yesterday's Glitter) post about them. I bought the little bat... PERFECT for Halloween!


Inside my purse you'll find a change purse I bought directly after seeing Ponyo... which, btw, is the most disgustingly cute, feel-good, adorable movie I've seen in a while.


And... girls... if you don't want the boys stealing your Nintendo DS... just make it look like this:



So, THANK YOU, KnittingTurnip... and THANK YOU, Mom!!!!!