I put the # of comments into the random number generator and got 30, 66, 16, 25, 15, 44, 41, 6, 40, and 27. Congratulations to Beverly Ann, Bettina, Dhonna, Vivien, Sarah, Susan, Mary, Kimber, Jennifer, and Barbara. Have fun with your patterns!
Category Archives: General
Ornaments Live!
I have posted my 5 new pdf ornament patterns into my etsy shop here! I am SO excited about these. I had so much fun and can’t wait to make more but back to work on dolls for a while first. To celebrate, I will give away 10 patterns! Leave a comment saying which one you’d like and I will pick ten winners after Monday (7/20, ends at midnight eastern US time). One entry per person, right?!
There is the whale–
Felt fish, perfect for embroidery embellishing! If you fill it with catnip, your kitty will love you (even more).
An adorable Star Baby. You could embroider the back with a name and date for a baby’s first Christmas.
A Gnome– or maybe an elf? Santa’s helper?
And a Winter Girl– This would actually make an adorable little doll, don’t you think?
Okay then. Let’s have a giveaway! Please come over to comment on the blog (no emails).
Forest Fellow Fox
and lastly-
A fox forest explorer. He has his day bag on his back.
A cashmere scarf to keep the chill out.
And here is his wardrobe and bag contents-
A close-up of his pack.
hear me talk
Last week, Salley Mavor and I talked to Abby Glassenberg for her podcast. It was a great conversation and you can listen in!
blond tattoo man (3)
I am having fun, playing with hair curls.
another Orange and Black
Anniversaries, medals and patterns
Well, that is an odd collection of things! This is how they are all related-
Hurray! Today is my blog birthday- it has been 11 years! I have been working on felt you-deserve-a-medal prototypes (more on that later) so I made myself one. Don’t I look mighty proud?
My medal says blogger- it has a gold star for 10 years plus a white star for 1 year.
These are the rest of the medal prototypes I’ve been making, inspired by many things including this fellow, Lord Kitchener.
And the reason for the prototypes? This is a class I will be teaching (a project I will be leading?) at the ARC, the Art Stream Art Retreat Camp. There is a story about where the idea started. Last year, at one of the markets I was doing, someone came into my booth, looked around and asked, “Why are these so expensive?” I hate that question. It immediately puts me on the defensive and I get all huffy. Later I was thinking that one of the reasons I charge what I do is that I’ve done the work, I’ve been validated as an artist, I have a seal of approval. And wouldn’t it be great to have an actual seal of approval that I could pull out! And medals for all the “battles” I’ve fought along the way. Really, we all have fought the battles, have the scars, and deserve the medal so lets make our own.
Lastly, the patterns. Back here I talked about why I pulled my patterns from Etsy. Well, it looks like they’ve got things figured out so I will be putting them all back up. To celebrate, I have lowered the price of all the patterns to $8 for all of February. Here is a shop link.
And guess what? More snow on the way!
boy pug
And here is #4 pug- a boy in plaid.
He has some bright red felt buttons.
He doesn’t want to go out in the snow!
I am teaching Tiny Worlds Pin Cushions this weekend (Jan 31 and Feb 1) in Cambridge and Owls (Feb 15) in 2 weeks. There is still room in both classes if you are interested!
oak tree baby (4)
Quieter colors on this one, on a cashmere background of (reminds me of my mother) beige.
And 4 babies together. I have more but the weather is so terrible I might not be able to photograph them until the weekend.
fall fox girl 2 with owl
She is made from a reclaimed knit sweater. The foxes I make from knits always look rounder and younger to me.
She has a toy owl and a bag to carry it in.
Do you know what she is standing in? Next Spring’s foxgloves!
