If you want to get into the giveaway drawing, today is the last day- just leave a comment on the giveaway post. The fish pattern is just about done and I will put it up for sale in my etsy shop when I announce the winner- tomorrow at some point.

Here is the fish I worked on for the pattern-

It is a very rare breed of snow fish. And I asked my friend from next-door to model for me-

What a cutie!

It looks like I might get to go to NYC next week- Tuesday and Wednesday probably. Just in case anyone wants to meet up or has some great suggestions. I hope to get to the Jane Austen show at the Morgan Library. Alicia had so much fun last week, I might be doing some of the same things she did!

a couple of things-

a nice interview with me here at Hand/Eye.

Meet-up this Wednesday at Starbucks in Davis Sq., Somerville, MA. Starts about 10 am.

And, I made 2 more fish. I wanted to try the pattern in cotton fabrics- this one has repro barkcloth for its body, a corduroy head and the fins and tails are made from cotton knits.

This one is made from quilt type fabrics- all woven cottons.

I’ve gotten started on organizing the pattern and I want to make it as accessible to as many people as possible. I am trying the design out in cotton because it it so much more available then wool. And, some people find the thickness and stretchiness of the recycled wool to be a challenge to work with. Is there anything else I should be exploring? If you were going to make a fish, what would you want to make it out of?

Cotton vs wool-

The pile is getting big!

here are the last 2, shown unfinished in that other post.

I called up my neighbor and asked if I could take some photos in her much cleaner, whiter, brighter house. That was fun!

And she took a photo of me with the fish-

Here is my desk this morning-

The fish in the top photo got finished before the light ran out for photos. The 2 in the next pic aren’t done quite yet.

These fish are so much fun to make. Firstly, they almost completely done on the sewing machine. My finger tips are grateful and healing from the tattoo man embroidery. Secondly, I am using sweaters and fabrics that I like, but some of them were never going to find a place in a doll- like that black and white grid and the wide stripes of the first fish. Thirdly, they are not fiddly at all. I have been concentrating on colors and shapes.

Several people have asked me about a pattern. I will give it a shot. I am also thinking about trying out the design in quilting type cotton and also recycled cotton knit fabric- like t-shirts or kids clothes knits. And, I’m going to go check out Google images for flounders as soon as I finish this post.

Yep, I’m off on a tangent here. I am sure I will get back to those tattooed men and the bunny pattern. Soon. As soon as I am done with these fish. Okay then.