time for some kitties again

Back in March, I made up a group of kitties with sewed on clothing. Now, I am working on a group with removable clothing plus accessories, just like the foxes. As usual, I thought, No problem! Just like the foxes! – But no. Lots of little tweaks were needed with the patterns. I now have a rather large pile of clothing rejects that will hopefully find another kitty or fox where they will work. Anyway, here is Kitty #1!

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She is wearing a dress made from Heather Ross designed fabric, a soft corduroy jacket, and a silk ribbon at her ear.

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Here is a close-up of her bag-

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And what’s in it-

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fall fox girl 3- fancy!

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She is all dressed up, fancy fox style!

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It pleases me no end to use little antique pearl buttons like those on her jacket.

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Her dress is Liberty lawn and I used some antique (20’s?), never-used, still in original packaging, cotton trim at the bottom hem. As I was measuring it out, I noticed that it felt like it had a stiffener in it. That reminded me that being so old, I should be worrying about shrinking. A slight delay ensued while I washed and dried it. Any yes, it shrunk :)

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Autumn Fox girl 1

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Perfect fall clothes- corduroy jacket, lawn dress, cashmere shawl.

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This batch of foxes is mostly made from hand-dyed (by me) wool fabric. The color has texture, if that makes sense- it’s a nice way to say it isn’t entirely even!

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She’s got some great buttons- vintage (antique?) brass on the bag, metal on her coat with what I think are radishes on them!

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Here she is standing among what are always my last flowers of the garden year.

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Fox Flower girl

I know we are inching toward Autumn and this week has certainly felt like it, but this little one is all about summer.

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We are not ready to let go yet!

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Her felt flower headband is sewed to elastic. Her dress is made from the re-release of Heather Ross‘s Far, Far, Away line which I absolutely love, love, love!!! (you will be seeing more fox girls in dresses from that fabric- I bought a bunch!)

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pug girl #4

I’ll be thinking of her as Grumpy pug but I thought it might be mean to put that in the title.

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She has a cashmere skirt and shawl (and for that matter, her “fur” parts are also cashmere) so I have no idea what the cranky attitude is all about!

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And 3 pugs on the porch.

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