My grandfather, Sidney, loved owls. He and my grandmother had a wonderful collection of owl figurines in their apartment, many of which I got after he died. I don’t have them here, though. They are back at my parent’s house. My grandpa was a sweet man. He always had Carefree gum and orange Tic Tacs…
Archives for January 2006
Valentines
Today I made some valentines. The fronts. Each one is different: The flip sides: I have always loved making valentines. My sister and I would spend long hours in my room when we were young cutting out doilies and gluing them to pink construction paper and making a big glittery mess. In the last several…
Elephant
I finished this soft elephant last night. She is made from a scarf I found at the Salvation Army in New London around Thanksgiving. Actually, there will be two of them because I accidentally sewed two right pieces and no left pieces so I had to cut out two left pieces and thus, two identical…
Bulldog, brown mouse and some thrifting
We had a nice weekend. Even though Charlie and Roxy were both feeling sick Saturday morning, they managed to make it Tot Time so I got a chance to go thrifting in Waltham. I always find such good stuff at the thrift store on Moody Street and this was no exception – there was a…
Froggie
I finished the frog last night. It was so weird because I started working on him after the Simpsons, maybe at 8:00 pm or so, and then finished him up in what felt like no time at all, maybe a half hour, but when I looked at the clock it was 9:23 pm. Wow! When…
Everything looks better with a scarf
I had several requests recently for more mice. I hade made a little fur mouse probably six months ago, maybe longer, and got some good feedback on him so I busted out the pattern pieces again yesterday and made up another one. This time he is linen (boy do I love that big piece of…
Cuteness
There was an interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times about what makes something cute. Scientists have studied visual signaling and identified the following features that make something look adorable: -forward facing eyes -round head and ears -round body -small, flat nose -floppy limbs -eyes set low on the head -body fuzz Interesting to think…