I made this bunny, loosely based on a pattern from this book. Hmmm… Not so cute in my opinion. Her face is too large and too round! And I’d like to see bigger paws with defined thumbs on her hands. I’m going to redraw the pattern to make it better I think. I like the…
Archives for February 2006
Chai
My friend Carla is a patent lawyer, an avid baseball fan, a connoisseur of Bollywood movies, and an all around interesting and sincere person and she makes the most delicious chai. It’s so spicy. I made a batch last night and was reminded how wonderful it is. Here is her recipe: Carla’s Chai 8 whole…
Sewn Cards
My friend Lia and her daughter came over today to keep us company because we are without a car (Charlie’s car is being serviced so he took the Subaru to work today). We had a nice time watching the two little ladies meander around the house alternately wearing a fire hat and playing with rubber…
A Teddy and a Bookmark
I finished up this teddy bear today. He’s made of sherpa fleece and bits of velvet and stuffed with polyfil. You have to understand what an amazing achievement it is that I actually managed to incorporate velvet into something I made. I HATE velvet. Ask anyone who knows me well. The best way to torture…
I don’t think I’m a quilter
I finished another flock of lambs over the long weekend. Some are soft yellow and some a lovely brown. Two are being saved as baby gifts and the other two are up in the shop. I went over to the fabric store on Saturday morning to pick up some muslin for the quilt binding. Because…
Baa baa black sheep
This one is made from some of the most delicious wool (is it cashmere?) from Mimi. Roxy and I spent the morning doing errands. Mostly we are gathering everything we need for the arrival of her sister, the baby currently known as “S-Dawg” (although we’ve had to stop calling her that in front of Roxanne…
Have you any wool?
Between the moms in our Mother’s Forum playgroup, the moms in my synagogue playgroup, and my relatives, it seems like a lot of people have had babies babies in the last few weeks. So I’m making a few more lambs to give as baby gifts. This one was finished last night while we watched some…
Mayweed
Here she is – a little lion made of linen and stuffed with wool. I used a different marker for the drawing on her belly and I like how it didn’t run as much and I tried the watered down acrylics for filling it in and the colors came out nice and bright – almost…
Saguaro
A little bear, about 7″ from top to bottom, made from linen and suiting. I transfered a saguaro cactus from my sketchbook (originally drawn during a trip to Tuscon two years ago) onto some muslin and painted it with watercolors. Cut it out and appliqued it to her little belly. Her arms, legs and ears…
They’re listening
All ready for her bath last night, Roxanne is standing there naked in her room trying to stall her inevitable tubby. She picks up a little magic wand I made her from a dowel and a piece of satin and says, “Magic wand. Mommy made dat.” I said that yes, Mommy did make that for…