A lizard made from white linen and awesome lizardy silk from Stephanie. He is the first in a series of toys I am making for Flora, the lovely store at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. These toys will also be for sale through Flora at the New England Flower Show. I’m pretty excited about this project….
bird 5
I completed the fifth in my series of birds. My studio is in our bedroom and this flock is perched near Charlie’s side of the bed. He says he feels like they have all flown down to roost near him. I think I’ll make a few other things now and come back to birds in…
bird 4
Bird #4. This one has a shorter beak and legs bent in a different, hopefully more natural way (back first, then forward, and with a thicker knee joint). She is a bit fancy with a gold crushed velvet head gusset and feathers and some dark brown wood-grained silk from a swap with Stephanie.
bird 3
A third bird. This one is shorter than the rest and has blue eyes. I loved using this vintage floral fabric for the wings, head gusset, and tail feathers. Her legs are wrapped with strips of a thrifted pillowcase. I think I have the wire thing down now. This ones legs were not frustrating to…
bird 2
A second bird, this one with longer legs and a longer bill. She’s quite tall.
bird
I did some sketching of long-legged birds and made this bird. My first time working with wire and I was pretty frustrated Saturday night trying to bend it the way I wanted it to go and make the bird balance, but Sunday morning brought fresh energy and here she is. And with an egg in…
amy doll
I made this Amy doll from the Women’s Day Book of Soft Toys and Dolls by Joan Russell that Mimi lent me. She is for my niece, Emerson, who will turn 1 on Valentine’s Day. I seldom make toys from patterns, but this one was really interesting to do. I like a pattern I can…
lizard #2
I finished the pattern for this lizard and sent off both the owl and lizard patterns to the editor at Penguin Books today. I am sort of happy that both toys that will be photographed for the book are made from the same two green fabrics, the lighter of which I dyed. I think it…
owls and connections
The green one with no feet and folded ears is the final version of the owl. I’m pretty excited that the pattern for this owl will be included in Softies, a book that will be published by Penguin Books and is due out in September of 2007. I am working on a second pattern, one…
owl and a bit about the process
I’m currently working on refining this owl pattern. Still a bit of tweaking to be done, but I’m getting there. I first made this owl over a year ago and though I’ve made a few versions since then, I’m still happiest with the first one. It was wool and had half moon eyes and a…
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