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goldfish

March 19, 2009

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I revisited an old pattern of mine and made a goldfish today.  He came together so nicely.  And I still had a scrap left of the vintage necktie that I had used on the original one.

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I like the lips on the new one better and I added a solid orange back fin, too. 

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I just put him up in my shop.

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Comments

  1. Kim Ferreira says

    March 19, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    I love him! does he hang? mount? swim? I hope all is great with you Abby!! talk to you soon,
    Kim 🙂

  2. Wendy says

    March 19, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    oh my goodness! he is so wonderful!

  3. sandra equihua says

    March 19, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    I think you’re work is so beautiful! It’s a wonder why you haven’t gotten scooped up to do some window displays at Barneys or Anthropologie. I can totally see your work fitting in perfectly! And if you have, I missed out!!!
    You’re work is so unique! I am a huge fan.

  4. geek+nerd says

    March 20, 2009 at 8:16 am

    I love it! The tail is genius – it reminds me of the gold fish from Fantasia.

  5. DaBookLady says

    March 21, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    now that is cute… I have koi fish in my yard and one goldfish got mixed in that resembles this..lol…what a great idea to use old ties…I just love it…

  6. Kimberly Michelle says

    March 24, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Hi Abby! Just had to stop by and check out the blog after reading about it in “One Day.” Glad to see a fellow crafty TFA blogger out there! I’ve come across your work before and it’s beautiful!

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