Bits'n'Bobs & body parts!

 Yes...

...lots of body parts!

I actually looked for the collective name for "body parts"...

...but failed to find one...

...so...

...answers on a postcard please!! :-D

Sewing and stuffing have been my occupations this last week...

A couple of long-armed "dolls"

Lots and lots of little arms...

...for folk like this one...

A bit of punchneedle work too....

...for those long-armed folk...

...aka "Olde Sturbridge Salem - pumpkin doll"...

...from Doreen Frost - Vermont Harvest Folk Art.

A bit of final stitching...

...and a few pieces of clothing...

...and they'll be done!

Still with Selena...

...I'm making loads of hexie backgrounds for her "sewing sample book"...

...and the istitch designs SAL is coming along...

...although a bit slowly.....

Hopefully I can show something FINISHED in my next blogpost!!!

x C

An over-abundance of whiskers!!

Here they are...

...bless 'em...

...with their still-drying whiskers in place.

They shall be having a trim later today...

I love the looks on their dear little faces!1 :-)

x C

Dresses for Meeces

...and these certainly will not be poor church meeces!!

I've done some block printing to start...

...then stitched around the designs.

Picking up on the patterns in the blocks, I cut some stencils...

...and used Markal Paintstiks to add to the fabric decoration.

Fleur de Lys on this one...

Little crosses on this one...

...and small five-petal flowers on this one.

I'm going to use the stencil patterns on the meeces' headwear too....

But for today ......

...whiskers.....

x C

Blind no more!!

My mice now have eyes...

...noses...

...and mouths.

Whiskers shall follow soon.

I've even managed to make a start on some "medieval" embroidery...

...stitched around a Colouricious block print.

Stencil cutting will take place later today...

...I'm going to pick up on that little pattern in the corner of the stamp.

x C

Three blind mice!!

Well!

Where has January nearly all gone?!

I've been so tied up with building works and decorating etc...

...that this poor little blog has suffered greatly.

I do apologize.

It's only over the last couple of days that I've managed to get some quality time in the workroom...

...and produce SOMETHING!

The ICHF show in March is beginning to loom and stuff must be done...

...so here's a beginning....

...my three blind mice :-)

Yes...I know that they may look a bit more like moles (apart from the colour)...

...but I promise you that they WILL be mice....and not blind by the time I've done with them.

Fabric printing and stitching now...

...hopefully not such a gap between posts next time.

x C