Simon's Cat Car Plush

This is a Simon's Cat car window plush. I still have not watched any of the cartoons, I just made him because I think he is cute. I have a previous cat car plush I made, only that one was made with a stretchy fabric which gave him a more chubby look than this cat. Here I used a more stiff fabric giving this cat a taller look, funny how the one pattern can give differing results depending on the type of fabric used.

For this I blanket stitched the eyes and added a black bead at the centre of each, used black embroidery for the nose and mouth and stitched suction cups to each paw. This cat car plush was created from a FREE pattern by Katrin Black found HERE. Her website is actually in Russian but there are plenty of pictures provided to guide you in making this and there is always google translate to translate the page if you prefer.

Random Necklace Design #3

Again playing around with iron beads I made yet another, larger, necklace. This necklace has a somewhat tetris like feel to this design with the blocks of colour being fitted around each other with only a black border between them, along with a few jump rings. The jump rings are used to give the necklace a little more movement and comfort while wearing, as opposed to wearing one large ironed piece.

This iron bead necklace is definitely a statement piece with the full measurements for the three ironed pendant pieces being about 21 cm wide and 10 1/2 cm high. It is very much a bold and bright design that also features two red hearts on its centre piece. I'm not exactly sure when I will wear this, but it was a fun piece to make.

Ponyo & Rilakkuma - Book Bags & Bag Tags

Something a little different are these book bags I made based on the characters Ponyo, a goldfish, and Rilakkuma, a bear. To accompany these book bags I also made matching bag tags using these same characters, and again gave these away as gifts. The book bags measure about 10 inches tall and roughly 9.5 inches wide, a comfortable size for most book sizes. The bag tags measure about 3.5 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide, not including the ribbon or 4 inch chain.

These book bags are made using curtain scraps. I liked the look of the colourful stripes for these bags so I measured, cut and sewed up the sides, folded over the top and sewed again to create the space for the drawstrings. I made these drawstrings from yarn, plaiting three pieces of yarn together for each drawstring, threading it through the tops of the bags then tying the ends together. I made two drawstrings for each bag so that when holding one in each hand and pulled, the bag is drawn closed in the centre.

These bag tags are made using fabric, paper templates for each character that I made from images found online, a plastic sheet cut to size for the clear window on the back, ribbon and handmade chains using a length of chain, jump rings and lobster clasps. Once stitched up the front and back pieces were blanket stitched together. A second front piece was made of each character using just the fabric and templates and were again blanket stitched to the front of each book bag.

Book bags are a handy thing for anyone to have, especially if your a reader which I always encourage. These book bags were simple enough to make and finished up looking fun, bright and very practicable, and not just for books. These bag tags were more complex to design and put together but they turned out very cute and usable. It was fun to branch out a in a way and make something a little different.

Magizoology Wallpapers set2 - Pygmy Puffs [or Henrietta and Barney Sitting In A Tree...]

Here in Australia it is officially Spring and, although the weather is yet to feel like it, it seem that Henrietta and Barney, my two pygmy puffs, certainly know it is. Not long ago I noticed they had disappeared from the house. I was beginning to worry about this couple, that is until I today stumbled upon their nest in the hollow of a tree in my backyard. And they were not alone.

I decided I should make some desktop wallpapers of Henrietta and Barney sitting in a tree. These wallpapers are size 1366x768, which is the size of my own computer, but if other sizes are wanted I can make those too. To download click on the picture of the wallpaper you want and "Save Image As" to save to your computer or alternatively you can select "Set As Desktop Background". Hope you enjoy.