My Beanie Ringtail Possum

This native Australian marsupial can be commonly heard at night running across our rooftops, this is mostly because we live so close to bushland. But a lot of our native wildlife are suffering in the fires and I this little critter is just a small reminder of those unique animals that share this land.

Created from My Beanie pattern, my previous beanie makes being My Mouse and My Bunny, I wanted to create an Australian animal. And while I did first consider a Koala, I'm having a little trouble getting the ears right, so I instead  made this ringtail possum as the first of my Australian beanie makes.

I loved this silver grey material and thought it ideal for this ringtail possum. The tail and ears had to be created for this animal, but the body and paws are my standard beanie pattern. The face was done in the same ways as my other beanie makes using black safety eyes and a few stitches for his nose.

This ringtail possums tiny paws and tail are stuffed, but the body is filled with plastic pellets  making him soft, playful and very cute. The finished size is about 11cm long, not including the tail, which makes for a comfortable size to handle, toss or just keep you company.

Ravenclaw Diadem #1 +pattern

As a Ravenclaw I have long wanted the Ravenclaw Diadem, but have yet to be able to purchase a replica. So until such time as I can buy one, I decided to make my own with iron beads. Obviously this is only for decorative purposes, however I would be lying if I said I didn't think about ways I could wear this. Which is probably why I decided to make matching earrings from the diadem's gems that can be worn.

The pattern for this Ravenclaw Diadem, including the earring, is below. Although I actually made the earrings and the diadem's gems on a round peg board, I have included it with the pattern below. This pattern is also a wallpaper, and I also have a simplified wallpaper below. To better view these just click on a picture to enlarge it. To download as a wallpaper, click on the picture you want and "Save Image As" to save to your computer or alternatively you can select "Set As Desktop Background"

Embroidered Star Sign Constellations - Cancer

As part of a birthday gift, I embroidered the constellation relating to the star sign Caner on to a framed card. I have a packet to these mini framed cards that I thought perfect for this purpose. The actual framed card size is about 9.5cm by 9cm, the inside window which has the silken navy blue material with white embroidery is about 6cm by 4.5cm. I finished by stamping the word Cancer across the top of the card in blue ink using my alphabet stamps.

Rainbow Goddess Dolls set3

This last group of five pocket dolls completes my set of fifteen Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all made using recycled materials and stuffed for soft handling. Each coloured doll has its colours meaning embroidered onto it using a Pictish Swirl, with each doll ending up about 8 or 9cm tall depending on the type of fabric used.

These are the last five Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all totally hand-stitched and hand embroidered. The meanings for each colour is embroidered onto each of the coloured goddess dolls. These colour meanings are- Gold = Sunlight, Silver = Moonlight, Black = Darkness, Grey = Stability , White = Lightness. So this completes my set of Rainbow Goddess Dolls.