doudoupop biodou dress

It's Beginning to Look Alot Like ......

My latest needlework is a set of Scandanavian Christmas Ornaments. With a little embroidery and all purpose muslin they work up fast just in time for that last minute gift giving. With things tight with the economy what better than a handmade gift from the heart. Pattern will be available by Wednesday in my Etsy Shop.

Chickenpants + Rabbit Bites = ...

A video!

We're on the front page right now (11/21/08, 11 am pst), but
here's the permalink: http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2008/11/21/rock_and_roll/index.html
Anyway- go watch it! I think it turned out really well. Enjoy! Please buzz it up! Stumble, Digg, etc. it!
♥ Claire/Absolutely Small

Totoro Love

So, I decided to show my 23 month old granddaughter the film 'My Neighbor Totoro' and as of this moment I have seen it with her 83 thousand times!! She LOVES it, so I started looking for a pattern for a plushie, no luck, made my own, here is the result....what do you think?

























Cheers!
The Lolly Trolley

Aliens and Monsters!

Here's some of my newest plush creatures.


One of them is an alien and the rest are monsters. Can you tell the difference?
Happycloud Thunderhead

An opportunity for all you green plushiers out there...

From the Martha Stewart website:
"Do you have a clever idea for reusing housewares, clothing, accessories, or paper? We want to feature your ideas for repurposed crafts with Martha and our audience! The possibilities are endless and all ideas are welcome! Please email (recycledcraft@marthastewart.com) us with a photo of your craft along with a detailed description (and be sure to include your name and contact telephone number)."
I can think of plenty of you who make the most wonderful things out of recycled fabrics and other goodies. Let's show Martha what we're made of! (and if you can work in a reference to The Needle.org, so much the better!)

Hi!

Well it's been awhile since I've posted anything, so I thought that I'd share this robin that I made as part of a swap with you. It is made out of felt and is completely hand-sewn. It is approx. 10.5 inches tall. I think it turned out so cute that I'm tempted to make several more birds to post in my shop. I'm just trying to brainstorm different kinds =).

My coloring book is in!

It's here! I'm really excited about it! So are Mugsy and Dan (pictured below).

Some plushed family members

'Tis the season for Christmas gifts, and these are plush versions of my husband and our 5 and a half year old niece. I'll be adding a plush version of myself to the group as well. It's our niece's gift this year, and since we don't get to see her that often I thought it would be fun for her to have plush versions of ourselves that she could play with when we're not around. I'm sure her "uncle Ben" plush will get most of the wear. Or love, I should say. They are mentally both the same age... :D
For more pics, head on over to my blog or flickr.

Ringo & Kat the Rocker Mushrooms

Yeah! Rock on :) The red one is a custom order that I made for a Xmas present. I was pleased with the result that I had to make another one and put it in my etsy shop. Looks like I'll have to make one more for my little sister, she said it's the best one to date, even better than the little devil one. Personally, I love their little mowhawks.

Kat's Bio (red one):
Sprouted: November 16th
Favorite Color: neon red
Favorite Drink: vanilla cherry coke
Favorite Food: french fries with mayo
Favorite Activity: rockin' out
Favorite Season: Summer

Ringo's Bio (green one):
Sprouted: November 15th
Favorite Color: neon green
Favorite Drink: Sierra Mist
Favorite Food: fish sticks
Favorite Activity: rockin' out
Favorite Season: Summer

They sits all on their own at 13 inches tall & come with electric guitars that they can hold.

Pierre

Our wonderful flatmate Anthony left for the UK a month or more ago and I had intended to make a travel companion for him before he left. Unfortunatly, time management is not always such a skill of mine, but I finished Pierre a few days after Anthony left.

Soon Pierre will be winging his way to his new home in London! I hope Anthony feeds him baguettes and pate. Pierre gets fussy and will moult all over the carpet if he doesn't get treats from time to time.

doudoupop x OptiqueLeProvost

boohooooooo

Ciccio Dickinson

Jackob Mercoledì

boohooo, today I had to bring my sewing machine to "the doctor", I hope she will be back soon because I can't wait to work on some new plush projects I have in mind...it is so bad when you have ideas that cannot come out because of external reasons..
anyway, here are some of my last monsters, a couple of examples of what I wish I could work on at the moment...for more pictures check out my blog
have a nice day

Bear Attack

Made some bear cubs. Crafted from my usual material suspects: reclaimed and felted wool sweaters. Check it out.

CFH plush!!

My husband recently released a CD compilation of the last 10 years of his work, filled with over 17 games, tons of animations,comics,etc. You can watch the trailer to view all the contents here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O19OmpJRPWE

Any who I decided to make a plush dead baby, the This is a Cry for Help mascot, to go in his Etsy shop.





Check out my new banner the lovely husband drew for me! I'm having stickers made from it too!
http://danielleorama.blogspot.com/

A few new creatures going to Felt Club

I had to take a few quick shots of my new batch of plushies. They're all going with me to Felt Club this Sunday. If you're in the Los Angeles area, I hope you can make it. It's this Sunday the 16th, and this link tells you all you need to know about how to get there.
I kind of hate the thought of them just going to their new homes and possibly not leaving an internet trace, so here they are!

From left to right: Davis, Marty, Penny. (Penny's my favorite!)

L to R: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Bringer, Sammykins, Isobel, Mardi Gras.
You can see a few more pictures of the new guys at my Flickr, too.
And if you're in the LA area, please stop by and say hi! I'd love to meet you.
-Claire/Absolutely Small

ROBOT PLUSH

It's been a while since I've posted. I got really busy with Halloween craziness. But here are some pics of my robot guys that were in the Plush You show at Double Punch in San Fran. Based on some pics I've seen it doesn't look like they were displayed outside of their boxes which bums me out. I guess my instructions weren't clear enough. Anyway here's what they looked like. Enjoy!Robyn Fabsits

menagerie

After working like crazy for the last few months, my new book of toy knitting patterns is finally done! Making the toys seemed to take a lot more time and effort than coming up with the ideas. I even had a couple patterns that never made it into the book, and I have several ideas that I never got around to working on. I'm really happy with the designs that I put into it, although I feel a little bad for the guys that got left out! All this creating has made quite a menagerie at my house, though. I took a big bag of toys to a knitter's guild meeting last night. My husband thought I had put all the toys into the bag, but it was actually only about 2/3 of them! I miss these little cuties, though. I wonder who took them home from Plush You? Do any of you ever wonder where some of your creations end up?

Barbara
(fuzzymitten.com)

Tis the season!

Here I am getting ready for Christmas! I'm doing a Holiday fair with my mom on the 22nd, hopefully there will be a good turnout since It's going to be pretty well advertised :)



My shop :)

a woodlander duke

whoa! such beautiful recent posts!!
I really indulged with this last guy... He's bigger more detailed, nearly all hand stitched, a labor of love.

I'm working on more of these helmet bunnies and kitties too.
:)
It's a pretty brisk day in Brooklyn, NY today!

:)
astulabee/nicole