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Handmade Softie for Grace

This post had been months in waiting.

My Good Cousin was expecting her first baby. She is one of my favorite people in the world so it follows that I wanted to make her something really lovely. I decided to splash out on some forest green mohair from Germany, and construct some type of softie critter. Part cat, part lamb, part Gizmo from the Gremlin’s movie. I used green paisley patterned fabric for added cute details.

Grace's softie

Grace's softie

The end result was a little more squat than my design sketch. But maybe a little more friendly?

Grace's Softie design sketch

A test run on Master J was a gleeful success.

Grace's Softie

Grace's Softie

I am told Baby Grace is also quite taken with her fluffy new friend.

Dolly for a Little Lass

Little girl S was turning 1. No longer a baby-as such, she needed a little lassie to march into toddler-hood with. So I made her Ms dolly. Ms Dolly; with her sooty eyelashes, pigtails, belly button and ruffle cloth nappy.

Msdolly2

Ms Dolly was made a few months back and since then Little Girl S and Ms Dolly have been around the world and back again on a grand adventure.