Animals and other projects

Well, I seem to be getting off my used clothing binge and stuffed animal making, but here are a couple more friends...

Shirts, tie and two sweaters

Max picked the animal and the fabrics (shirt and pillowcase)

I like to refer to them as "Hope for World Peace."

I did go through a short tie phase (at the market) -- especially after seeing Zegna ties for .50. Determined to make a cool bag, but haven't. Perhaps I was put off by someone asking me if I thought it was curious that I had made a pillowcase out of a man's shirt and then wanted to make a bag with men's ties...

I did some needle felting -- mostly bunnies -- for Easter.

I also started to knit Peter Rabbit (bought the pattern from Ebay UK)

I made a couple of baskets out of what's called "fettuccia"  here -- strips of jersey material. They're kind of fun and crocheting is pretty easy.

Patrizia also showed me how to macrame a bracelet with leather cording and rhinestones. Then beads in a double Chan Luu style bracelet. And more recently, the art of soutache (omg, painfully slow process!!)

So, while I don't seem to stay on a consistent path, I have been keeping my fingers busy.

Now let's see if I can finish the kangaroo before Max's tooth falls out...