Teddy Bear Making Kit

I have decided I want to make a some special celebrations Teddy Bears this year. I have found the perfect bear pattern and bought some gorgeous fur to make them with, but before I dive straight in I thought it would be a good idea to have a practice run. And so, I bought traditional teddy bear kit, and this is how it went:

You get everything you need to make the Teddy

And here is Monty

Ladybird Baby Booties

 Having not made much felt for quite a long time, I'm really enjoying this. Here are one of two pairs of booties I made today: hand felted Ladybird Baby Booties.

From wool to boots...

The wool fibres laid out ready to felt

Felted fabric

Little red booties before they grew spots

 

Cute little ladybird booties

Felted Baby Booties

Today has been a very productive day. I've made three brooches and a pair of felted booties for my nephew.

With limited space in my new flat the best surface I could find to do my felting on turned out to be the hob. It worked very well and it was nice to do some felting again, it's been far too long. I intend to do a lot more.

Felt made and pattern pieces cut and ready to be sewn into little booties.

And here they are. Aren't they adorable?

 

Ted's new blue suede shoes 

COLLECT: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects

 

Another great collection of contemporary art at this year's COLLECT held at the Saatchi Gallery. Filled with loads of fantastic stuff these are a few artist that really stood out:

Pippin Drysdale - Joanna Bird. stand 2.1, ground floor

These are just simply beautiful. The colours, the forms, I love everything about them. I just wanted to touch them, they have that sort of effect as they look so soft and, well, scrumptious.


Jeanne Opgenhaffen - Design Flanders. stand 3.1, ground floor

I like how this delicate porcelain looks so soft and almost textile. It expresses so much movement through its construction. It's simply beautiful.


Kazuhito Takadoi - jaggedart. stand 5.1, ground floor

 

Working with hand picked grasses, which are then dried and woven, twigs and leaves, everything is natural. I really like this artists work and because the materials are all natural, as they continue to dry there will be subtle colour changes which add further interest to the artworks.

Finished safari mobile

I've finished the safari mobile for my new nephew. I hope he and Mummy and Daddy like it. I'm really pleased with it.

A flamingo in the making

 A flamingo for the safari mobile - from drawing to made.

 

Another animal done

I've just finished animal number 7 for the safari mobile. A rather handsome antelope. Scroll down to see the other animals.