Hello there thanks for popping over for a visit.....and thankyou for all your lovely comments on last weeks Creative Space post.
For quite a while now I've been wanting to make a fox softie.
Lots of ideas have been swirling around in my head, so I finally turned one of those ideas into...
'Mr. Whiskers'
The back/rear view can be just as interesting as the front.
Lots of thread make him look like a very whiskery fellow..
Those green eyes seem to watch me from every angle.....
I had to give him 'eyebrows' as he looked like he'd had too much Botox and couldn't frown....
On the back I embroidered verse one of an old folk song.
I remember hearing this sung by Burl Ives when I was
veeeeery young....
'The fox went out on a chilly night
He prayed for the moon to give him light
For he had many a mile to go that night before he reached
the towno towno towno'...... and so on
Now we all know Mr. Fox has some very unsavoury ways and unsociable habits (to put it politely) but he has such a cute face and looks like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth........
'Chickens..what Chickens?
I didn't see any Chickens....
Prove it...'
Tig's keeping his distance ....
Not too sure about Mr. Whiskers!!
I'm quite happy with how my fox turned out.
But not sure about his 'socks'.
He's got them pulled up nice and high over his knees.
I think it may have been better if they were more 'ankle socks'.
What do you think?
I guess that's what a prototype is all about.....
My swap partner was Fay who lives in New Zealand she blogs over at Monkey Makes Three
Her parcel arrived in my letter box this week.....
Don't you love finding packages in the post?......
She made me a fab embroidery hoop pic,
A lovely zip pouch with heart pull,
A beautiful Lavender heart which smells divine.
A crocheted coaster with felt heart
(Fay has only been crocheting for a couple of weeks now. This gals's a fast learner.)
There was a lovely book mark with hearts some great fabric and a bag of the yummiest strawberry/choc hearts.
I love it all, thanks Fay it's been fun.
If you would like to see what I sent her just pop over to her blog and say 'hi'.....
Take care,
Claire
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