I Have been doing a lot of sewing this last week, as well as sending off the Baby Rabbits (yet to be listed) to Saudi Arabia, so there are a few loose ends to tie up. I've also completed the O.O.A.K item now known as Noel, The Christmas Bunny and he's been listed in the Cuddlies' shop at www.coldhamcuddlies.etsy.com earlier today. This is the main picture of him in the shop, all complete in his party finery - and the Etsy Listing is #84913542.
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| Standing on the printer in my work-room |
Some of the pictures on the site were taken last evening, in the setting sunlight. Thus, his colouring is somewhat different to those you've already seen in our last post (10/24/11/Latest Rabbit to join the Cuddlies family). After completing the post, I finished off the final Saudi Bunny and the next night got to grips with Noel's wrongly sited boots! These are now firmly on the right legs and this is how he looked when I quickly snapped him last night, before the twilight completely disappeared!
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| Standing on a garden bench in the twilight |
We had an unexpected, but lovely surprise visit from husband Peter's brother, who normally resides in France on Tuesday afternoon. He, his wife, son and his partner, and their lovely young daughter called in on their way back from a visit to nearby Glastonbury last Tuesday. It was our first chance to meet our Great Niece and her Mother, and as it's Little One's third birthday on November 11, she was offered the choice of an early birthday present from the selection of Glove Puppets. She made a bee-line for the Panda Bear version and he was duly christened "ME"!
Not only did we meet Little One, but I was re-united (after over 35-ish years) with a Mr Fox and a Mrs Rabbit that I made for my sister-in-law, after making them for my daughters and her son in the late 1970's! They've been settling in to the Soft Toy Clinic (Etsy Listing # 79124185) to await their turn for treatment. (There are two other long-term patients waiting for their therapy still!).
There is really not that much wrong with them, I am pleased (and not a little surprised) to say. Mr Fox requires proper eyes and re-stuffing. Originally, I made the eyes with felt and yarn and he looks a little slant-eyed - although they do appear quite foxy-looking. Mrs Rabbit, however, does need a bit more attention. Her apron has accumulated a lot of dust, which may not respond to a wash, and her dress has got to be replaced because the skirt is faded, and I cannot just replace that alone. The dress top and sleeves are made separately, and in any case I cannot match the green gingham from which she was originally made. She, too, needs re stuffing. I think I used either foam rubber or nylon stockings to make them - neither of which I am prepared to countenance today, but at the time, located as we were in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada it was all I could find!
Needless to say, they will be shortly the subject of a blog post - just to show what they look like now (so that comparisons can be made once their treatment has been completed). Fortunately, none of my current patients have a deadline by which they have to be completed, but Tommy Teddy (daughter, P's Bear) has been waiting a long time and I've promised him he'll be done just as soon as I've completed the two Uncle Brendan Rabbits in production at the moment!
That means, Panda Bear Glove Puppet is temporarily deactivated from www.coldhamcuddlies.etsy.com - but the replacement will have to wait until I have completed the two versions of Uncle Brendan Brown Rabbit (Etsy Listing #56013030). However, they are both cut out, and one version - the one destined for MmeAB in Versailles, France has most of its clothes sewn, I'm due to get going on his head, paws and boots this evening, and all being well he should be on his way by the end of next week. The delay in providing them has been due to my complete inability to source brown plush fabric from any of my sources - at least until yesterday morning, when - praise be - my local haberdashery shop in Warminster came up with the goods! What a relief!
Right, those are the loose-ends - all but one, anyway - tied up. The continuing one is the promised post about Slater's Barn, the venue in the village where the recent MacMillan Cancer Grand Coffee Morning was held. As some of you will recall, it was when I was taking the pictures of the place that my former camera upped and died on me! Having rescued the pictures on a disc, I've just now got to do some research about the place, and then will be able to post about it - as I think my 68 Followers will be interested, and it makes a change from my constant waffle about the toys!
Till then - God Bless and take good care of yourselves! Isobel
