Bilbo

So my intentions were to re-do the mini guinea pig pattern, but I got sidetracked and ended up designing a completely new bear! I wanted something with a big, round head and tiny tiny arms and legs - as tiny as I could get them...

Bilbo is the result. His little arms are a petite 3cm long and 1cm wide! I showed them to my Husband last night who remarked that they looked like little furry poos! And Bilbo is completely hand sewn again (I am really enjoying my hand sewing at the moment. I think it probably has a lot to do with not really fitting at the sewing machine comfortably anymore!).

Some Boisterous Brothers for Pixie

Two more mini guinea pigs to keep Pixie company - Oscar is the green one (he reminds me of Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street) and Pipkin is the cocoa one. Both are now on etsy and bearpile.

After making three of these little critters now, I've decided that I'm not happy with my pattern. They're cute and 'stylised' looking, but not quite right. So, if I feel motivated enough, I hope to make some modifications and see if I can make them a little more realistic. (Might also help if I stop using green, purple and pink fur too!) :P

Pixie the Guinea Pig

This is the little purple mini guinea pig I mentioned I was hand sewing in my last post. She was a lovely change to the big bears. And if I get a chance I might make a few more like her. She's currently on bearpile and etsy. (buying through Etsy is your best bet if you don't want to miss out on her).

Merry Christmas

After being wiped out by a summer cold and chesty cough, then having Chelsea come down with it too, then having my pelvis seize up and not being about to walk for a good 24hours, this week has been a bit of a bad run! But today was lovely! Mark has finished work for the year, so we took Oliver and Chelsea for a walk through the mangrove board-walk 5mins from our house with the tide lapping at the edge on the walkway, and then spent the evening with Mark's Mum and the amazing street party they put on every Christmas eve. (I also hand sewed a tiny 4" pink and purple mohair baby guinea pig because I 'needed' to create something different, and little! She's very cute, and I'll get photos when I get a chance over the next few days).

I thought I'd share this photo of the three of us as well. Chelsea and Mark have their matching Santa shirts on, and I got stuck with just a stretchy red singlet top (there was no fitting this belly into a normal shirt!).

I'm almost 36 weeks now, and it feels like my bump is all out front. Bub gets the hiccups every day and gives me LOTS of squirms and wriggles when I lye on my side. I'm having fun at the moment imagining what bub will look like, and trying to gloss over how much my life will change with two mini-people in my care. Christmas is a good distraction though, I just keep telling myself to get through Christmas first, then new year... then it'll be time for baby!


Hope you all have a fantastic day tomorrow!!! Eat lots (but don't get sick!) and enjoy watching your loved ones opening presents!

Waffle Bear

If I'm really honest, I would say that I'm feeling pretty crappy this week. I have turned into one of those constantly irritable and grumpy mums who loose it over the smallest things. AND - I've starting having day sleeps, which is HUGE for me. Even in my exhaustion after Chelsea was born I couldn't sleep during the day. I've never been able to, and when I did I ended up waking up feeling worse than when I went down. But the last two days I've had lovely day time naps.

So because of this, bear making seems to be just that little more difficult than usual! The latest bear Waffle has actually been sitting there in pieces for quite a few days now, just waiting for me to get a burst of energy and put him together.








He's another of my 'all-year' Christmas bears, as his christmassy accessories can be removed/hidden leaving just his gorgeous fur (see below).

A Christmas Wish

FINALLY - I managed to get this big guy done! Life really got in the way of my sewing this week! I had visitors, and playgroup break up parties and rum-ball cooking and present buying and storm surviving to do... But last night I got stuck in and got Wish done. It was an interesting experience though as I was getting rather regular braxton hicks contractions the whole time... which continued throughout the night, but seem to have subsided this morning. (My prediction/hope is that this bub is going to come a little early! Maybe not THIS early, but maybe in two weeks or so would be nice...)




So anyways, back to Wish Bear... I'm calling him my 'all-year-Christmas-bear' as he is so subtly Christmas-themed that he really would look fine displayed all year. His fur is a stunning long white faux fur with silver threads - very festive! And I've just popped him up on bearpile too. Now to see if I have the energy to get the next big bear done. (Which is also slightly Christmas themed, so it would probably be a good idea to make him/her before christmas! :P)

Calendar's are up for sale at ETSY

I have finalised and ordered my calendars. VERY limited numbers!

I have 4 available in the BLUE

4 available in the PINK

and 4 available in the YELLOW

I have no idea how quickly they will sell (or if they will sell at all), but if you were one of the people who expressed an interest, feel free to check out the listings as it has all the important information!