final touch up

have to choose certain trimmings for my 2nd entry, silk ribbon and lace are my preference.

the second

finally, i choose duck egg mohair to work on my second entry.
listening to Ewan's interpretation of Beatrix Potter, what do you need?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Qhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifPNPSNATw

yes, she needs a friend, a puddle duck.

what we can do with our little hands

http://www.paumes.com/prayforjapan/prayforjapan-e.html

Salute to Beatrix Potter

Haven't post new photos for quite a while, blue mood these days of the glabal issue but my hands still work on this little rabbit everyday. It's really interesting when i was ironing the ear pieces, as the cotton fabric makes the alpaca stands, soft to touch plus it stay thin compare to my initial idea of using felt.
And now she needs certain accessories on her head, work in progress...:)
Here, i can only show certain pieces before the Australian Creative Design award starts.

a pair of new shoes

peach-white-melange grey, i' m patching pieces of alpaca here and there, just finished these pair last night :O)
can anyone help her to put on these shoes?

adjustment

i love this 2 alpaca mohair, but something wrong out there, the 1st narrow gusset design isn't fit at all, so need to take adjustment on patterns,
see the right side is talking to the wrong side again. wish it works after stuffing :)

reading time: Beatrix Potter

i really don't know much about Beatrix Potter, then start to do some studies on her biograph, and got the book as previously posted. and yes, you would be amused by those delicate drawings, which were her studies on the nature of fungi,and it seems i am going together with her microscope and day by day recording the growth on the living species. Drawings captured on different angles, composition, and her perspectives towards mycology, families in fungi. i like her drawings and this can be traced from her artist inspiration from Randolph Caldecott.
Below, you can have an idea of his work:


if you are interested in this, see this link: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18360/18360-h/18360-h.htm

lots of fun to read this aloud with small kids :>

there is another small children's book by Beatrix that she got the influence from his drawings:


reference: http://www.awesomestories.com/flicks/miss-potter/the-real-peter-rabbit