Easter critters

My aunt saw my quilt critters and wanted me to make some simpler critters for her for Easter.  She wanted a dozen, but I made 27 for her to choose from:

Here's a close-up of the bunnies:

chickies:

and duckies:

Useful polymer...

My mom has been remodeling and redecorating her house.  She had me make some drawer pulls for a small bathroom cabinet:

Here's a close up of the knobs:

It was nice to make something that was useful, as well as decorative.

Clay Day

I've had this clay mixed and slabbed out for, oh...a couple of years now.  It takes a while to make a log cabin cane, and I just haven't had the initiative and/or time to get it done.  Lucky for me, we had a Clay Day a couple of Saturdays ago...and here it is:

Echoes...

I forgot my camera at work, so posting has been non-existent.  I finally brought it home today.  I was at my mom's last week and she's been moving things around.  She found an art project I did when I was in ninth grade.  I'm trying to remember why I made the choice to paint the clay owls with regular paint instead of firing them with a glaze.  I think it had to do with instant gratification.  I've never been a very patient person.

Anyway, here they are--along with another critter (too bad about the beaks):

Little Vampires...

This is my sixth year attending the Emerald City Comic Con.  My first year was a Mother's Day present from my daughter and her husband--the best Mother's Day present I ever got!  Anyway, I was first introduced to Little Vampires by Lunasea Studios.  Rebecca Hicks is the artistic talent behind Little Vampires, and is a wonderful person.  Sometimes I feel like a stalker (her booth is the first one I go to every year), but all you have to do is look at her Little Vampires and you'll see their charm (and fall under their spell).

I went on Friday (as previously mentioned) and I went again today.  I decided to make her a little present to thank her for the joy her critters have brought me.  Here's what I made:

It's a little over an inch tall and I made it so it could be worn as a pendant or used as a bookmark.  I wrapped it up in some tissue paper and put it in an origami box I folded (really, the box takes all of two minutes, but it does look nice!):

Then I tied it up with a black ribbon and off to the Con I went.  She liked it!  Yay!  Silly me, all I ever do is see all the flaws in my creations...it's hard to look past them and see it as other people would.  Anyway, I had a LOT of fun making the little guy and I can't wait for the next book in the Little Vampire series (hopefully I'll get it by the end of the month).

Thanks, Rebecca!

After Thing a Day...

I still have some critters left in me!  I was thinking about this whale yesterday, but I was at the Emerald City Comic Con and got home very late (I had a fabulous time!!).  So I made it tonight instead.  This particular cane is the "Storm at Sea" quilt pattern, and if you look very closely, you can see the center block is a dolphin quilt pattern from Margaret Rolfe's book. 

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-Eight...

*sigh*  It's the last day...and I was on a roll.  Oh well.  I made two critters today.  One from the jungle, a parrot; and one from the sea, a fish.  If I missed your request, I'm sorry.  I think I'll continue this for a little while, so you can still make your wishes known.

I'd just like to say thank you for all your kind comments.  I've had so much fun and I'm glad you liked my roly-poly quilt critters.

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-Seven...

I'd planned on making a couple of critters today, but this little guy took more time than I thought.  I love him!

Here's a close up of his face:

And a side view:

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-Six...

I couldn't decide, so I went with a polar bear and a penguin.  I did a google image search for penguins.  Oh my word!  Baby penguins are just the cutest things!!  I've been thinking about the next three days.  Suggestions have been the jungle, the deep sea, and Australia (and I'm not forgetting the roly poly farmer request).  We'll see...

Thing a Day - Day Twenty Five...

I think I've come to the end of the safari theme with today's piece.  I haven't decided about tomorrow...good thing it isn't today!

Back view (I almost like it better):

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-Four...

My daughter requested a giraffe...

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-Three

Continuing with the "safari" theme...

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-Two...

Well, I guess I'm continuing with the "Safari" theme for now.  I may mix it up a bit; or maybe not...I'm a bit scatter-brained and don't stay with the same thing for too long--we'll see.  Anyway:

back view:

Thing a Day - Day Twenty-One...

I had one more barnyard critter, but it will take a while and I got home rather late from work.  So I did this pink elephant instead:

Thing a day - Day Twenty...

I got a lot of suggestions for more animals over at the Thing-a-Day website.  I think I'm going to run out of month before I run out of critters!

back view: