something for a baby

Still need to work on my secrets

But it's not going very fast.

Need to think ... and re-think ... and try out something,

(so why not make a real go for that try-out)

.....

that's what I did today.

I started to work with some "nickie" velvet tricot

(don't know if that's the right word for it ...)

It is nice and soft and rich in colour

and :

absolutely awful to stitch on the machine

it rolls up at the sides,

it shifts

it stretches

(when you don't want it to roll up, shift or stretch ...)

.....

I used it before ... and also made some small things.

Today again, I really got a lot more respect for all those tiny Chinese fingers

that are making lovely little dolls out of this material

(for ridiculous little money)

This little fellow I made a lóóóóóng time ago

so I didn't remember thát well how awful the stitching was.

I could not find the pattern so I had to measure him up.

The head with the ears (smaller inside) was a bit tricky

because I had to make a pattern myself

but it turned out quite good.

Then, after dinner, some eyes, a nose, mouth and whiskers

and the bunny looked friendly back at me

.....

and finished !
(not an impressive "production" for the better part of a day)

Ready to send him/her off.