three blind mice ....

I'm working on little finger puppets

(for the fair)

O, NO

no more pictures allowed !

Something funny going on here !?!

When I was still working with the youngest children

in school, I loved to tell stories

with a hand or finger puppet

.....

the children enjoyed themselves

and had such funny reactions

talking to the puppet !

All the mice that are finished

are waiting for a new member of the family .....

No use to go on right now,

can't show my felting exchange either ... 

sorry .... !

soft stones

Right before Christmas I will experience

for the second time

what it's like to have a stand on a fair

(the first time, last year on a Spring Fair wasn't exactly a succes,

but ... why not try again)

I don't like to make things just because

I want to sell them,

it kind of hinders my free creativity.

So now I must find things to make that I like doing

ánd that are salable

This is one of my first tries :

soft stones

I took some real stones

gave them a felted jacket

and started stitching.

Because it is a Winter Fair I thought it appropriate to start with white

Simple stitches, but the combinations are fun to do

Sorry, almost forgot to give Lisa credit for her felting tutorial

which is very helpful for a lot of people.

sunny bag

When I had this friend over who felted the red bag

I didn't do much else than a bit of knitting

(and making coffee, tea and lunch)

I don't have enough space

for "more than one bag at the time"

That's okay, but I always start felting myself

right after such a day.

I planned this new bag

to fit especially to a jacket that I made for myself

out of silk / linen five years ago

(remember for wich occasion  ;-)  !)

I will make a picture of it later, with the bag ...

Sunny colours : golden yellow, pink and a bit magenta

The Ginkgo leaves are no coincidence !

I used the same template as the one for my orange bag

(last year) and the friend's red bag

There's the Ginkgo (a bit of pre-felt) 

and I used some netting in order to prevent that the design might shift

It really took a long time and repeated corrections

before the spirals stayed in place.

(the spiral is a bit more pink than here on the photo)

Now I must wait till it's completely dry so I can fix the strap

and a little magnet as a closure.

Happy

a fun day

Today a friend came over to felt a bag.

She wanted the bag to match

with her lovely new red boots.

I had ordered the wool that would go nicely

with the picture she send me,

but we took thát colour for the inside

and a slightly darker one for the outside.

Working very hard !

Late in the afternoon she went home
with some final instructions,

a little rolling mat

and still some homework to do !

*

Today it was a true autumn day :

some wonderful sunshine ...

(mmmmm, those colours)

... and some heavy downpour

( so we must have been in that pot of gold all day ! )

*

And finally :

" I want to ride my (mom's) bicycle ... "

( Ha, for the very first time !!! )