Isabella & the case of the missing golly . . .

Hello friends,

Hello, hello everyone :-) how are you all ? ? ?

I hope you have all had a great week & an enjoyable weekend wherever you are. 
 I have found some time - & a tiny space on the dining table - to paint some golly faces this past week, as I needed to replenish my golly stock for the cottage.  I decided to make a couple of Isabellas as I hadnt made any for quite awhile.

 Isabella is one of my all time favourite golly patterns -she is based on a pattern by Lil blokes in Bendigo, Australia - but I altered the cardigan and also her hair was supposed to be black perle cotton but I visualised her with wild pigtails so I now make her hair from a longish black bear fur.  
A couple of years ago I took one of my Isabella's over the the very clever man at Corrugated Creations in Tirau and he made me a giant corrugated iron Isabella golly - who now resides in my front garden and waves at the passing motorists . . .

she is about 9 foot tall from shoes to pigtails ! !

She is also a great landmark and ideal if you are giving someone directions over the phone . . .  "have you seen the giant girl golly in that crazy ladies front garden on Arapuni Road ?? . . . Well thats where you need to drive to  . . . "


So I managed to complete 2 Isabella gollies - I especially LOVE the one made with the buzzy bee fabric which is a flannel and sooo soft . . .

Love her little buzzy bee toy I managed to pick up in a baby shop . . .

Sorry Isabella I appear to have chopped your head off a fraction . . .

My Mum knits the little cardies for me from 5 ply wool (& does a great job) - this ones little brooch is a pottery gingerbread man.

Sometime ago I had made some "wee Josephine" bodies and never finished dressing them - (another Lil blokes pattern I have altered) - so I fished them out from the bottom of the craft basket and made them some clothing  . . . 

Yes thankyou that feels much better now we are dressed . . .

 As always,  I had been focusing on making girl gollies so decided I needed to do some boys to try to balance it out a bit and found my Willis pattern which I can usually whip up quite quickly . . .

I began to make 2 Willis's and was going along at great paces until I got distracted for a day or two . . . and then when I went to go back to it . . .  one of the half-done Willis's was "missing in action"   ?????

I am here in all my finery but my brother is missing  . . .

I had made one with black striped pants (above) & one with blue striped pants (still missing) - I should note that Willis is only 5 1/2  inches tall by the way   .  .   .   now herein lies the problem - this is my sewing room currently & somewhere in the mess - is a missing half-made Willis  . . . :-(

to be truthfull  that much carpet showing is actually QUITE tidy for me! !  !

To be honest, I have had a very good hunt and no sign of him - so if you should see him at your house (he has on striped blue pants and a red jacket but no bowtie) - please contact me a.s.a.p.  :-)  & I will come & fetch him! !


On a lighter note, I went to speak to the lovely ladies at the Catholic Womens League this past week (just to talk about my cottage & crafting etc) - (& you know how I LOVE to talk) -  I had the most wonderful afternoon - just such a lovely bunch of ladies & this is what they gave me for my time & effort  . . . (which was really NO effort at all) . . .

a most beautiful Heuchera for the garden in lovely autumn tones

I am looking forward to finding a spot in the garden to plant it this coming week.
 
I must mention that Mr Wolf is now feeling much improved and only limps on his sore foot when he happens to notice Mum watching him! !  :-)

Have a wonderful week ahead dear friends - I am meeting up with a friend that lives far away this coming week so am very excited about that :-)

Take care out there & keep warm - wishing you a creative week :-)
Love Julie (& Mr fat fluffy) X x x