Teacup Teddies & some summer garden snaps

Hello friends & readers :-)

 

 

My Mother was appalled a couple of birthdays ago

when she gave me this beautiful Robert Gordon cup, saucer & plate set

& all I could think was. . .

"I can't wait to make a teacup teddy for it"

 

Hello there

 

I had an order to do 2 teacup teddies so I decided to make 4 so I could have 2 for the Cottage as well

 

this shows the basic shape of the entire body piece

 

 

Could I have a nose stitched on please . . .

 

It feels like they have taken me ages to do  - they are little "fiddle bum" things to make even tho they are a simple pattern

 

 

 

Because they are basically a body with arms & legs all in one

& then a head with a gusset & ears

you can make them out of the smallest scraps of fur you have

I used all mohair for these four

 

this chap was a gorgeous hand-dyed blue mohair - a leftover piece from a larger teddy

 

Hello - My Name is Bluebell :-)

 

 

This was quite a long shaggy mohair fur

it turned out quite tricky to work with on such a small design

but has made up really feminine looking

& gorgeous sitting in the rose cup. . .

 

My Name is Rosebud

 

 

 

 

Gosh what a relief now they are all done :-)

I wanted to add a little note here . . .  I have not done teacup teddies for over 2 years now due to the fact that a lady came to me with 12 different Maxwell & Williams teacups (yes that is TWELVE)-  & I had to make a teacup teddy for each one in a different fur colouring/style etc!!!  So you can well imagine by the end I did NOT want to see another one for a good long time!!!***)

 

I have been working on other orders in between this

 

 

A box of fabric apples went to Auckland in the post

the package smelt delicious with the cinammon clove scent

I think the lady was going to string them from her tree for christmas

 

 

I also had an order for some doiley pincushions

I always love working with my doiley stash & made extra's for the Cottage as had sold a few recently

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes when I am busy working on orders I dont get out to check on the garden a great deal

& when I do - things have shot away on me

My neck was getting sore so I took my camera & went for a walk

 

Lovely terracotta pots of petunias on a window shelf

 

Can you believe when I ordered this punnet of plants

I asked for red petunias & when they came in the label said red!!

The Sleepout attached to our carshed - note to self "trim climber around window" ! ! !

 

but the pink looks just fine :-)

When Kane built me this shelf we glued moss all over it

with the hot glue gun

but the birds made short work of it pulling it all off within 3 days!!

 

These little faces popped out at me in the garden

 

Good old Dublin Bay along the trellis

 

Good old foxgloves still flowering away

 

 

I quite like splashes of white in my native area

this was an old wine barrell given to me by Sarah

(my oldest sons lovely partner)

 

 

You can see where the birds pull at the basket lining for the coconut fibre

 

There is a soft haze of purple as the lavendars come into bloom

on the pathway to the Pond

 

 

Thankyou for taking that little walk around with me

today is our 1st day of Summer here

officially spring is over & its a beautiful day today

but I shall miss spring as its my favourite season of the year

 

I had The Most Loveliest Surprise again this past week

I had a customer whom I had met through my blog from here. . .

 

all things rusty and fabric 

 

 Michelle has written a great post about their huge road trip

do go have a read

we chatted non-stop even though her stop was only brief

Her & her husband were just the most friendliest people

we couldve chatted for hours

with the little goats yelling in the background! ! !

Thanks so much for stopping in Michelle

 

Hi Michelle & Mike - I'm back in my usual spot - guarding the place for Mum !!

 

And this big old fellow says "hello" to you also

  He very much enjoyed meeting you both (& the goats)

 

I am off to pick some veges as there is lots ready all of a sudden in the vege garden too

 

 

freshly cooked beetroot grown by me

 

Have a lovely week out there friends

will be back next post with some christmas decorating (she hopes!!)

Thanks as always for stopping by :-)

Hugs/love/friendship, Julie Xox