Flora is going to explore Australia!

Flora is all set to travel to her new home.

I can't believe she gets to go all the way to Australia!

What a lucky kitty, I told her to eat a bowl of Sultana Bran for me :)

Jungle Jill

 

A very lovely friend of mine is expcting her first baby next month.

She's having a little girl and chose Carter's Jungle Jill as the theme for her nursery.

I new I had to try and make the cute little monkey.

I used Gingermelons Flora the Explorer patten 

( http://www.etsy.com/listing/150990298/flora-the-explorer-pdf-pattern?ref=shop_home_active )

and made a few modifications to monkify it!

She is made from merino wool blend felt and stuffed with the eco-wool i love to use.

Her pillow case style dress is made of cotton with organza ribbon ties at the shoulders.

I know she is going to love her new home.♥

 

Happy Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday!

This year I decided to make cards.

I love doing origami so I thought I would combine the two.

                                                       

                    Mommy and baby chick.                  

Mommy and baby penguin.

Mommy and baby cat.

Flora and Laura the Explorers

Laura and Flora are ready to go adventuring!

I really love this pattern! Designed by Gingermelon you can find it in her shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/150210041/flora-the-explorer-pdf-pattern?ref=shop_home_active 

 I have been waiting to use it because I wanted to try it in both a woven and a non woven felt.

Up until now I have only been using the non-woven felt for my plush dolls and I wanted to see the difference, besides price. ( The woven is a bit more).

Laura on the left is made with a hand dyed woven felted wool and Flora on the right is made using the non-woven merino wool blend felt.

 

The non- woven felt is a little stiffer and has more of the look of what I think of when I think "felt doll".

The woven felt conforms nicely to curves and is a little fuzzier. It makes me think "plush" first, "felt" second.

Non-Woven on top------Woven on bottom

I was kind of hoping by making the same pattern with both felts I would really prefer one over the other.

But they really are different enough that I like them both!

Does this mean I will have to make all the patterns out of both felts?

Which do you prefer?

Both Laura and Flora will be available for adoption at my Etsy shop later today.