Ideas are funny. Where do they come from? How do they get into your head? Do we look for them or do they just happen? If you are like me, you have waaaaay more ideas than time, and sometimes ability, allows. It is a rare day indeed if I can't think of anything to do! These are some of the ideas that came into being this past week.
First, we had CATkins!
THEN...we had PUPkins! After making the CATkins (whose name I changed to go better with pupkins), I decided fair is fair, and a puppy version needed to be made.
A chubby pumpkin body quilted to fleece, a plush head, a little tail and feet and TADA! A PUPkin is born!
Both Catkins and PUPkins are about 12" wide and 8" tall with a zipper back. Perfect for sleepovers, is what I thought! Though I may carry one myself , just because I am not a big purse fan. This would be more my style.
Having gotten into the quilting mode, I made a little cell phone case, camera case, cosmetic bag or whatever you prefer to call them. It is made from a blouse I had from India and didn't wear because it was too big for me. I like this much better! It has a 5" zipper in the back and hooks onto your belt loop, purse, gym bag....
And then I added a couple of skirts to my cat clothing shop. I am really trying to use up some fabric and not buy more. But alas, I must confess, I bought this a few weeks ago because it was on sale. Bad bad.
And this is the opposite of the above.
Here's the best part. Do you know 'who' is modeling? You'll never ever guess. When I came to Montana for the summer, I didn't bring everything since I drive a '94 Corolla, and there really isn't much room in there! So I left my lovely half bodied, hollow gal at home. I was just hanging clothes up and taking pictures, but really was not happy with they way they looked. So, as they say, Necessity is the Mother of Invention -
close your eyes
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Here she is!
POLLY FILLMORE
Isn't she lovely? She is extremely agreeable and allows me to squeeze her and shape her into various sizes. She is made from what I have left of the pillow polyfil I use for my plushies. She hangs from a floor lamp which I place on a chair. She is deaf and dumb, but always seems to understand.
So there you have it! My secret is out! If you wish to borrow Polly for your own photo shoots - well....too bad! I'm not sharing! Get your own!
