Friday, August 28, 2015

Fall Friends, New for 2015

I designed a full range of forrest creatures for fall this year! There are a few returning friends from last year (the squirrels made from vintage polyester fabrics, the big badger, and the little wool owls) but otherwise everything is brand spankin' new! Here's the full lineup:

From left to right: Owl made from vintage wool fabrics, 'Bigger Badger', Hector the Hedgehog, Randall the Raccoon, Marsha the Mole (with glasses), Stuart the Squirrel, Marvin the Mole, North American Brown Bear, Larger Sweater Snail, Franklin the Fox, Sasha the Skunk, the mini sweater snail, cork and recycled sweater mushrooms, and Harold the Hare.



North American Brown Bear is made from vintage chocolate brown velveteen with real leather on the soles of his feet, his nose, and the inside of his ears.

Sasha the squirrel is made from vintage polyester fabric.


Franklin the fox is two contrasting faux suede fabrics. he has a leather nose and a colorful 'burlap' bow tie.

Harold the Hare is made from a vintage wool plaid blanket, with appliqued eye patches, and a hand made pom pom tail.

Hector the hedgehog! Faux fur and vintage wool, with safety eyes.

I still haven't gotten a great picture of the moles, but they are made from scraps of vintage wool, with pink wool noses and feet. Marsha has wood-framed glasses.

Randall the Raccoon is vintage black and white houndstooth wool. He has a black wool 'mask' a burgundy wool scarf, and a very dapper top hat!


Sasha the skunk is made from recycled black wool, with pink wool accents. She has a pink nose, and her tail his scented with lavender! 

The sweater snail was made using a scrap of recycled wool sweater, that I hand embroidered the facial features onto. Her shell is made of a long tube that knitted using a crank style knitting machine, that is then stuffed and hand sewn into a spiral.

This itty-bitty snail is made the same way as her large counterpart, but the shell is i-cord made with a hand held spool knitter. she is only 2.5 inches tall!

The fall friends will be available at all of our upcoming fall and holiday craft shows, starting with the Independent's Day festival in Columbus, OH the second week in September, and Art Hop at our beloved Bookbug here in Kalamazoo the first Friday in November!
If you would like to see our fall friends from 2014, you can find the post about them here, or want to place an order with us, check our our Etsy page. Feel free to send us an Etsy email if you'd like to order something that hasn't been listed in the online shop yet!

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