Kate Beaton's Fat Pony

I love webcomics. One of the best is definately Kate Beaton's Hark a Vagrant. Check it out if your day needs some more awesome.

She doesn't have many recurring characters, but one dude who pops up from time to time is the fat pony. So I embroidered him, using this comic as a basis.

It's a very simple embroidery, and the fabric somewhat obscures the stitches, but I think it captures the spirit of the fat pony. May that spirit live in you today.

RIP, furry dude.

A sad thing happened. The furry dude, little Bryher cat, is dead. She had a huge tumour in her right hind leg that had been treated since Christmas. And in the end, she couldn't walk more than a few yards, and I think her kidneys were packing up too. Finally, that leg dragged on the ground so much that she'd worn the fur away, and the skin was broken and bleeding.

I took her to the vets to be put down on 7th April. When she was dead, and lying on the vet's table, I could hold her leg with the tumour, and it weighed about a third to a half of her body weight. She was always a tiny little dude, but she was just skin and bones at the end.

I miss her so much. Rest in peace, cat-face.

The Saddest Music in the World

...And here's what I've been doing most recently. One of my favourite films is The Saddest Music in the World, by Guy Madden. Isabella Rosselini plays Lady Port-Huntley, and I've embroidered her here saying the film's best line into her depression-era-Winnepeg microphone.







I just love this quote. I back stitched it on to Aida fabric, and just glued it on.







I think I'm most proud of her tiara - I played around with stiches and used chain-stitch, french knots and lazy daisy. Nice.

Yeti!

I haven't been an inactive crafter, just an inactive blogger. So, here's a couple of updates on what I've been making.

I'm totally in love with Lucy Ravenscar's crochet work - I saw her stuff on Craftster and adored it. So, I decided to make myself a version of her Adorable Snow Monster - here's my Yeti.

Two Faun Bobsleigh Team

I entered the wonderful Schmancy's Winter Olympic challenge, and was put in the bobsleigh catagory. Hooray! So I present to you my Two Faun Bobsleigh Team!



Their sleigh is a bit basic, and their ears aren't very aerodynamic, but they make up for it with sheer determination.



Their heads and torsos are cotton filled with poly stuffing, and their legs are needlefelted. Their hair is just wool roving, their faces are embroidered, and their horns and hooves are Fimo clay. Their gloves and scarves are crocheted from yummy Rowan cotton glace.



I'd been doodling a faun (with bigger boobies) the day before I heard I was in the bobsleigh catagory, and when I started to think of ideas for my entry, the fauns wouldn't go away.



I think of them as Mr Tumnus' sassier sisters.

Nessa from Gavin and Stacey

Nessa from Gavin and Stacey
Originally uploaded by Earwig.

I loved me some Gavin and Stacey. I only got into the show in the middle of series two, but I avidly watched series three and even had a little sniffle at the last episode.

And my favourite character? It's got to be Nessa. She had the best lines in the show, and was such a well rounded, hilarious character. Getting up on my feminist high horse (whoa there Barbara) I would say it was good to see a strong female character in a prime time show. One who didn't give a shit. One who did exactly what she wanted to.

So as a tribute, I give you my line embroidery of Nessa, and her quote about how she felt on her wedding day. Tidy.

Slippers

Slippers
Originally uploaded by Earwig.

This weekend I made these slippers. I got the idea from a post on Craftster at http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=323205.0. They only took a couple of hours, and they are so cosy! I used some fabric with Japanese kitties that I bought at the Harrogate craft fair in the Autumn.