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Hon no Hon

I just got a belated Mother’s Day present last week from my Mom.  Hon no Hon or Book of Imaginary Books by Junzo Terada. I’ve been wanting it since I spotted it on Last Gasp so my Mom ordered it for me and it was backordered and just came in. So worth the wait, it is the most beautiful book. I look through it everyday. The colors are addictive.

Jennifer in Japan clarifed that it is actually a book of book covers for imaginary books. So I guess there really is no The Octopus and the Drum. too bad!

Now I need just about every single thing at the Comes Mart (link via my little mochi) especially the polar bear & panda fabric!

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Robot love me!

She’s no Roomba, but robot number four is done!  I started this robot almost 2 months ago. I made up the head with the button top & bias tape ears right away. I was so pleased… and then I got stuck. I started at least 3 different body shapes in felt and I just wasn’t feeling it. So I decided to mix it up and try for a more quilted thing with different fabrics for the body. It’s much easier to work with the wool felt but it was fun to get some polka dot action in there (thanks Leah for the fabric!) I hope that my unauthorized departure from felt goes over ok with my robot swap partner. update: hooray! she loves it. trade on. I’m so excited!

 

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I’m working on a building

Log cabin man! It’s my new favorite pattern. Here’s a log cabin quilted pillow I made this weekend. I wanted to make something fun out of the beautiful center square that Camilla sent me. Now these little fellas are 3D and huggable and hanging out on the sofa with the rest of the softies. I’m hooked. I fear soon this house will be swimming in pillows!

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Easter Togs

These are some of my favorite vintage kid’s clothes finds. I keep them hanging up in my craft room for inspiration. It just dawned on me that they’re all perfect Easter outfits!

The bunny and carrot smocking on this top is awesome! Wish it came with the bottoms those buttons are for.

This is my favorite little baby cardigan. Little lamb intarsia done in super fuzzy soft angora (?) or something. The lamb designs are so dense at first I thought this was a little wool sweater that had been accidentally washed and shrunk up. But I don’t think that’s the case. It must be a larger guage yarn knit on tiny needles? It is still a mystery to me. I’ve tried a few times to recreate the effect and it’s never come out quite right. Maybe because I stink at intarsia/fair isle knitting!

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yippie!

Look who came in the mail today…

Pippy! One of Claire’s fabulous little kittens. She is so wonderful. Her little expression and her bright red jumper and her soft soft fuzzy hair..I’m a smitten kitten! I’ve put her in with all of Oscar’s trucks and balls in an attempt to lure him to her. So far all attempts at introducing dolls to him have had little success. I’m glad to see Buttercup has made it there safely and is basking in the hot Australia sun. At least someone from the Lang household is enjoying some warm weather!

Pippy

And look what else… a pear!

Pear

I’ve been in love with these pears since the moment I saw them. I kept going back to them and showing them to Tim. me – look how cute. tim – yes very cute. me – but look how CUTE. look at the little o mouth. Tim – yes very cute. Now I have one in my house and I’m going to pester him all day long with her.

Thank you Claire!!

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shrinky dink pins

I was inspired by Craftlog to buy some shrinky dinks at the hobby store to play with. I was going to make some buttons to go out with my orders. Instead I got sidetracked by making fancy pinheads. After trying to melt the shrinky dink on top of a pinhead I realized, duh, you can stick a flat headed pin *through* the colored, cut out shrinky dink shapes and then put it in the oven together and voila! So fun! I’m excited to have a project to work on in the kitchen while Oscar is poking at his food. I’m going to send some out with each of the pincushion auctions that are ending today.

And here’s a new lily pad pincushion I made.