A Red Linen Bag

This red bag was a request from my sister-in-law, who wanted/needed it as a prop for her Fringe Show.

Although it never actually made it onto the stage (she said that she liked it way too much and was worried that it would get wrecked during a scene in which she gets a pie in the face), it did make the rounds of the Fringe Tent almost every night.

Similar in design to (but larger than) my GO Train Bag, it features a long shoulder strap instead of handles.

The outer shell is a luxurious linen-blend in a fabulous tomato-red.

The lining was screen-printed (by hand and by yours truly) and features my original fruit-sticker design.

Stumpits

When my parents sold their house this year (in an effort to downsize), I inherited a box of beautiful, 100%-wool blankets. They were perfectly felted (I assume from years of washing) and ready for a unique sewing project.

It wasn't until this week, however, that an idea about what to do with them came to me.

Meet the Stumpits! Clever little creatures that live in the cracks between the sofa cushions and take secret baths in your kitchen sink while you're away on vacation.

They have hand embroidered faces and safety eyes...

... and fanciful embroidered appliques...

They were stitched together on my trusty Singer, stuffed with polyester fiber-fill and lovingly finished by hand.

Ta-da!

Little Yarn People, Man...

People kept asking me when I was going to make more Little Yarn People, so I spent two whole days watching "Glee" re-runs while stitching up another one...

Again, this doll was crocheted free-form (without a pattern) and based upon

Fisher Price's Little People (circa 1980)...

Made from a combination of wool and acrylic yarns and stuffed with polyester fiber-fill.

(his features are a combination of felt and embroidery floss)...

Pictured below with the original doll on which I based my design.