Three little bears

Pink & white flower bunnies

Gray cats

Little astronaut softies

Do these remind anyone else of little astronauts? 

Gray cat

The gray cat is new.  Made this weaving 8 years ago on a cardboard box.  

Cat softies: practice makes...you branch out

When I first started drawing, I drew a banana every day and then ate it for breakfast.   For a long time as a new baker, when I cooked breakfast, I made the same biscuit recipe. There's something to repetition of a simple process, especially as a beginner.  It's easier to notice your progress.  I saw a Ted talk today with Shawn Acheson that discussed, in part, how reaching goals helps you move on to bigger goals.  It's true.  Now I can draw most anything with more confidence and I've had success baking more breads and cookies and pie crusts and other things.  

I'm not new to handsewing softies but I'm pretty new to designing softies.   While I keep sewing the same simple stuffed cat doll, I'm improving my stitching, testing color combinations, practicing stuffing the doll and cutting the fabric, building confidence, hopefully improving my photography, and most importantly, getting to the point where I'm ready to design and make something totally new. 

Flower and red sleepy cat stuffed animals

New pink & yellow cats

Pinky on the left and yellow in the middle are new.  Handsewed them today. 

Yellow cat from yesterday has a new friend named Silas. 

Arno cats

These cats are completely handsewn. I started them yesterday and just finished. I copied a softie called arno cat I saw in a  softie making book.  The pink one's for my little cousin Claire and the yellow is for a newborn baby named Silas. 

Brunhilda

Update: Sloan named Brunhilda because this thing looks nothing like a Brunhilda.  My mom liked the smile.  Now it's on my mom's kitchen desk bookshelf because I gifted it to her for Chanukkah. ( Dec 27 2015)