I just love this tropical fabric in the perfect scale for my creations. Her linen jacket is made from an old furniture scarf (not sure that’s what it’s called?). I used the decorative hemmed bit as part of the collar.
Her bag is also linen, made from a bit of a pair of pants.
Mr Orange kitty is an artist and he has a portfolio for his artwork.
I love his vest!
Here is his artwork-
I’m not sure that he is going to get that show he was hoping for :-)
I think that argyle is always going to be preppy. Especially on a tuxedo cat.
Under his argyle cashmere cardigan, he has Liberty cotton lawn shirt with tall ships all over it.
I never realized that there was such a thing as a solid dark brown cat but then I met one. My daughter does cat fostering and one of her temporary charges was just that! So here is to that sweet kitty.
He has a striped jacket, a handkerchief, and a messenger bag. What you can’t see here is his brown vest: but here it is (below).
Yes, it does have moons and stars on it.
Also, this brown cat is made of cashmere coat fabric- so soft!
Here is the third girl kitty-
I gave her a popping purse to contrast with the aqua.
Her cashmere sweater has a sweet lettuce edge.
Close-up of her purse-
and glass buttons.
The whole gang!
She is a kitty who loves the garden. She has her flower dress, her cashmere sweater, and her gardening basket. Her dress is made from a light vintage cotton fabric from my mom’s stash- so probably 70’s or 80’s?
She is a tweedy orange cat.
Finally I have something to show you! The last month has been nuts but this week I have gotten some studio time and here she is- the first kitty. She is a bird watcher.
A green cashmere sweater to match her green eyes.
She has binoculars and a bag where she keeps her bird watching notes.
I had a wonderful time at the Gesneriad Convention! It was 5 full days of not thinking about anything but beautiful plants. I learned so much and met a ton of fellow enthusiasts.
I entered several pieces into the show- first time ever. Firstly- Miss Siningia, a lady pillow doll. Look, she won a blue ribbon!
Also, 3 plants; they won ribbons too! I was entering into the novice class which means I have never participated in a plant show before. I was the only entrant and I won this giant pink rosette- it all makes me silly happy :-)
Here is my blue ribbon plant-
I won’t overwhelm you with flower photos but these were some of my favs-
This is called Smithiantha ‘Ode to Peter Shalit’. It has beautiful leaves that are velvety plus such a gorgeous flower.
Below is a Streptocarpus ‘Dale’s Flock of Sparrows’.
There was a sales room with (probably) thousands of plants, and almost every talk I went to had giveaway plant material. I now have a bunch of new plants plus cuttings, leaves, and tubers to plant up and hopefully grow. It was such a treat to spend almost a week focusing on my other passion. I hope I can go next year!
I started working on the mermaids but nothing was working out so I put them aside for a while. I decided that I needed to work on something very different and so, as you can see in the photo, kitties! Also, some summer shirts for me.
I haven’t actually been getting a lot of studio time either. We’ve had guests, and then a family member in the hospital for tests. It’s really disrupted all my ability to focus on my work and that’s life. This coming up week I will be immersed in my plant hobby- completely nerding out with all the other gesneriad enthusiasts at the annual convention. That’s all to say that I won’t be finishing up any of these kitties until after July 6. See you then!
She has ribbon roses in her hair.
And an antique black (glass?) button on her belt.
She is made with some Chinoiserie toile.
Next up- mermaids.