This rooster goes with the chicken I made a while back. I think I will make some kind of shadowbox to display them.

The rooster and the two chickens I made earlier are tiny, therefore a little bit of draught will blow them over.

Robbie is a little gnome I made to send out to Monica, because I received such beautiful drawings from her as well.

Normally I find it too hard to send out one of my needlefelt figures. They take a lot of time to make and during the process I get to attached to them. Therefor it's pretty special she will receive it so soon after I finished it.

I hope he will bring her lot's of happiness and smiles.

I'm trying to expand my graphical skills using Adobe Illustrator. This is one of the results.

In between all other work I'm still playing with Illustrator. I would love to do some more illustrational work also, so I'm working on making an illustrational portfolio as well.

I'm so proud to be mentioned on Anabel's very inspirational site: fieltromania. Especially since at the moment I'm so busy building websites I don't seem to have any time left to do some serious felting.

I did made two new rosepins and two bird-keyrings.

Anyway... if you're interested in all kind of wonderful links concerning felt, fieltromania is just the place you need to go check out!

In between all other work, I'm trying to find time to finish my softie for back-tack.

I'm making a softie with one of Wee Wonderful's free patterns for Stephanie from Littlebirds. She's a real crafty person herself also so I have to do my very best to make it something special. I'm supposed to use black and white material with one extra color. As you can see I'm a bit inspired by the springcolors in my garden. Or is it that I just can't help myself, because green is one of my most favorite colors ;)

Working on my back-tack softie made me remember how much I always enjoyed sewing. I used to make almost all clothes for Marjolein and Sander myself as well as my own clothing. I even used to design childwear together with my sister Caroline. We made samples from our designs and sold them on homeparties for a while. It was nice and we sold a lot, but it wasn't profitable enough and so after two seasons we decided to stop.

Some years later my kids started preferring to buy their clothes like everyone else and after Caroline died I totally lost interest in making clothes myself, I still don't feel like making them now. But making these art-dolls is something completely different and I must say a lot of fun. So I don't think these will be the last you've seen and if your interested in buying... I still need to enjoy them some more myself but soon they will be up for sale!

Oh and my big inspiration to start playing with fabrics again: Friederike!

Deze frisse knul is gemaakt van katoen en vilt en gevuld met polyester vulmateriaal en heeft een lengt van ongeveer 30 cm.

This casual kind of guy is made of cotton & felt, stuffed with polyfill and he's about 30cm tall.

Dit schattige blonde meisje is gemaakt van katoen en vilt en kant en gevuld met polyester vulmateriaal. Ze is ongeveer 30 cm lang en met haar katoen vlechtjes ook bijzonder geschikt voor kleine kinderen.

This lovely blond girl is made of cotton,felt & ribbon and stuffed with polyfill. She's about 30cm tall and with her cotton braids very sweet to small children!

Deze lieve zachte knul is gemaakt van katoen,vilt, fleece en zigzagband en gevuld met polyester vulmateriaal. Zijn lengte is 30 cm is en aangezien het een echte softie is, erg lief voor kleine kinderen. De knopen op zijn borst kunnen echter toch enige risico met zich mee brengen.

This nice guy is made of cotton,felt, fleece and vintage ribbon and stuffed with polyfill. He's about 30cm tall and although he's concidered to be a real softy to small children, he can be a bit of risk because of the buttons on his chest!

Deze lollige brunette is gemaakt van katoen en vilt en kant en gevuld met polyester vulmateriaal. Ze is ongeveer 30 cm lang en door haar bruine lokken en broche niet helemaal geschikt voor kleine kinderen.

This happy brunette girl is made of cotton,felt & ribbon and stuffed with polyfill. She's about 30cm tall and although she's fun to be with, a bit of a risk to small children due to her hair and brooch!

Deze lieve blondine is gemaakt van katoen,vilt & kant en gevuld met polyester vulmateriaal. Ze is ongeveer 30 cm lang en met haar paardestaarten van katoen lief voor kleine kinderen. Alleen is het wel iets oppassen geblazen met haar broche vanwege de knoop die daar in verwerkt is.

This sweet blondine is made of cotton,felt & ribbon and stuffed with polyfill. She's about 30cm tall and with her cotton ponytails very sweet to small children. The only risk will be her brooch because of the vintage button.