Rag Pets

perhaps, maybe, possibly

I firmly believe that there is nothing that's impossible if you just try, and that there are no sorrier words than "could have been". So, with that, I've decided to try my luck and I'm going to submit an article to Stuffed Magazine in the hopes that it might get published.

I'm going to make a very special rag-elephant for my submission, as you can see bellow.

(Click on the image to see it better.)

I still need to get a few bits and bobs yet, but here's some of the fabrics I'm planning on using for Edgar:

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I sometimes find it hard to come by the motivation to work, but I'm really excited about getting Edgar put together! It's nice to have a real purpose for the Rag Pets I make, instead of them just ending up sitting in the living room bookcase waiting for the day I get my shop done. I've also had the idea of a superhero Rag Pet -being a bit of a comics & superheroes geek myself- rolling around my head for a long while now, so it's super to have a special something to make it for. And of course it would be absolutely awesome to have my work published in Stuffed!
Onward and upward! :)

To the future!

Now that we've entered a new year, and a new decade at that, it's time to look into the future. I've lots of plans for this year, both big ones and little ones, and it's exciting to have a new, shiny year ahead of me.

I occasionally find it hard to muster up the energy and motivation to do things and I was a little disappointed in how little I got done last year. So, in an effort to keep creating and to get things done this year, I made myself a chart to keep a log of all the days I do something creative, be it sewing, taking photos, drawing or even making a quick doodle to jot down an idea. Every day I create, I get to colour in on my chart and I hope it will be a riot of colour with nary a white square to be seen by the end of the year!

I'm also thinking about the future of Rag Pets, and I truly hope to finally get a shop up and running this year, our bookcase is fairly bursting with Rag Pets eager to move to new homes!
I also just re-drew my base Rag Pet pattern, the old one was in rather bad shape after years of use. While at it, I thought about trying something similar I did with the rag-snowflakes, and maybe drawing patterns for Rag Pets completely freehand. I really liked the sketch-like, more organic looking quality doing patterns that way gives and it's something I'd like to translate to the rest of my work too.

I'm really looking forward to the rest of this year and what it might bring!

Well, hello there 2010!

The first day of the new year, and the new decade, has been sunny, frosty and beautiful here.

We bid goodbye to 2009 and rang in the new year by sitting on our sofa and watching the fireworks outside and then going to bed after midnight. If our New Year's celebration had been any more sedate, I'm afraid we would have slept through the whole day! We're not much for big parties and such, so simply watching telly, eating yummy food and spending time together was the perfect way to say farewell to the old year and welcome in the new one for us.

This is what the year 2009 looked like for me.
It wasn't all super and roses, but looking back, it was a great year all in all. I wish I had gotten the Rag Pet shop up and running (this is something I hope to accomplish this year), and I wish I had had more motivation and energy to make more, to do more. I'm glad that the past year bought with it lots new & amazing things, wonderful experiences, so much happiness and so much love.

My favourite thing to do on the first day of the new year is to fill in my new calendar. It's a great way to look back on the past year, and to see all the untold potential that the year ahead holds and I'm hoping the year twenty ten will be filled with creativity, energy, and wonder.

I wish 2010 and this new decade will be awesome for all of you! :)