Minisofties

These minis are somewhere between 12-15 centimeter. Although usually the smaller a softie is, the more difficult my job can be, I loved sewing these ones.

First two doggies for a grandma in Austria. They were her beloved Chihuahuas, called Hexi and Speedy, and this is the way her granddaughter saw them when she was a little girl.

This is Dashiell's unique black and neon green man, which is now a special piece in a collection of little "dolls". We loved the idea of this oversized head with a tiny body - and the stars and moon could find their place on the body. My favourite detail was the small creature with flaming hair flying up in the wind. And it is such a good feeling to find a nice solution for difficult details like this.

This monkey was a big favourite of mine - it was for an adult's birthday from a drawing that was done as a child. Quite obviously I used shades of brown, added a tail, and I was so happy to read Richard's email: "That is really fantastic - just how I had hoped it would be!"

Mini firkababák ide-oda. Emlék kiskutyák egy osztrák nagyinak karácsonyra, ahogy annak idején látta őket az unokája. Három darab prototípust varrtam belőlük, mire olyanok lettek (nagyjából...), ahogyan szerettem volna.

Izgi kisember Amerikába, egy mini figurákból álló gyűjteménybe. Legnagyobb büszkeségem az volt, mikor kitaláltam, hogyan lehet a feje tetején kapaszkodó még minibb lény karját megcsinálni úgy, hogy szép legyen, de meg is tartsa a testét.

És végül egy angol kismajom, aki hatalmas szerelem volt!

Mum and her baby

This was probably the project I shared with my youngest co-artist. He was a a little over one year old when he drew his impression of his mum, who was pregnant with his sister. It was the sister who asked me to turn the drawing into a softie for their mum for Christmas. And she was my other co-artist - she made a beautiful sketch with her ideas! She did not want a black and white softie, it would have been too harsh in her opinion, so we decided to use some nice beige canvas and charcoal cotton. She asked me to sew a pear shaped body for the mum, a spherical body (head..?) for the baby, and to make movable arms and legs for both of them. But I think my favourite detail of all was the hands: knot like palms with fingers made of waxed string. I was grateful for this order - special softie, special customer :-)

Egyik nagy kedvencem. Nagyon kedves megrendelő, nagyon különleges rajzzal, nagyon konkrét elképzelésekkel. Ami lehetett volna rémisztő is, de most inkább inspiráló volt. Gyönyörű vázlatot kaptam a lánytól - ő csüng a mamája pocakján, ez az öccse rajza úgy egyéves korából, mikor megtudta hogy a mamája újra babát vár. A lány pontosan leírta, lerajzolta, hogyan képzeli a részleteket, a formákat, az anyagokat. Én pedig előbányásztam a régi lenvászon-készletem, bejártam a boltokat a megfelelő árnyalatú végtag-anyagért, és kikísérleteztem a lehető leghűbb szabásmintákat. Tetszett neki a végeredmény :-)

Elf shift

Slowly getting back to my blog - new year, new softies. These 3 toys were made for 3 sisters. Jamie told his daughters he had sent their drawings to the elves to make softies from them, and that Santa would deliver them on Christmas day. And he did!

Kezdjük az új évet ha nem is 13, de 3 firkababával, akik 3 testvért vártak karácsonykor a fa alatt. A legkisebb még pici ahhoz, hogy rajzoljon, de a nővérei nagylelkűen magukra vállalták a feladatot, ők rajzolták a csillogó fejű sárga cicát a legkisebb tesónak.

Elephanty

Elephanty was drawn by James and this is what I learnt about the drawing from his mum's letter:

'The drawing was inspired by a story of several blind mice who examine different parts of an elephant and each one comes to a very different conclusion about what kind of an animal an elephant is, based on its examination of only one small part of the animal.  Here is what James himself told me about the drawing:

I drew an elephant. The snake's its trunk because is kind of glossy. The big fat thing is his body. The two pipe cleaners twisted together is the tail. My favorite part is how long I made the trunk, because the trunk goes out of the picture and it's supposed to. My least favorite part is how I scribble-scrabbled on my legs. I wish I had done more solid coloring on the fan and the legs. But the fan still looks really pretty. There were five blind mice. The first one thought the legs were pillars. The second one thought the tail was rope. The third one thought the trunk was a big snake. The fourth one thought the ear was a big fan. The fifth one ran and ran and ran and ran across its back and he thought it was an elephant. I wouldn't change anything.'

James lerajzolta a mesebeli elefántot, ahogyan a vak kisegerek elképzelték őt. A mamájának pedig annyira tetszett a rajz, hogy firkababát kért belőle a karácsonyfa alá. Külön kérte, hogy a fül mindenképpen legyezőszerű legyen, az ormányt pedig hagyjam hosszúra. Az a kis kékség a rajzon a lábak között az ég!

Christmassies

Some softies for Xmas. First a brown doggie for Ella in Ireland:

A butterfly and rainbow for two nieces in Hong Kong:

Bat Boy for Luke in America:

A special drawing - the head was made by the mother, the body was drawn by the father, and the whole softie is for their baby:

Michela's favourite cat to Rome:

And another Italian softie, a smiling baby girl for the artist:

I was asked to add the artist's name on the back of the softie. I couldn't resist adding it in a funny way...

Karácsonyi előzetes.

'My laughing brother'

Long, long time ago there was a little boy, who drew this fantastic picture of his laughing brother. This boy is now a man and becoming a father - this will be a gift from his brother for this special occasion.

Egyszer egy kisfiú lerajzolta a nevető bátyját. Ez a fiú ma már felnőtt, és pont Mikulásra várja az első babája megszületését. Ebből az alkalomból kapja a tesójától ezt a firkababát.