Miss M and Little M - two little chooks

Thank you chooks and thank you mollychicken for the darling pattern.  It's been a wonderful evening's sewing!  I wasn't looking for a pattern, but I am so pleased I found it as everything else just then fell into place.

Miss M is a very yellow chook, with a bright tastes and worthy of a little decorative stitching. 

A very orange beak...

and wide, wide button eyes.

She has spotty wings,

and bright blue hair!

She came together in less than an hour.

Little M, lives (part-time) in her egg.

A pretty egg, which nestles safely in Miss M's starry pouch.

Miss M needs a little substance, we will be going shopping tomorrow... but for now I think that she and Little M look very content together.

For proper instructions, follow mollychicken's link above: I've just truly enjoyed the making!

Panic, whilst the Dobe sleeps

I have block!

At this rate the 10 yr old will be 11 before she has thank you cards to write and, more importantly, my dear friend Miss M is off on maternity leave next Tuesday and its not that I can't think of anything to make, its that I have an increasing pile of half-mades all looking at me!

I am making in uninspired "surely this will be the one" desperation; on the plus side, I have at least two potential presents for my mother (she says with cheeky grin!)

Miss M was our new chook's original mum; little red hen no.2, far right.  Chooks, chooks, chooks... they're all I can think about but, given that she's rehomed her last one with me partly due to her new arrival, I can't decide if anything chook-related would be suitable.  I think attempt no. 4 (?!?) needs to be something poultry, if only to get it out of my system!

The Dobe, in the meantime, is feeling my pain, I'm sure...  We call her Kanga for her bouncy nature, but that tail's not far off either!

Another year older...

well not just yet; I have 2 more hours before it becomes official!  But the 9 yr old is now the 10 yr old and I can hardly believe it; who would have thought 10 years would fly by so quickly, or that I would feel as muddled now by motherhood as I did then!  Certainty, in motherhood, I have decided is not an option; but hope is.  I hope the 10 yr old is as happy with her mother as her mother is with her.  She can have her moments, and there's work still to be done, but looking at her this weekend I could just burst with pride - not a bad birthday present at all!

Ooh the excitement!!

Patience was rewarded and both the petticoat and bloomers arrived today... beautifully packaged on both counts, it felt a little like Christmas! 

The bloomers fit perfectly but are so baggy at the seat that they look quite ridiculous; I don't mind admitting that they make me smile and a little ditzy!  The lace at the bottoms of the legs is just beautiful and in extraordinary condition.

The petticoat is just divine!  Too small at the waist as I knew, but I will add ribbons to tie it, I don't want to mess with the gather at the waistband.  It is very full and sits under my fantail skirt very nicely; adding real fullness to the front of the skirt.  I will need to use horsehair braid on the hem of the skirt, but that's no great shame; I am secretly pleased to get the chance to try this out!  And although lightly stained, the petticoat looks lovely, the construction is amazing and there are no tears or holes.  It is a beautiful piece of sewing, I could almost be tempted to wear it as a skirt...

And no... I couldn't resist a can-can moment, but the legs seriously need a tan!!

I'm getting impatient with being patient!

But my bloomers have gone through customs and my petticoat is somewhere over the Atlantic!