Hello Kitty fabric in the mail

As someone who loves Hello Kitty and pretty fabric I was excited to hear that Liberty of London and Sanrio were collaborating. Unfortunately by the time we visited the UK and went to Liberty's they had sold out of everything in the range except a huge mound of memo blocks! I managed to find a nice Hello Kitty and Liberty pen in a Waterstones bookshop in London so I left the UK happy that I had at least one thing from the Hello Kitty, Liberty collection.

When I got home I had a look to see what, if anything, from the collection was available to buy online. I found a cute plush Hello Kitty in a liberty print dress on ebay, but nowhere seemed to have the fabric. Every website had sold out. So I then searched on Etsy for Hello Kitty Liberty fabric and came across Colchique. She makes bags and children's clothes including this baby kimono made with Hello Kitty Liberty fabric. I wrote to her to ask if she had any offcuts of this fabric that she didn't need and she replied saying that she did. I bought her offcuts and they arrived today in the post making me the proud owner of the above selection of Hello Kitty fabric!

Flo

Here she is! I gave up on the idea of sewing a dress - I couldn't get my head round it and my friend was busy and I just wanted to get her finished. I'll sew a dress for another amigurumi. But anyway I'm really happy with her crocheted outfit she's so stylish! She is for sale in my etsy shop and you can see more photos there or on my Flickr account. If you're reading this blog then leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Cao :)

Dress Making?

So - I've noticed that I start nearly all my blogs with 'so'! Anyway, she is finished - all that is needed is to make the dress, and that is where I'm stuck. I had a go at drawing some ideas and kind of thought about making some paper patterns - but I really haven't got a clue how to do it, so I'll wait to hear back from my friend and see if she'll help me later on this week.

Pretty Patterns

So here is the fabric I plan to use to make some kind of top/dress for my still un-named amigurumi. It's from Liberty of London. I haven't got any further in deciding when and how I'm going to make this dress - but when I do I'll let you know.

Making progress

So this is her so far - she still doesn't have a name. I have some really nice fabric that I want to use to make a top for her - it's from Liberty of London so hopefully soon I can show you some progress being made on that - we'll see! I used eyelash yarn again to make her hair - funky fur by Sidar and actually it was easier to use than some of the other eyelash yarn I have tried.

New Project

So this is my latest project - she doesn't have a name yet, we will see how she turns out. I'm thinking of trying to sew her some clothes instead of the clothes being part of the amigurumi - but I need help from a friend, never made a pattern before. We'll see how it goes!

box of bits

a box of bits is essential for every kind of crafter! amongst other things, in my box you can see a variety of eyes which I buy from Enami Eyes and some patterned fabric from Liberty of London.