Pink Cat

I made this on Christmas night for my niece. Because of the sleep deprivation on Boxing Day I totally forgot to take a photo of her backside, on which I attempted my first ever hand stitched embroidery. I did a fancy E for her name.

I initially called her Pink Cat because I'm nothing if not original but Jasper rejected that and called her Colourful Cat.

 
The googly eyes were a bit of an experiment and someone (RicRac maybe?) gave the tip of using tooth-threader to really hold them in place. They're stitched on but then I used some threader and tied them off on the back.

How good is my blanket stitching these days! (Especially considering I was doing it at around 1am on Boxing Day...

Her belly is this gorgeous fabric (maybe a Prints Charming?) that I just adore - it's all oranges and yellows and greens with fairies and love hearts. I fussy cut this bit to get the gorgeous fairy on her tummy as well as some love hearts.

At first I thought it was a dud gift as another relative had given her this life-like cat which purrs and meows and probably makes breakfast but then I discovered she has been taking her to bed every night and well, I'm just tickled pink.

Here's the dress