It's Obi-Wan Kenobi Amigurumi! Also my Paré Freddie's belated birthday present. I'm a little over a week late but I think once he sees this it will be okay. It was hard deciding what to make since Yoda was already taken so owner of Yoda #1 suggested the cool Obi-Wan (original) and it was perfect!

Obi-Wan took me over a week to make him and got 3 blisters from it - mainly also I was making Yoda #3 for Gerry and our crafty swap. So it will be awhile before another amigurumi project comes along, my calluses need healing.

This is also the most detailed amigurumi crated so far, with the most detailed outfit with facial hair and my own attempt at "hair" which isn't really much of an attempt. And oh... an amethyst Swarovski encrusted blue lightsabre. I am grateful to Sammi at Geek Central Station for sharing her "Human Amigurumi" pattern.

Now if we want to talk about details you really must visit her site, it's filled with her many inspirational and highly detailed amigurumi figures from her latest Ghostbuster to Gandalf. And you'll see how I am an influenced follower.

Tags: Amigurumi, star wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi

Requests to make more Yodas, I had. Hmmmmmm.

This is version number 2 made and you can see there is some progress in my crocheting skills. I've also made just adjustments to his costume and included a hood and a sash.

Due to the unavailability of my sewing machine, I actually sewed Yoda's robe by hand. So it took longer than usual to create this look. It is worth is because, most adorable cute, he is.

Owner of Yoda number 1 found out today that I made *gasp* another Yoda thus rendering his no longer exclusive and needless to say, disappointed. But really relieved that it was not for anyone he knew, so I made a deal with him that I would not make another Yoda for anyone in the industry and that made him happier plus the fact that I will make him Mace Windu sometime in the future.

I found a Jedi Name Generator - amusing it is. Hmmmmmm.

Tags: Amigurumi, star wars, yoda

Tammy asked me to sew her a bag and she knew exactly what she wanted. She brought me wine and cream drill fabric and this tutorial. We made some cutomisations to it too so that it would fit her perfectly. Also she asked to make it reversible and it was okay if it wasn't but I usually like a challenged so I agreed to try.

Then I screwed it up. First I squared off the wrong corners so I had to cut off the straps... then after completing it, I noticed a dirty smudge on the cream fabric so I thought I'd try to rinse that out. So that got the bag wet and realised OHNO! The colour from the dark wine-coloured fabric was coming off and staining the cream fabric!! !@#$%^&*!

Of course I felt terrible so I made her another one with my own stash and to the colour combination she had originally wanted but could not find. She was really happy when she saw the picture message I sent, so we'll see if she is still happy tomorrow when she gets it. Dad actually liked it very much too and Mum said she would like one in black and white - saying it would be perfect for traveling.

One of the ideas I've been thinking about was to revisit the first thing I sewed this year - the PSP case. So here we have a re-designed prototype. It's quilted for protection with details (to be further developed) to appeal to all gamers. It's got a neat little snap for safe keeping. This is my first time quilting and i'm liiiiiking it.

Will also be working on Nintendo DS cases too. Coming to my etsy store soon in many colours!

Tags: Quilt, PSP

My etsy store girl*e is now stocked with chic frenchy bags!

New bag designs are coming soon! So bookmark my etsy store and keep checking in!

Tags: Etsy, online store, frenchy bags