MARMITE.......

This is my neighbour two doors down cat, she is a rescue cat and has only been with Michelle for a few months.

All of a sudden she seems to have formed a liking for me!....As the weather has been better I have left the french doors open...and there she is..! She is a fairly old cat so quite slow in climbing and jumping...I put her out the front and twenty minuites later there she is ...waiting at the back door. The above photo was taken at seven in the morning...

Michelle says splash her with water...Oh... I cant do that....but my shooing and telling her to leave me alone does nothing to put her off...she is around me at every opportunity!!!

Somehow this reminds me of when I met Colin....he pestered me..texted me...kept on at me...and in the end I was quite rude to him...The more I told him to p....off and leave me alone the more he looked at me with adoration...and said "I know you don't mean it you like me really."In the end I had a coffee with him just to shut him up......and here we are a year and a half later.

The thing is ...not only do I haveMarmite...but Michelle's fifteen year old son Damien as well....I told her I think her family were moving in with me.... She said it was nice and peaceful without them!

SKULL HAND BAG.............

I have spent a good part of today making this bag...mainly because I wanted it just right and couldn't decide quite which fabrics to use...I had it in my head and made it up as I went along...Therefore I can not make another exactly the same...

So.. a one-off bag ,made from upholstery velvet...lined in red standard lining material.

The skull printed onto t-shirt fabric.. I sewed it to the front and cut out all the squiggly lines...leaving it with a great texture...The t-shirt fabric does not fray.

The base is fake black leather..as are the handles and binding around the top.

It has in inside pocket..a strengthened base and a zip....

This is the top ...I love it...if no one buys it I'm keeping it !

FANG..THE WITCHES CAT...

Is 'Fang' a cat or dog name?....It suits this cat for obvious reasons.....A toy..cushion or decoration.....He is made from fake suede fabric...I sewed on a hand printed skull and wings.... I made his neck longer and his tail a bendy shape...I used my cat cushion pattern...but these slight changes make all the difference.

I am looking forward to designing my outfit for Halloween...we had a great party here last year ...I have asked Colin to get the Cauldron out of the loft...A full size one...We have things to plan.....all very exciting!

SHABBY'S HOUSE OF HORRORS.....

WITCH DOLLS........WITCH BAG.......

Hubble bubble toil and trouble....

I thought I would make a start on some things for Halloween....Not that witches are just for that time of year...to me...like angels they are for all year round.

I spent most of my young childhood either dressed in my mums petticoats pretending to be an angel, jumping off the stairs flapping my arms in an attempt to fly....or wearing a witches cloak and hat jumping around the garden...in an attempt to fly!

As an adult I still would love to be like Samantha from 'Bewitched'...Oh to be able to wiggle my nose and get my housework done!

I would have loved this witch as a child...my favorite colour.There is nothing on this doll to hurt a little one...all the elements are firmly stitched on....But she would be great for a decoration, or an adult doll. I put a close up of her face so you can see her better. I am pleased with her boots...fake leather...I threaded them with purple cotton yarn......Oh I think she is so groovy....

A bag for a little witch...made from curtain weight fabric, the handles are really firmly sewn on.

The picture is a print I sewed on...I used wool for hair and felt for her hat. I threaded hair bands on the handles onto which I sewed stars and sequins.

A cool little witch made from two prints...one for the back..the other for the front... I sewed them up and stuffed her adding wool hair and felt hat .