My parents came by to visit on Monday and that gave me just enough time to quickly sew together some legs for Monty the Bronte (pronounced "Bron-tee", heh heh). I used the same fabric as the one for Spike's belly which is nice and colourful. I had to hand-stitch the legs to the body again and opted not to use buttons for any detailing (choking hazards, as I mentioned in my earlier blog) but it really would have been nice to have pop-out eyes. Since the polka dot fabric is so busy, the grey thread I used to embroider Monty's eyes just doesn't stand out enough. Perhaps I should have gone darker, like black. Oh well. Grey eyes, just like Adam's.
I continued work on Monty in the evening after Adam went to bed and just as I was about to sew up the last seam on Monty's belly I remembered that I had initially planned to put a bell inside. But where the heck was I going to find a bell at 9:45pm? Forget it, I was tired and my fingers were sore from hand-stitching and I was just sooo close to being finished. Well, with 10 extra stitches I was. And I'm happy with it.
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| Whoops, wasn't careful and got the seams on crooked! |
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