The next generation

I have made these four Pretty Ugly Creatures over the last two weeks. The first two are twins, Saami and Salma. They will be delivered to a baby shower on Saturday for a woman who is having twins, a boy and a girl. Then there's Peenot, a gift for a boy whose dog has died. The last one in the row is Pembe Pembe. You'll see them featured individually once their stories have been recorded.

A crocodile in fox clothing

Argh! Luckily I used scraps to try out a new pattern. Epic fail. The fox looks like a crocodile. A orange but happy crocodile. So, I have obviously trashed this pattern.
Although, I must say, he does have a certain charm.

Starting fresh, with new fabric

I am so glad I went out eventually to buy new fabric. Now I can make those 'girly' PrettyUgly Creatures that I have been promising everyone. I don't know why it is that all the 'girly' PrettyUgly Creatures were sold out and I have been left with a bunch of boys in the cupboard (closet ;-)

The Mandela 27

The Mandela 27 are: Braam, Hellin, Clawde, Raymund, Hannah, Qwin, Bulan, Howeird, Rickardo, Noa, Forgil, Basteen, Flawrens, Backster, Emanli, Bibi, Bathfellow, Cyprus, Farbeejaan, Joeseyf, Gruhere, Ja-nee, Buyron, Franco, Jones, Bakkies and Christeefur.

Leaving home for a new home

Cherly is living with Tatum

Imagine my surprise when my sister-in-law shows me a PrettyUgly sitting in a little girl's room in the VISI magazine. Hoe oulik is dit nou! I hope Cherly and Tatum are having some great adventures together.

The girl who loved Fellmaa

A sweet little girl, about 9-12 years old (I can never really tell. Some 13 years olds look 18 to me), with blonde, frizzy hair and a cute smile, picked up Fellmaa and held her and then looked at some other PrettyUglys. But somehow, for some strange reason, she had fallen in love with Fellmaa. She told her mother she wanted her, and her mother said: Jammer, dis te duur. The little girl just stood there holding Fellmaa, her mother said: Vra jou Pa. As mothers often do. I promised her I would keep Fellmaa aside until the afternoon. And they left. A half hour later she returned with her aunt. The little girl picked up Fellmaa and hugged her tight and the aunt said: Nee, jammer. Some time passes and at last the father comes to meet Fellmaa. OMW, he thinks it's so ugly, he can't spend money on this thing. Disappointed the little girl left again. Two hours later, the father and the little girl returned. The girl was so happy, grabbed Fellmaa and skipped around with her. The father handed over his credit card and said: Ek moet dit maar koop. Sy is so velief op die ding, ek verstaan dit nie, maar ek sien nou hoe gelukkig sy is. I thanked him for making his daughter happy. For making me happy, because my heart was so sore when I saw how disappointed she was. I thought he was the most wonderful man I had met that day, a man who could understand happiness, and wanted his daughter to know joy. M'wah!