A few weeks ago, shortly before the April Crafting Marathon of Doom started, I found this video for making animals out of gloves on the Martha Stewart website. The girl who runs a blog I check from time to time called Homemade by Jill made an adorable bunny using these directions. When I was at a grocery store with my mom yesterday, I saw a pair of gloves of $1 and instantly thought: "Glove dog!" Before April started and I became craft obsessed, I probably wouldn't have even remembered the idea of glove animals. But now...every free second I have, my brain is full of felt and glue.

Unfortunately, the gloves weren't the right kind. They had the thumb offset into the palm. You know the kind. Well, that made my project turn out a little wonky because I didn't have a straight side and had to overstitch to compensate. Plus, the head didn't turn out right. Partially for the same reason, but also because I had to cut off the cuff and then the whole thing was a little too small. But since I didn't cut the cuff off the one that made the body, when I went to sew the head on, it had a giraffe neck. To fix that, I folded down the cuff and stitched the head to the middle. The ears are pointing in odd angles, so it looks nothing like a dog, even when I fold them over, so I didn't bother pinning them down. So. It's a little alien creature. And I actually really like her.



I think the kicked-out leg makes her look saucy. I embraced her essential wonkiness and gave her mismatched, but super girly eyes.



I named her Georgia because I watched a few episodes of "Designing Women" (takes place in Atlanta, theme song is "Georgia On My Mind") and an episode of "Futurama" with the Harlem Globetrotters (constant whistling of "Sweet Georgia Brown") while I made her. I think she looks like she'd be into poetry and Elliot Smith.

Tonight John and I babysat our nephews with my mom. My "thing" for today feels a little like cheating: an afternoon of fingerpainting and bookmark making. I'm putting up pics in the gallery.

Labels: family., sewing/crafting.

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