Inspiration please?

Greetings,

I was just imagining this morning that, it's winter and snowing heavily outside, and I am sitting in front of the fire place on a rocking chair, rocking to and fro near the hearth. My cat magster is sitting on my lap and I am feeling his smooth fur and the warmth of his body as I am stroking him gently.

But, in reality, it's neither snowing nor I am sitting in front of the fire place. I am sitting on the swing in my varenda swaying forward and backward all alone without my cat leafing through the pages of these story books to get some inspiration for my next project. What happened to my cat? Where is he? That's the story for another day. 

Today I would like to share some pictures of some of my favorite story books, which has beautiful illustrations.

This time I am thinking about bunnies and Beatrix Potter's books are full of bunnies and other woodland animals, one will absolutely fall in love with. Both children and adults can enjoy the tales by Beatrix Potter. I am Lucky to own this book. 'Peter Rabbit' is one of her famous stories. 

I have retold the the story through my dolls. If you like to read it you can visit this link http://revathiakshay.blogspot.in/2014/04/peter-rabbit.html

If you like to make your own Peter Rabbit dolls, follow this link. I have made the patterns for these dolls. http://revathiakshay.blogspot.in/2014/04/tales-of-peter-rabbit-knitting-pattern.html

You can also read the story of  'The Tale of Tom Kitten' if you love cats. http://revathiakshay.blogspot.in/2014/05/tale-of-tom-kitten.html

The free pattern for The Tale of Tom kitten is available here: http://revathiakshay.blogspot.in/2014/05/three-little-kittens-mittens-moppet-and.html

Kenneth Grahame's 'The wind in the Willow's' is a lovely book. Inga Moore has illustrated it beautifully! An adventurous story of these woodland folks! 

I recently ordered 'Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas' by Alison Uttley from Amazon. This is her first book I am buying and planning to buy a few more books hopefully some time in future. I am yet to read the book, and I know I will love it! It's illustrated by Margaret Tempest! I love the illustrations!

Below are some Racey Help's illustrations. Fantastic illustrations! Unfortunately I don't own any of his books. He has written many children's books and illustrated them himself. Hope to buy some of his books in future. May be someone's out there, can gift me these books 😜😋

 

So many books to inspire me. Did I get any ideas for my next project? You will find out soon.

Until then,

Revs!

A jolly dolly day!

Greetings!

A new cafe has opened in Joy street! Beautiful outdoor, indoor restaurant and a perfect place to relax! 

Since the time mummy heard about this restaurant, she is not at all interested in cooking. She is eagerly waiting for Daddy to get home, so that she can come up with some excuse for not cooking and drag him to this cool place.

Daddy, has already heard about this place and planning to give a big surprise to mummy by taking her out to dine in this heavenly restaurant. 

As soon as dad returned home, mum need not make any excuse. He told her to get ready and mum already new where they were going. 

Between this little rascal, is all excited to go out to a new place and have a lot of fun! 

The cafe is made out of card board. It's a 3 D puzzle. As soon as I saw this I was so excited to buy the puzzle. Then I was so tempted to make these miniature felt dolls. As always I enjoyed making the background and taking the pictures.

I have bought two more 3D puzzles and I have to figure out something for those.

You all have a wonderful day!

Will be back soon 😀!

🙋🏻

Revv!

Baby Bunting.

Greetings!

My next project based on the nursery rhymes, is here,

This is my knitted version of Baby Bunting.

This cute little baby doll is designed by Dolly times designer Windy Philips. This is a free pattern available on her website. www.flutterbypatch.com

This is a baby shower gift to one of my friends who is expecting a baby!

Happy knitting!

Love❤️

Revs!

Jack and Jill.

Greetings!

One of my colleagues requested me to knit a pair of dolls, a boy and a girl either sitting or standing together. So, I decided to knit Jack and Jill.

This is made from one of Jean Greenhowe's books called, 'Favorite dolls and toys'. I enjoyed making these, I hope my colleague will like these as well!

Will be back soon!

Love!

Revs!

Mrs. Tittle mouse.

Greetings!

Among all the stories of Beatrix Potter Mrs. Tittle Mouse is my favorite. Mrs. Tittle Mouse is very hard working, organized and disciplined mouse. She loves keeping things in order and maintaining a clean and tidy home. 

This is made out of fabric and I have used fabric paint to paint the doll. The doll fits snugly in this tiny bag, which is also painted.

I love these beautiful illustrations by the author. 

I just fell in love with this beautiful cottage of Mrs. Tittle mouse. 

These pictures show how much Mrs. Tittle Mouse care about cleanliness.

COCKROACHES! Nobody can tolerate them including  Mrs. Tittle Mouse.

She is getting rid of SPIDERS!

Even BEES are not entertained.

When Mr. Jackson visits unexpectedly, she is cleaning his foot marks. 

Few more un-invited guests.....

Finally she got to sit down and take rest....

Mrs. Mouse definitely deserves a party! She is keeping everything ready for a grand party and ball dancing..... Only her friends are invited of-course!

🐀 Happy crafting!

       Revs!

Fern the Waldorf style doll

Fern!

Greetings!

Meet this little girl Fern! She is a Waldorf doll! I always wanted to make a Waldorf style doll, and finally, this is my first Waldorf style doll. This is designed by the Dolly time designer, Windy Philips. I really enjoyed making this doll. 

Fern lives in the woods and loves to collect some wild flowers in her little basket......

I just can't wait to start my next project........ Stay tuned........

Regards!

Revs!

Mary had a little Lamb

Greetings,
Finally, I am back with my latest project after a long  time. These last three months were quite hectic, moving to a new place, settling down etc, now I also have a day job. But in spite of a busy life style I kept knitting in my free time.
Knitting and reading in my office bus while travelling to work is a fun thing. I finished this nursery themed doll.
This doll is based on a famous nursery rhyme, 'Mary had a little lamb'. As usual, this cute pattern is from one of Jean Greenhowe's books called 'Favorite toys and dolls'.
I am very happy that I chose this project. This is sure to bring a smile on people's faces.
Will be back soon with my next project which is almost ready.

Happy crafting!
Revs.