Speedwell

Speedwell 1; created in May 2008 and 5 inches high; embroidered, felt, eyes, which all my early cats had. Went to a very good home in Edinburgh on the 5th June 2008!

Close-up - looking a much deeper blue for some reason

Speedwell 2; 6 inches high, July 2008. Started life as a standing cat but changed into a sitting one! As with Buttercup, I think I should change the name to that of a blue and yellow flower, or use cream for the contrasting colour, more like actual Speedwell flowers. Of course, sometimes the colours are just an approximation, but I like to get as close as possible! There aren't that many true blue flowers around - most seem to be closer to shades of violet.

Speedwell flowers

Buttercup

My first standing cat (at least, the first one which worked out properly!); 5 inches high, created in July 2008. I think the next cats this colour will be named either Tansy or Marigold as a buttercup is a paler yellow - somewhat paler than I'd remembered! I can't really change this one's name though because she has already appeared on one or two other websites!

Buttercup flower

Clover

Clover arrived in May 2008; nearly 7 inches tall and quite slender. My later cats are much chunkier!

Clover kitten, also May 2008 - just 3 and a half inches tall. She has grown pink claws since this photo was taken!

A clover flower

Fuchsia

Just under 6 inches high, Fuchsia came into being in June 2008. I would prefer to use the proper 'cats' eyes' for all my cats (like the cats in my previous two blogs) but I have such a lot of round 'teddy bear' eyes to use up that I can't really waste them all. Anyway, a friend told me that the round eyes look fine so I feel better about them now!

Fuchsia flowers

Lucky

I've made two black cats called Lucky so far. This is the first one created in May 2008; 6 inches high; the first one of my cats to have a crocheted nose rather than a felt or an embroidered one. Since then I have made them all with crocheted noses as they seem to look better!

'Lucky 2'; 6 inches high; created in July 2008. I am beginning to make many of my cats with this 'wistful' mouth as I think it looks a lot better than the 'smiling' one. ('Lucky 2' has now gone to live happily in Edinburgh, along with Rosie, Poppy, Fuzzy and Speedwell!)

Felicia

I'll start off this new blog with a photo of Felicia who is nearly 6 inches tall, with glass eyes (I think these were some of the ones I bought on Ebay and which came from America). She was created in May, 2008.

I couldn't find a flower which was blue and cream, but I liked the name 'Felicia' and the colour seemed to match both the blue and the orange eyes, so that has stuck.

Felicia flowers

Maybe next time I'll make the contrasting colour orange rather than cream, to fit the flower shades a bit better!
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