You may remember that some time ago I sent off for a pack of Umbrella Prints trimmings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had in mind that I would enter their competition<\/a>, more for the challenge than with any expectation of winning. I thought it would give me a little creative kick up the backside.<\/p>\n

Well, I waited rather a long time for the trimmings to appear.<\/p>\n

When they did, they were exceedingly small: those fluoro pink bits are about an inch long!<\/p>\n

So anyway, I blogged about my good intentions. I played about with the pretty bits a couple of times, arranging and rearranging them on my work table.<\/p>\n

And then I put them to one side and promptly forgot about them.<\/p>\n

Until yesterday.<\/p>\n

When I decided that I really ought<\/em> to do what I said<\/em> I would do, and make them into something for the competition.<\/p>\n

Finding myself almost out of time (the deadline is 30th May) and completely<\/em> out of creative inspiration, I sat and fiddled with them for some time.\u00a0I arranged and rearranged them on my work table. Again.<\/p>\n

But then, rather than put them to one side, eventually a plan emerged.<\/p>\n

Something familiar, but on a much smaller scale…<\/p>\n

<\/a>Apologies for the state of these photos by the way, but I have once again (potentially fatally) misplaced my camera. I am hoping it turns up tomorrow in time to take some decent photos for the competition.<\/p>\n

My mini-make is a little different from it’s bigger cousins. I’ve added a bit of embroidery (hand and machine). And the mouse is a finger puppet!<\/p>\n

To give an idea of scale, the cat is about seven inches tall, and the mouse is two-and-a-half inches.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I’ve used the fabrics from the umbrella prints pack plus thread, press studs for eyes, and a couple of tiny flower embellishments, oh – and stuffing. That’s all.<\/p>\n

You are allowed to add other fabrics, but I chose not to. That was my creative challenge – to make whatever I made exclusively from the trimmings fabrics. The back is a patchwork of all the other bits sewn together. There wasn’t much left, I can tell you.<\/p>\n

So meet Minnie Cat and Even-Minnier Mouse.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I wonder if I could make them any smaller<\/em> next time? \u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n

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