My take on Staffordshire figures

Meet Cat...

Machine embroidered and embellished on to felt

Lion in progress...

This is the beginning of my new project. The felt vessels have turned upside down! Its still a bit of a mystery what to do with him now as he is hollow at the moment. He could be filled or I might try giving him a base so it stands on its own. More characters to come...

Catch up!

I've got a little bit behind with my posting so here's a catch up of the work I made to resolve my experiments with vessels...