Cat Photo Story

Nom

Nom nom

Wait...

Whats he looking at?

Can I come out to play?

Ohh

Woh

Ohhh...

Nom

I change my mind, it's scary out here

Oh... dank, dark corner

Here looks secluded

Pots these look safe

Hey, what you doing over here?

I'll just hide in this corner under this nettle plant

What is he thinking?

Arghh the sun it blinds

Whats that?

This way

Now this way

Faster

Oi you should be following me

This way

No this way

Look at me I look like a racoon!

Whats that?

What you looking at?

Whats this for?

Whats this?

Nom

WHAT?

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Cat jackets were remade following my first attempt. I changed the pattern making bits thinner and adding length where needed to suit each cat. I think Flynn's blue jacket makes him look rather fetching, his is made from some of his 'Dads' old pyjamas and Inara's one is made from an old pyjama top of mine.

Baby leggings

I really wanted to make some legging for my niece as my Mum had given me some of her old nighties in really lovely jersey fabrics. I only managed one in the end and here it is:

Cute baby leggings

This fabric is sweet the other fabric was baby pink with white polka dots! This is the first time I've used the double needle that came with the sewing machine it makes it look very professional. It was this tutorial that really made me want to have a go.

First time using a double needle

Wedding Gift

This is the wedding gift I made for my Boyfriend's Sister, who was married this July!

Cyclist Button Birthday Card

I'm really proud of this card! I got the button at a craft fair at Bluewater in their new events venue. I brought quite a few buttons, I spent ages picking them as there were so many and they all look so good. They have an online store which I haven't used yet but I think I will as they look really good on cards! Their web address is customlaser.co.uk. They even have a ukulele one which I had to get as my partner has 4 ukuleles, which he loves more than anything.

Kitties

Here is Inara!!! I think she is all grown up now, she is 10 months! She was poorly in November but she is all better now, bless her! I love how her eyes are almost green, some times I think she looks a bit like an Egyptian Mau - probably only because I know there is a bit Egyptian Mau in Bengal cats.

And Flynn... he is a cutie. He looks like a full size cat but he is still small, he is 7 months now!!! He is a bit of a scaredy cat if you sneak up on him me literally jumps out of his skin today he jumped like 3 foot in the air when he got spooked! I think he scares visitors as when he gets scared it looks like they are being horrible - I have to reassure people that he's easily startled.

Flynn's Operations

Yes that's right it's a plural. I took him to be neutered and that night after getting him home it was obvious he needed to go back! So I'm thinking that they'll just push it all back in (that was the problem what ever they had done was coming back out the wounds as they don't stitch them up). So when the vet said I had to leave him with them again I think she wasn't sure how to judge my face, so she questioned 'if it is OK to leave him here?', well they did bodge it up the first time!

But as you can see he's all happy now, having a evening nap with his Inara! It was very stressful time he had lots of medication and eye drops and a buster collar - he hated the buster collar and he couldn't do anything with it on! He couldn't eat or drink with it on and toileting became very messy. Apart from his bottom being a bit chilly he is right as rain and beating up Inara with angst!

Taking the Cats for Walkies

I made these a couple of weeks ago. We decided that the cats should be able to enjoy the outside too! So I was looking for ages for a pattern to make a secure harness for the kittens, I had read other cat owners say that there cat preferred the harnesses that are more like jackets as they made the cat feel more secure. But despite my best efforts I could not find a pattern, so I had decided that I would leave it for another day and just make it up my self.

But low and behold as I was looking for a pattern for a cool bag guess what I stumble upon... a harness pattern for a small dog! So thanks to Erin Erickson I didn't need to draft my own pattern, I altered this one a bit I had to take some of the width out of the back but with slight adjustment I had two functioning harnesses! Both need to be remade as there are problems with both, Flynn's is too tight around his chest now and Inara's one keeps breaking. I used poppers on the harnesses as I didn't trust Velcro, the poppers on Inara's keep ripping out of the fabric though hers has Velcro too as it was the prototype. Here's some picture, oh and I made a matching leash for Inara:


They are such different cats in their personality's, Inara loved it outside she was striding about like she owned the place, bearing in mind this was my parents garden home to two large 9 year old male cats. Flynn was terrified he panicked at every noise but after a while gained confidence from watching Inara waltz about the place, but Flynn had never been outside before, where as Inara was allowed into an outside enclosure at the breeders.

We have walked them twice so far the second time we went so we could sit in the sun as we have no garden ourselves. Flynn just tried to hide under my body when I was laying out on a blanket and Inara started on one of my mums cats. I say my mums cats, they were mine, Grey and Cream we call them - guess what colours they are! But after uni they didn't like me for abandoning them and my little brother adores cream cat, also my boyfriend did keep reminding me that they were not his cats. So that's why we decided on getting our own cats.