HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

As already observed, since this photo was taken "the plastic collar has been removed. The frown remains."

Fingers crossed tightly.

Red Christmas cheer

A selection of recent RED felt pins.

Things have been quiet in this space. I have been out in my studio working on stuffies and felt pins (like these for Craft Victoria's RED Christmas) and knitting up a storm for a handmade Christmas.

Craft Victoria
Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm

Christmas and New Year break
Their last day of trading is this Saturday the 20th of December. They will reopen to the public on Monday the 19th of January 2009.

A super mouse

Now this I know someone will love very much.

(Seen on Cute Overload first, of course.)

An order finished

Sit still, my little ones.

Named, wrapped and posted to Lee Mathews, one BIG order.

Lee Mathews, in Melbourne, Newport and Sydney.

Next up, felt pins for Craft Victoria and their RED Christmas.

Thelma's handmade

A selection of recent stuffies.

An order for 25 stuffies for Lee Mathews Workroom using their found fabrics is keeping me busy.

The Last Hurrah at Imp

Heathcliff and Cathy plan disturbance on the gallery wall.

My drawing for The Last Hurrah! at Imp.

Heathcliff and Cathy plan disturbance.
Elaine Haby
Pencil on Aquarelle Arches 100% pure cotton hot pressed 300gsm paper
2008

Come along for The Last Hurrah!

I'm taking part in...

THE LAST HURRAH!
A group drawing and works on paper show

28th November - 21st December, 2008

Opening,
Friday 28th August
6-9pm

Imp
above Greville St Bookstore
145 Greville St, Prahran

more

In the hills, another window

Watching over me day and night
An installation of new friends and paper products by Hammer & Daisy

Wednesday the 15th October – Tuesday the 25th November, 2008

MINE - Kids in Olinda
5/540 Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd
Olinda

At MINE you will also find my Thelma's stuffies and linen tote bags suspended on the wall and seeking good homes.

Encountered in Flinders Lane

Recent stuffies of mine appear in the window of Craft Victoria for hammer & daisy.

All the things to take to our very own archipelago.

29th September – 19th October, 2008

Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

A window for recent things made by Gracia & Louise and Thelma. Filled with the things we have made by hand, from images printed on paper to things sewn with needle and thread. We have the paper for correspondence and we have the stuffed creatures to populate the many small islands.

elsewhere

high up in the trees

(Thank-you for all your kind words in regard to Stella. She is making a good recovery. Her tongue still lops out the side but her grey fur is growing back around her jawline. It will be a slow journey back to full health.)

At night

Last week at the opening.

I couldn't make it to the opening of My Little Menagerie in person due to yoga teaching commitments, but I hear it was a hoot.

Thank-you for the homemade lemonade you sent me, folk at MINE. Such a nice surprise!

My Little Menagerie

Yesterday the three of us, Gracia, Louise & I, set up My Little Menagerie in the window. Here is a look at it, from start to finish... as you can see, I am not one who believes in editing photos.

Thanks honeybun 1 and honeybun 2 for your help.

Stuffies are coming

A selection of new handmade Thelma's stuffies of mine slated to appear in both Olinda and here.

MY LITTLE MENAGERIE
Soon to feature in the window of children's store MINE, in Olinda.

3rd September - 13th October, 2008

Opening,
Wednesday 3rd September
6-8pm

MINE - kids in Olinda
Shop 5, 540 Mount Dandenong Tourist Road
Olinda, Vic 3788

Some come with buttons for noses and others sport stripes on their stumpy tails. Some have small pockets filled with tiny red felt hearts and others have ears that flop from left to right. Some are rotund and others are lean, and some come with lips that are wide and arms wider still. Differences, quirks and individual mannerisms aside, all stuffed creatures are made completely by hand with a full percentage of love by Elaine Haby (who masquerades, with her foot on the peddle of her sewing machine and a pin in her mouth, under the name Thelma).

These are her things handmade especially for you, a host of stuffed creatures and roomy tote bags fashioned from Belgian linen. A recent addition to her handmade parade, her tote bags are large enough to house a stuffed companion alongside a favourite read. Lined and double-stitched for good measure, they ought to afford a grin.

Thanks Brydie for this opportunity.

Felt pins keep popping up

Aside from felt pins I have also been working on many new stuffed creatures and tote bags made from Belgian linen for an upcoming window display in Olinda.

MINE - kids in Olinda
Shop 5, 540 Mount Dandenong Tourist Road
Olinda, Vic 3788

You're invited

BUT FOR THE MOON NOBODY COULD SEE US
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison

30th August - 21st September, 2008

Opening,
Saturday 30th August
2-4pm

Imp
above Greville St Bookstore
145 Greville St, Prahran

More here.