Columbo

"Just one more thing..."

Do you remember detective Columbo?  I'm sure you do. Who has not seen one (or twenty) episode in which the eternally scruffy looking detective investigated, doubted and arrested the bad guys. Always with his  characteristic cigar in hand, of course. 

Columbo was another of the characters chosen as a gift in my wedding. It was for my friend Waldesca, a real fan (she loves vintage TV, lol!) and who loved the doll the moment she saw it.


In this pic he's not smoking yet :

Now with his cigar:

I tried to reproduce this famous pose of the character, as if he was thinking that something was wrong: 

And, as you can see, he wears his beige trench coat  a belt and a black tie. He also has bushy eyebrows, uncombed hair, and  part of a cigar in his hand..

The new owner recognized the doll on the spot ( wooohooo!!) and she even suggested us to get married again because she wanted a Jessica Fletcher doll ...

How do you like him?

Freddies à gogo

 Freddie Mercury amigurumi is by far the most requested doll among the ones I made. These days I finished four of them! I'm glad that people like Freddie as much as I do and I'm even more glad that they want my Freddies to be the chosen ones as a gift for a loved one (as it seems to be the case of the latest three)

 You have already seen in this blog the 'Wembley edition' in several occasions, in amigurumi and in felt. The medium size doll, about 12 cm tall  was the one chosen both by Gonzalo y Lorena to their respective gifts. The novelty was the way in which I made the microphones, from now on, with jumping clay instead of beads and wire.

Another Gonzalo (what a coincidence!) from La Coruña, wanted this other Freddie, a smaller version of it, so his wife could use it as a brooch. They are both fans of Freddie and he knew she was going to love it. So I tryed to make him smaller and the result was a 7 cm tall Freddie. 

Comparison of  my usual 12cm dolls and the 7 cm Freddie.

with the brooch ready!

Gonzalo wrote me back telling me that her wife loved the Freddie. Thank you. That made me very happy!

And, being a huge Freddie fan myself, I thought....when will I have my own amigurumi Freddie? And since I was a little tired of so many Wembley Freddies in such a short time space, I made myself a travestite Freddie-the one from the I Want to Break Free video. I love that song and video, and wanted my Freddie vacuuming with a wig on? This is the resulting amigurumi:

You can see his black bra strap

"She" has (fake) breasts

the vacuum

The slit of the skirt

Freddie, sucha a polifacetic artist.

Thanks again to all of you who trust in my work to be a gift for your loved ones.

Which Freddie do you like more? Dp you want to see some other Freddies in different styles?

¡¡ UTINIIIIIIIII !!!

I you have seen  the original Star Wars trilogy as many times as I have you may recognize whose characters inspires my new amigurumi.

It's a Jawa, one of these creatures that capture the droids and sell them to Luke and Uncle Owen at the beginning of  "Episodio IV: A new Hope". Remember those little hooded creatures, with black faces, shiny eyes and funny language?

I 've wanted to make an amigurumi Jawa for a long time, and here it is!

The brown of the tunic looks pinkish in the pictures but I swear it is not, lol!

You can buy the pattern I used using this Etsy link:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/101801464/pdf-of-jawa-star-wars-mini-amigurumi

Do you like it?

Swap with Marisa (Razas de Noche)

Here's one of the swaps I had already previewed  for you. Marisa, the owner of the goth themed blog  called Razas de Noche surprised me sending my package a little earlier than expected. She sent me this: A felt  brooch of Edward Scissor Hands, a Stitich Cameo, a polymerclay mobile strap and a Disney magnet (just because she knew I love Disney AND cats, so lovely )

One of my blog's usual suspects: Stitich

I loooooooove this brooch !

Everything was, of course, handmade:

And here's what I sent to her. I know she loves cats as much as she loves the color black. So I made her two cat brooches, one in amigurumi, the other with a fabric covered button made with a cat themed fabric. I also added a mini  amigurumi Jack Skellington from the movie The Nightmare before Christmas and a  bag with assorted sequins and buttons for her future creations.

Thank you Marisa for this swap, I loved everything you send me and I hope you liked what I sent to you too, even if it arrived much later than your gifts!! Lots of kisses!