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The Spiky Hedgehog Purse
September 18, 2009 by Craft Passion
in Highlight, Purse
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I really am in “spiky” fever these few days after making the Triangle Fold Coaster. I transformed those “spikies” into 2 hedgehog purses, which I have named Bluno and Reddy. They measure only about 10cm x 9cm. Bluno is a male hedgehog and Reddy is a female. They met each other in the park on one sunny morning, and this is how their story begins….. click “Next” below the photo to view the full storyboard of their meet-up.
Photographing them was not an easy task as compared with my previous crafts. I normally take indoor photos but this time it’s different. I need to pray for a bright day, cloudy is still acceptable but not rain. Then I have to lie down on the grass of my garden to snap some nice photos of them from low level angle. After taking 50 shots or so, my knees, elbows and body were all stained by grass and dirt 
. Well, at least I can shower and wash off the dirt, but the worst part is that my neck and shoulders were achy from all the postures I am not usually in, in order to snap them from the ground. Could this be because I did not warm up enough or is it my age 
? I salute those wildlife photographers who spend so much time and patience taking those jaw-dropping snapshots and video 
that we watch in National Geography.
I downloaded the hedgehog pattern from LollyChops (I am a big fan of Lolly) a few months ago and kept in my craft “library” since I know that it will inspire me to come up with something that is my own…. My granny’s rug rag gave me the inspiration in this design way before I published the rug rag post in my blog. I took out the pattern and started to modify it into a purse. Determining how to arrange the triangle is a little time-consuming for me as the dimension is not symmetrical, a little trial and error here and there. I am so glad I finally completed Bluno, and gosh, I couldn’t stop since then, so I made another one, Reddy More to come????
Well…. am I going to continue with the unfinished story of them….. shhhh it is a secret!!!! Subscribe to my feed or email and you wont miss out my latest post
Special thanks to Sumay who assisted me in narrating the story.
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Those are awesome!!!! I want to make one!
Glad to hear this, show me your version, OK?
Absolutely adorable!
Thanks
very nice i will do one for my grand daughter
thanks a lot
I am sure your grand daughter will love it
A very interesting post and stunning shots! It’s worth the effort you had put in. Bravo!
Just try to be creative to brighten up my audiences’ day
Cute! and i love your little story to go along with it!
Thanks, Stefanie…. Hope you enjoy reading it!!!
I followed the link from blogher…those are so cute! I always have wished I could sew. I mean I cross stitch and repair things with needle and thread, but I would really love to do something like quilting or making little guys like these. Good job!
If you can do the needle works well enough, i think sewing quilt and stuff like mine shouldn’t be a problem, just need more practices and experiments. You can do it too!
Amazing! Such a creative, innovative post and cute little 2 Hedgehogs! Bravo my friend! Can’t wait to see the next love story!
Still writing the script and preparing the leading actors and actresses…. premier soon!!!
::gasp!:: I must have one! Off to the craft store…