What Katie Did

Midsummer Round Up

Gardening weather - that's what this is - lots of rain, LOTS of rain and some sun and long long days of light - the weeds have got the idea, just waiting for my veg to catch on.

Workshops and parties continue at MAKE regardless of the weather. When Alex decided that she wanted to spend her birthday with her friends I was really pleased because this is what she did last year too! Must be doing something right!

Still enjoying making Ann Wood's horses.

Here is the birthday girl's horse

Then Andrea's friends suprised her with a day of wedding preparation. She was not quite sure what to make of the mystery tour that ended at Allen Mill, upstairs in my messy workshop! But we very quickly got a production line going and made one of these for every guest ( I found these somewhere on this Wonderful Webby Place - do you recognise yourself? let me know and I'll add the link)

to be put onto little green garden canes

and some paper packets to be filled with treats for party favours. I posted these here on the blog way back when.

Then another felt workshop yesterday

with some lovely results - the fuel for this one ... proper coffee, seriously rich chocolate brownies and good company

Jan made this one, and Jane this one

Lucky that this course was the same weekend as Woolfest so I could stock up on fibre and catch up with old friends too!

Finally, here are some more old (and young) friends spotted on my way to work the  other day  

dodging the showers.

I'm no quitter

Just because I'm not posting pictures of horses doesn't mean I'm not making them. One a day with my breakfast - posted one at a time on Flickr and in a herd here

these are the new ones - Patrick, Nigel, Bridie, Petal, Brutus, Florence, Michelle, Unnamed (spotty) Harriet, Marion. Waiting to join the rest of them

massive fun and a great daily ritual - especially at the moment when I have a HUGE project on the go - so much to do - but a daily horse keeps me grounded!

so exciting 

Number 22

 

Sherbet and the Fish

a lemon and lime horse for number 21 

and these fish of Mimi Kirchner are taking over my life

Big Fish! 

More glorious sunshine today! Hooray! Good for the soul!

Dobbin

 

A guest horse maker

Sunday, Geoff made this horse - move over all you other horses, here comes Dylan
you can't see his silver hooves can you? This took Geoff hours, quite literally ... hours to make - so its a good job he isn't doing a horse a day, Pegasus here (named by my neighbour Jane) took as long as it takes to make and eat porridge and fruit juice. 

leaving plenty of time to join in activities for my former GP who is standing in our constituency as an Independent candidate - so he obviously needs badges!

 those are not my hairy hands - I am taking the photo

and a peep at something I will show you very soon

and so to start the week - off we go! 

still making horses

Pandora 

Teacake

Fleur - my favourite so far - Liberty Print fabric

Maise

Eddie   

  

Here they come galloping along

Lucie - made from a page of an old Lucie Mabel Atwell book 

 
 Maria, named by Owen who is home for the weekend

and finally in this batch, a nameless one made from scraps of security envelopes

I don't know why it is so hard to name some of them.  For some, the name comes easily as I am making it, but others are much more difficult! Sigh. 

And check out Lucy Locket and her creative family! Amazing what you can do with a bit of cardboard and scissors! What have we started!

Anyone would think I had nothing to do...

Do you do this? When you have a million things to do - some of them a bit daunting - some involving large sums of money - do you find yourself engaged in time wasting activities? Who would have thought that I had time to make cardboard horses at the moment when I have a 'to do' list as long as Great Wall of China (gratuitous link)

Here are todays horses

An old map of Texas and this one is called Terry. (it says it on his tail is why)

And here is another pink one

Fabbydoo 

yes - I sat there sewing purple wool onto a cardboard horse at 9am when I should be BUSY! 

I'm off!

 

Stampede

I have really enjoyed Ann Wood's blog for years now, she makes such wonderful things from scraps and cardboard. Take a look at her Cardboard Stampede. I have been thinking about making a few horses ever since i first saw these. She made 100 and exhibited them as a huge galloping herd. 

Here are my first few

This is the first one and is named 'Primo' and later there will be one called 'Levi' because Geoff has just finished reading 'The Periodic Table' (there will be no rhyme or reason to the naming of these horses, just a bit of word association!)

This one is obviously called 'Beano' I love the sneeze from Teacher in the Bash Street Kids and Softie Walter on it's rump, while the tail says 'totter' (indulge me here - I had a wonderful time making these) another...

this one is waiting for a suitable name - I keep rejecting all my ideas as simply not PINK enough! David! Genius! This one is Floyd ... Pink Floyd!! Of course!

calling this next one Levi - thanks for the suggestions

 

oh dear, another nameless one - you might have to help me out here!

This is 'Dictionary Horse'  -renamed by Matt - 'Thesaurhorse' ha ha!! no surprises there then - a page from an old Oxford English

Don't like this one so much - it probably isn't finished - so it will get a name once it has received it's final embellishments.

Replaced him with the finished thing - he's called 'Bob' seems he just needed some of Martha's stamps.

And here they are in a heap

Look out to the right people - here come the horses..............

How can it be possible to have so much fun with paper, glue, paint, buttons and wire?

Ann made 100. I have six here. Where am I going with this?