Monkey see, monkey do

 

These monkeys are all finished and clothed and getting ready for new homes with some friends' new babies.  At the moment they're pretty inseparable, but soon they'll be off to the post office and one will be off to Dunedin:

 

And the other one crossing the ditch to Melbourne:

 

So they're going to have one last cuppa together:

 

 

Show off the tail holes in their overalls (one of my favourite parts of the pattern):

 

And pop off to the post office.

Safe travels little monkeys!

They're from Fiona Dalton's great book Hop Skip Jump: 20 Eco-Friendly Toys to Sew and are the "Monkey Man" pattern, the same as this one.  The wool suiting they're made out of is some that I got in the great "Postal Stash Rehash" and the faces are the last of an old woollen blanket that I've got so much use out of.  Must scour the op shops for another blanket that's seen better days!  And make a monkey to live at my house...I'm thinking black polka dot overalls to match one of my dresses!

Monkey business

 I've been monkeying around making a couple more monkeys from Fiona Dalton's Hop Skip Jump book.  Over the weekend I kept finding monkey limbs and tails around the house:

 And monkey faces:

 Which led to the creation of the octomonkey!

Now they're in a much less disembodied state, just waiting for me to make them some trousers!

My creative space: monkeying around

 I made this cheeky monkey for my friend's baby - he's the "monkey man" pattern from Fiona Dalton's book Hop Skip Jump: 20 Eco-Friendly Toys to Sew.  His overalls used to be a pillowcase I bought in Putaruru, his face and ear linings are from an old blanket and his body is made from some wool crepe that is a leftover from a dress I made. 

And he has a cheeky patch on the back of his overalls.  He was lots of fun to make - I might have to make another one to monkey around at my place!

Joining in with "My Creative Space" today over here.

Happy Thursday!