Yesterday was patchwork day at Mrs. Furui's. I found her busily making these darling little cats! She had found them at a tea shop somewhere and thinking that many of her patchwork friends (there are seven of us) would like them, she pondered buying enough for all of us. At $2.50 a piece though she decided to buy one... take it apart... make her own pattern... and then make them herself. This is the result of her work.When I arrived she was in the process of putting beads into them and gathering up the bottoms. She wanted me to wait until she had all of them made before I took my picture "since they are so cute all together."
Other people began arriving for patchwork.
"What are you making Mrs. Furui? Are these for the kindergarten bazaar? Are you going to sell them? These would be great for our church bazaar in a few weeks. We can always sell useless things that are cute."
WELL! It's a good thing that Mrs. Furui doesn't take offense easily! In fact she laughed so hard that she had to write down that phrase for crafting posterity.
"Useless things that are cute"
To make matters worse, two of our non-cat lovers declined the gift of a useless but cute cat! Poor Mrs. Furui! BUT yours truly and another cat lover squealed in delight and took home two each, while everyone else was pleased to receive their one useless but cute cat.
Actually I brought home two other useless but cute objects for my house. I stopped at the bread shop on the way home and found these cute hedgehogs on the shelf. I asked if I could take a picture and they gave me two of them for my OWN shelf! Adorable!Unfortunately my cats think the useless but cute hedgehogs should be used... as cat toys... so I've already had to rescue the hedgehogs from under the dining room table.
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Oh, how funny and how true to life in a Japanese quilting circle! We've had a run on cute usless owls.
Had my dog, Nikko, thought the hedgehogs to be toys, nothing would have been left.
The little cats are paperweights. See, now they're not useless! :-)
I can remember making a lot of paperweights, etc. from clay as a child. I don't think they were ever used as such.
Actually, I think the cats were intended to be "tedama", a kind of ball used for juggling games.
they look like cat toys to me ;p
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cute...cute... both things, the cat and the hedgehog. Would love to have one of those 'useless but cute' thing for my own collectible ;)
Love the useless cute cats! If I had one I think I would use it as a needle holder for my quilt needles or a special pin cushion for my very good glass pins. Or I could put a little belt around it's middle and use it to hold my little scissors. Gee... now I want to make some useless chickens.
Oh, Tanya, these cats are so cute!!!
And they are NOT useless!! I know my daughter would love to have one of these cats and she would be very happy! To tell the truth, so would I :o)! I think I'll sew one for her...:o)
I really love those "useless but cute" cats. I have a house full of cute cat stuff. Earl Grey would love it, too. Shizuku-chan would just look at me as if to say "Okay, now where are you going to put it?"
The cats could be pincushions! The world is full of useless but cute things.
I agree I immediately thought of neeedle or pins holders for the cute kittens.
What are the hedgehogs made of? They look like bread dough or meringue. Are they made to be eaten?
Patty
Hi, and greetings from Norway! I just found your blog on the net, and I love it. It is fantastic to get a glimpse of a quilters life far away on the other side of the world. I will be following your blog with interest.
Just love the bread!!
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