some cute new softies

I never get tired of making little creatures with my leftover fabric!  This is the latest crew. 

The guy in the middle is going to my very close friend Rachel's little son, Luke, for his birthday.  Luke is the same age as my Travis.  I wish we lived close enough to hang out.  I miss her!!  She has the best sense of humor of anyone I've ever met.  I know Cuthbert will be happy in her home.
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 Here are some new books I picked up recently.

I'm totally loving the Party Dress.  I can look through this book for hours.  I'm looking forward to sewing some spring/summer dresses this year and using my new dress form.  

Small Stash Sewing is a cute little book too.  I'm always a fan of projects that take smaller quantities of fabric that I hang on to.  I'll probably make a few of these projects for the kids.  The price of this book is right, less than 10 dollars on Amazon.