On the Moor

One of our customers “Debbie” has a beautiful squirrel pet named Abby. She asked if we could create a grey squirrel to comemmorate the special friend she’s come to love very much.

This is our loving interpretation of dear Abby!

Abby Oakleaf is made of a sweet and soft slate grey cotton velveteen. She’s accented with pretty country plaid cotton. Her eyes are shining black glass beads and her sweet nose and smile are hand embroidered.

Abby has a beautiful real mink fur tail that we wired so it can be gently repositioned.

Abby has internal button joints, so her arms and legs are repositionable.  Her stuffing is weighted a bit to make her feel slightly heavy and “real” feeling when held.

Abby is so adorable, she’s sure to have a happy life in her new home.

Today we are heading to the park!

I’m picking out my seat for the ride right now!

Happy Friday everyone!! Have a great weekend!

This is Owen Meadowhare! Owen is available for adoption today!

Owen Meadowhare is the perfect size for holding and hugging- 6 1/2 inches tall (4 1/2 inches sitting).

Owen is made of a beautiful rabbity cream colored wool with pretty cotton floral in his ears and lining his paws.

Owen is button jointed with natural hardwood buttons. His eyes are shining black glass beads and his smile,cute nose and paws are hand embroidered with cotton floss.

Owen has a sweet hand spun wool tail made with wool from local sheep and carded/spun ourselves!

Owen is weighted a bit to make him pleasingly “real” feeling in your hand.

Owen Meadowhare is wearing his favorite green cotton corduroy overalls too! They have pretty metal buttons at the shoulders and a lovely evergreen color.

Owen would make a charming gift for someone you love, or add him to your own Warren of treasured friends. He’s a quiet and loving friend with big listening ears. :0)

Thank you so much for visiting!

**We use natural fiber, new and re-purposed materials that we gently care for here on the Moor. Our desire is to make adorable wool hares like Owen a unique gift we’d love to give, and responsible too!

Desmond and Alena Meadowmouse have two precious velvet mouse children named Eefa and Connelly.  They heard about the wonderful homes Beag and the Brogan Mouse Boys found. It wasn’t long before we heard another knock at our door, and met another wonderfully soft patchwork mouse family!

Desmond

Alena

Connelly

and

Eefa

Are made of soft cotton velvet in a lovely medium grey. They have patchwork ears, and adorable reversible pointed meadow caps.

Each mouse is button jointed with natural hardwood buttons. We weight each mouse too, so they feel delightfully “real” in your hand.

They make wonderfully charming gifts, and even better friends for you! We just love these little mouse friends, and hope you do too. Come on over to our Etsy Store, and meet them.

I just had to share this with you. Meet my beautiful pincushion box! (It’s not often one has the opportunity to MEET a pincushion, but as you can see, he’s a pretty stately and handsome fellow)

My friend Heather found it at a garage sale and thought we’d love it (we did).

I didn’t want him to just sit and look pretty on the shelf though.  He needed to have a job to do.

Suddenly it hit me! He could be a pincushion!

Just for fun I made the soft cushion out of a pasture like green plaid, and added some sunny yellow flower pins. Right away a little sheep button moved in and set up housekeeping!

Now our beutiful sheep pincushion box sits in a place of honor at our sewing table where he can help with all our projects each day, AND look cute too.

We acquired some beautiful and soft grey cotton velveteen and just had to use it to make some friends over the weekend. I coudn’t decide which to do- bunny or mouse, so I did both! I really love how it feels, as well as the ease with which it sews!

Meet our new friends-up for adoption over at our Etsy Store:

This is Ashley Flowerseed! She’s a 6 1/2 inch tall wood button jointed mousie wearing her favorite white woodland cap. She has pretty pink and grey cotton patchwork in her ears and on her paws.

****************UPDATE: Ashley found a good home! Thank you so much!!*********************

And this is Parsley Bunting! He’s also 6 1/2 inches tall, and he’s wearing his country blue cotton overalls. He also has cotton patchwork accenting his long bunny ears, and his sweet bunny paws, in a pretty sage green, cream and grey cotton plaid.

Come meet our sweet new friends today!

I really love Bingle Bears. They are just so sweet. I go over to their blog all the time to see what precious new bear has been born lately.  And when I heard Cheryl was having a giveaway, AND that the little bear was so adorable, I just had to enter and let you know too!!

Lookit that irresistible little face!!

Just click on the giveaway pic at the top of the page and head on over! Sammy is super sweet, and sooo adorable. I wish you good luck, but I hope I win!

When we lived in the city and our oldest daughter was 2 there was a pleasant little squirrel who decided to adopt our family and greet us each morning  in our yard. I rembered how much fun it was to feed squirrels in my own childhood yard growing up, so we encouraged our new friend’s visits with tiny peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Our little daughter named her new found friend “Whirl the Squirrel” and delighted her with his visits for a long time.

When I found this beautiful fox fur collar attached to a sweater we were purchasing for another project-I was immediately called back to memories of our dear Whirl.

I started working on a cute little Craggy Squirrel and came up with this adorable pattern.

The pretty fox tail was just enough for one for us and one for you!

 We had to make a “Whirl” to live here too of course!

 We are so excited to share a little squirrel with you that means so much to us. Hurry over to our Etsy store because you know how squirrels are-they run away fast!

See you there!

Wilber Woolybear bump,bump,bumped down the stairs with his little friend, as she took each step with a jump,jump jump. He giggled a bit, and snugled deeper into the crook of his little friend’s arm. Every morning was the same-bumping and jumping, then tasting and muching, then blissful running and more jumping outdoors in the warm garden sun. Thus was the life of Wilber Woolybear, and life was indeed very good.

Wilber is plain and simply the perfect bear friend. He’s 9 1/2 inches tall(7 inches sitting). Wilber knows he’s small and loves to sneak into pockets, bags and such to follow you on adventure!

Wilber has an adorable old fashioned bear shape. He’s made of a beautifully soft, nubbly caramel colored wool. His paw pads are a sweetly coordinating oatmeal felted wool. His sweet nose and smile, as well as his bitty bear claws are hand embroidered with black cotton floss and much love.

Wilber’s shining black glass eyes look up at you wistfully, as he tilts his head thoughtfully.

Wilber’s stuffing is weighted to make him slightly heavy and delightfully “real” feeling in your hand.

Wilber is one of a kind and individually made, like all our bears here on the Moor. He comes with a card dated and signed by the artist too! He would make a wonderful, original gift for someone you love, or add him to your own collection of treasured bear friends.

Wilber is safe for anyone over the age of 4 (due to small parts) and he would also make a charming old fashioned decoration in a nursery until his friend is old enough to play.

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!

Little Jenny Scamperfoot is going to have tea with her dear friend Penelope Flowerseed today! Jenny puts on her favorite spring dress. She carefully combs her soft velvet fur. She pads softly to her little warren kitchen and prepares cool, crunchy cucumber sandwiches. Taking her market basket from a hook on the earthen wall, she wraps the sandwiches in one linen napkin, and her favorite tea cup in another. Humming a little tune to herself, she heads out the door. “We always have such nice teas together, Penelope and I-”

Jenny Scamperfoot is a sweet little velveteen Rabbit made of chocolate brown cotton velveteen. Her ears and paws are accented with a pretty contrasting pink plaid cotton. Her little muzzle is creamy white cotton.

Jenny is a petite 6 1/2 inches tall (not counting her ears), 5 inches sitting. She’s wearing a little handmade cotton jumper decorated with pink flowers and little bunnies that look hand drawn. It has a snap closure in the back, and at each strap in the front.

Jenny is button jointed with beautiful natural shell buttons. Her eyes are shining black glass beads and her sweet nose and smile are hand embroidered with cotton floss.

Jenny is weighted slightly to make her feel pleasantly heavy and “real” in your hand.

She’s an adorable addition to your collection because she’s one of a kind and individually made with much love. She would also make a charming gift or friend for someone you love over the age of 4 (due to small parts).

Thank you so much for visiting Jenny. We hope she is just the friend you’ve been looking for!

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!

**We use natural fiber, new and repurposed materials that we gently care for here on the Moor. Our desire is to make adorable velveteen rabbits like Jenny a unique gift we’d love to give, and responsible too!