Late last night our new little friend emerged from the fabric of my society! Due to some emergency babysitting he didn’t make it up here this morning. He is ready with open arms for lots and lots of hugging and sleeping with our little nocturnal possum.
I ended up deciding on a cat for Jasper as he gets so excited about Biscuit the cat next door and one of his first regular words was Meow!- (can’t decide whether to put some whiskers on – hmmm) He also loves round things hence the spots and I have a significant fascination with stripes.
I think I made it more difficult for myself in deciding I didn’t want the pattern to be symmetrical! I drew and cut separate pieces for the legs, arms, ears and made the body and face slightly lopsided with a friendly half smile – Being an art therapist I have been wondering why I was so bent on spending so much time, care and serious attempts at making it handmade and unique – I guess I wanted something that I am hoping will provide some comfort and nurture in the night time and that will remind him of our cuddly and special getting back to the lovely land of sleepy time. I am not sure why I am calling it a he! I’ll sit with it – we’ll see who he/she turns out to be – I’ll let you know as her character develops?
So I’ve been rocking Jasp to sleep with the material on my shoulder for a week. Hopefully he likes the new form the material has taken. I showed it to him today and he called it a “babee” and kissed it (scuse the blurred moment photo), we’ve just finished putting it to bed with the smurf pillow and a blanket. He isn’t a soft toy kind of kid so we’ll see how it goes
Sweet nocturnal moments to you,
Amanda
