Thursday, December 25, 2008
Silly Guy


This is Silly Guy. He was made by my friend Diane, also known as Mrs.Paperboy, for those regular Fetafilter readers. This is Diane and me blowing bubbles at a wedding a couple of summers ago. Too bad life wasn't always blowing bubbles...but that's not the point of this post.



Diane made Silly Guy for Teddy as a baby shower gift. She made a beautiful matching quilt to go with it. Teddy is completely attached to Silly Guy. It is truly his security blanket even though Silly Guy isn't a blanket, but the quilt is (I think you get what I mean). He does sleep with the blanket and Silly Guy every night. Silly guy, however, is with Teds all throughout the day. He leaves him slung over his shoulder like a dish towel. When we eat dinner at night, Silly Guy gets stuffed into a pewter pitcher on top of the buffet to keep him from getting all gross from Ted's hands while he's eating. Don't ask me why Teds picked the pitcher to stuff Silly Guy into, but he does.

For probably a year now, Teds has been bugging me to "sew" him a Silly Girl. I really don't know what Teds was thinking because he has never in his seven and 11/12ths years of his life seen me sew. I have a total of four sewing machines in my house, and I think the last time I used one was in the late 80's to make Alan a rifle case. Two of the sewing cabinets have lego creations on top of them and my treadle machine doesn't have a belt. I don't/ can't make dresses (they always come out the wrong size), and I certainly can't/ won't attempt anything that has a seam that curves . I guess that only leaves hemming curtains. So.....

I asked Diane if she would make me a Silly Girl for Teds for Christmas. She kindly accepted my request and in less than a week delivered me a Silly Girl that far exceeded my expectations. All I had told her was that Teds wanted a "pink" Silly Girl. She didn't know that Teds also had asked for blue eyes. Much to my amazement Diane had put blue eyes on Silly Girl.

I just wanted everyone to see Teddy's reaction when he opened Silly Girl this morning. I especially wanted Diane to see how special her talent is, and how much it meant to Teds and me. Thanks Diane.



thus voiced Mrs A @ 10:51 AM
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