Wicked Awesome Kitty Softies!

I love it when an idea forms and takes shape easily and without effort! Among other projects I have been busy working with here in The Art Nest are these wickedly awesome kitties I made last week. I wanted saucy little kitties with giant ears and the Halloween colors just seemed perfect for them. I began by making a quick little sketch and then created an original pattern based upon the drawing. I'm thinking this pattern would make cute little Siamese kitties too with a little tweaking.

This is Mischief. He enjoys mad loud piano music (preferably in the middle of the night) and loves to eat Skittles except the purple ones. He claims the purple ones are a sedative.

This is Mayhem. Mayhem loves to skateboard (especially in crowded shopping centers) and detests vegetables of all kinds. The produce department of many a grocery store has felt his stinging wrath for the wretched vegetable.

The two brothers out and about spreading Mischief and Mayhem!
They are both currently for sale in my Etsy Shop, www.theartnest.etsy.com.

More Cowboy Kitty!

The last few weeks have been so busy! Spring is in full swing and the gardens are growing like mad. Miss Emma has returned (again...) and so far, so good! I have managed to make those really cool kitchen towels I referred to earlier. The softies are still under construction and I am beginning on some "Days of the Week" kitchen towels with a sweet vintage flair to them. I'll be posting them shortly. In the meantime here are the remainder of the vintage 1940's pattern "Cowboy Kitty" kitchen towels. They look great in my kitchen and if you are looking for a set you can find them in my Etsy shop at http://www.theartnest.etsy.com/. Enjoy!

Cowboy Kitty with his Lasso of Mischief...

Pondering his next act of mischief...

And lastly, singing the tales of his mischief!!

Cowboy Kitty Rides Again!

I've kept busy in the Nest making those uber-cool kitchen tea towels I referred to earlier. I really love the vintage patterns on these. They are call "Cowboy Kitty" and are from the 1940's. The patterns themselves are stitched in redwork, but I then colored them in using fabric paint markers to ensure the colors didn't run when washed. I have more from the same retro pattern set in the works and hope to share them soon.

Look at Cowboy Kitty's sly sideways glance! It looks like trouble just rode in on his stick-horse...

Cowboy Kitty is totally sweet on Cowgirl Kitty! Look out!

I'm keeping a set of these to dress up my kitchen for sure. But if you want a set too, you can get them at http://www.theartnest.etsy.com/. I'll post more from this vintage pattern set in future blogs.