Cat Clock

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I’ve finished ALL the inks of “House of Odd”, the third Odd Thomas book, and I have been doing happy jigs all week! The book still needs to be toned by Dee (wonderful toner), so it’s not all finished, but I’m estimating that the whole thing will be done by the end of September. I’ll do a post about it when the time comes for the actual release, which will probably be in April 2012. For now, I shall celebrate!!

In other news, I’m heading off to the Brisbane Writer’s Festival next week, held on the 6th-7th September. I’m mostly going because I’ve never been to a Writer’s Festival before, and it would be fun to see what it would be like. It’s also because Yunyu’s going to be there with writer Marianne De Pierres, to promote their collaboration on Marianne’s book Burn Bright.

So, this week I get to show you my felt clock. My felt Cat Clock, which I made for my niece. Once again, this was made from a kit, but it was simple enough.

 

 

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Step 1: This is a Korean kit I bought at Morning Glory for about $10. I can't read Korean, but luckily the instructions were in pictures and not that difficult to decipher.

 

 

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Step 2: I check that everything's there, which it is.

 

 

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Step 3: I cut out the paper shapes and trace them onto the felt. This kit seems to have skimped on the felt a bit... I've not had a kit where you had to be so careful about where you draw the outlines on the felt. I had almost ZERO felt leftover. Phew.

 

 

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Step 4: Putting it all together, to make sure I cut the felt right. Yep, it seems okay.

 

 

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Step 5: I sew the front of the face on, and puncture a hole so the clock can point through (where I put the hands of the clock on). I also sew on red buttons to represent the time.

 

 

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Step 6: The back of the cat clock, where I put the cardboard box that holds the clock. I stuff it and sew on the back flap.

 

 

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Step 7: I cut a small flap in the back for the battery, so it can be replaced. This wasn't included in the instructions, but it seems like commonsense. How else can you replace the batteries, if it's all sewed up? I also added a button to "tie" it down, so it looks better.

 

And now, for the final clock, face and all:

 

 

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