Bobbin Cars

And just like that, it's suddenly sweater weather again here in Seattle. Kumi is still feeling sick and we've been spending a lot of time indoors anyway, and as I entertained my ailing child by rolling bobbins on table tops, they started to look like wheels to me. As soon as she went to bed, I made these:

My bobbin cars. The one on the left looks like an insect-mobile, and the other one is definitely a hippie jalopy from the mid-60s.

Here's another angle:

They are both done entirely by hand while watching "The Tudors". Such amazing costumes and steamy scenes! MF was slumbering away and I didn't want to wake him so I resisted the urge to use the sewing machine. Sewing by hand takes a long time...but it's really enjoyable, especially when elaborately dressed British royalty are behaving scandalously.

I have yet to figure out how to make it so that the wheels will turn, but I'm pleased that they stay upright. The important thing is that Kumi likes them (don't worry, the radiator doesn't work so there's no danger in her playing near it).