Week 162 - Lucky Cat Noren Curtain

Hello cat people and cats.  I hope all you are enjoying relaxing Saturday aka Caturday.  I munched cat grass this morning and took a short nap, then exercised with a catnip ball.  Now I am ready to check this week's project.

Let's have a look, shall we?

Lucky Cat Noren Curtain

This week, my human friend M made a Japanese style door curtain which is called 'Noren'.

She bought this fabric in Japan a few years ago without any plan or idea.

Some of Japanese traditional good luck characters - Maneki Neko (Good luck cat), Fukusuke (Good luck boy), Tai fish (Snapper, associated with celebration ), gold coins and magic hummers - are printed.

She sewed inside out first just like bag sewing, attached tabs on top and stitched from right side.

To finish, she decorated the slit with a velvet ribbon and a good luck cat jingle bell.

Oh, it's too large to check.

Anyway, I checked this.

Week 161 - Kitty Curtain Tie

Hello humans and kitties.  What are you up to?  It is cloudy today here in Christchurch.  Dark and a little bit cold - typical autumn day.  I feel slightly depressed without sunshine.  When I am depressed or frustrated, I use a scratching post.  It is a good stress relief.  I recommend it to you, stressed humans.


Well, this week's project, right?  My human friend M made a curtain tie.  She was going to make a pair of ties.  As she found the cotton tape is not enough to make two ties, she just made one.  Oh dear!  Human!

Kitty Curtain Tie

I joined this project at the stage of choosing the fabric.  Unfortunately, M chose a different fabric which I was not interested in.






The white felt cat part works as a kind of button, to tie with an elastic loop.

I'm checking the cat part.

I still think the flower print would be better.

Week 160 - Happy Easter Meow Card

Hi plain humans and beautiful cats.  How are you enjoying Easter weekend?  My human friend M and I are not doing anything special.  M caught a cold and seemed to be sick this week although she managed to work somehow.  And Easter is a festival for bunnies and chicks, not for cats.

Anyway, M made a cute card for Easter.

Happy Easter Meow Card

Wait a minute.  This is a normal Easter card.  Not a cat craft project, is it?

What?  M told me that I should open it.  Okay, I will open the card.

Oh, it is me?  In bunny costume?

M made an egg part with felt covered with polka dot cotton, decorated by gold ric rac and bakers twine.

Inside, she drew a cat and 'Meow!' first, then glued fabric and cut-out bunny felt.

I checked outside.

And inside.

Week 159 - Felted Kitten, Mi-ke

Hello everyone.  It's Caturday, aka Saturday.  Wonderful time for featuring cat craft projects.

Before show you this week's project, let me groom myself.



This week my human friend M made a cute kitten with needle felting.

Felted Kitten, Mi-ke

Mi-ke [pronounce as Me-Ke] means Torti cat in Japanese.  I can see four colours in her fur, though.

What?  Okay...  M told me that grey and black suppose to be counted as one colour.   Whatever.


M made the body and the head roughly, then added the details.




This is the third kitten that M made.  The first one is Daisy(mini-me), the second one is Blacky and Mi-ke is the third.

Oh, I remember my kittenhood.  I was so cute...

I'm checking her smell.

Week 158 - Catnip Rugby Ball

Hello everyone.  Are you having a nice weekend?  In Christchurch, it is getting cooler and I definitely feel autumn in the air.  My human friend M brought me acorns from her jogging last week.  Acorns!  I am a cat, not a squirrel.  What does she want me to these?

Anyway, this week's project.  M made a tiny rugby ball filled with dried catnip.

Catnip Rugby Ball

New Zealand is a rugby country.  There is a famous All Blacks.  So some kiwi cats may also like chasing a rugby ball.  I said, 'some kiwi cats', not only black cats.

I checked it anyway.

And got a wee bit excited.

Week 157 - Cute Cat Bookmark

Hi people and cats.  Are you relaxing?  It is not fine here in Christchurch, but I enjoy occasional sunshine anyway.  And I enjoy grooming myself.

Of course, I don't forget to check my human friend, M's work.

This week M made a cute bookmark which sticks out from a book.

Cute Cat Bookmark

Let's have a look how it works.

It is cute and interesting, isn't it?  But I am more interested in the book 'Cheeky Little Cats'.

I am checking the detail.

Week 156 - Stylish Cat Tote Bag

Hi everyone.  It is Caturday and the time for cat crafts.  I was so excited to check the work of M, my human friend, that I stayed up until 2 pm.  However, M finished the work around 3 pm.  I couldn't resist to take a nap.  Did I miss to check the project?  Nope.  I am one of hard work cats.

This week, M made a very stylish tote bag.

Stylish Cat Tote Bag

Mainly, upholstery fabric and fake leather are used in this project.

A leopard fashion belt became handles of the bag.

M bought it for NZ$3 for three at K-mart.

Bag handles are quite expensive, as you may know.  So this is a good alternate.




Both side of cute cat cotton tape add a cat craft touch.

The liner is calico.

There is a pocket for the convenience.

I'm still sleepy.

But I am checking anyway.