Introduction Post!

[froodle]

Hello all! I'm Froodle, also known as Cat, which is why the DW I set up to keep track of my crafting is called Cat's Chimerical Creations.

I create frankenBeanies by mix-and-matching old Beanie Babies into new and interesting shapes. I got started in February of this year, having been inspired by some very talented people on Etsy, and my first creations were two of my favourite mythical beasties, a Jackalope and a Cerberus.

I don't have a sewing machine or any specialist knowledge/experience, so they're all held together with the sort of hand-stitching that comes from a hotel repair kit and the level of skill it takes to reattach the odd button and not much else. I do think I've gotten better, but I've definitely had to go back and perform emergency repairs on several of my little dudes.

My aim when I started was to try and have one frankenBeanie a week up to the end of the year, but thanks to lockdown I passed that point a while back. My next goal was to see if I could hit 100 mix-and-match monsters by December 31st: now I'm on 98 and quietly asking myself if any of my potential ideas are "good enough" to be the Big 100, so I may need to rethink things...

I have a few Beasties that I'd like to try my hand at making - I'm a big Krampus fan and would love to make a beanie baby anti-Claus of my very own, and there's a much-abused sheet of A4 at the bottom of my bag that has various combos mapped out for future consideration - but I also love tipping out my big storage bin of babies and just going through them to see what strikes me.

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I believe I've seen a few of your inventive creations! I don't sew well, so I applaud you for doing something so unusual and creative. You must go through a lot of beanie babies.

I'm not sure how you'd go about creating a Krampus though. Good luck with that!

[darkcedars]

Hi! That's so fun, and you've made 98!!!! Wow

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

OMG, I love the Manticore! You did a gorgeous job on him!

Awwww!!! Lavender's so cute! He looks like my last cat.

[bunn]

!!! The Cerberus is epic! What a great idea.

[moth2fic]

I love the jackalope! He's like the German Wolpertinger! I used to make toys like that when my daughter was small, and I sold some at Christmas fairs. Her favourite (not sold) was a velvet octopus with huge kissy lips. For my grandson I made a Shroom monster when he was collecting all the monsters from an online game but they didn't do Shrooms. You're very industrious and talented!!

[nagi_schwarz]

That sounds so cool! I went and looked at the pictures and they were really awesome. So lovely to meet you!

[m_findlow]

Wow, those are so cool. So many clever people out there!