A
total change for me with this post as I unveil one of my most enjoyable
projects - an Origami Black Cat (originally called Halloween cat). Those
who know me, know well my love affair with black cats - ironically there was a
time when I said I never wanted another black cat after having had 3 and yet
somehow always seeming to manage to gain yet another one. However, Tikvah
changed everything and now I can't quite get enough of them.
So, when I saw this
challenge of Anything Goes (except stamps) on the UnstampaBelles site, & finally sourced this origami pattern (I'd made a similar one in
my 20s & never forgot it), I figured it was time to recreate
it.
It's quite a complex
design for a novice at Origami as I still am, but do-able and so enjoyable when
you see it all coming together. It obviously involves not just folding
but some judicious cutting too and you have to really follow the instructions
very VERY carefully or things can go pearshaped really fast and you can get to
a point of no return, but I thankfully found it relatively easy again to get it
done, albeit with some pieces like the feet which just would not behave
themselves.
I'm going to be
making another one again shortly while I can still manage to do so. But I’m still finishing off (or trying to)
the last of my C. cards for this season which is proving the most difficult
task, as I’ve just really lost my zest for producing them at the moment, as
ever, eager to switch to something new again.
And apologies for
such intermittent blog posts – I’ve a lot going on between my health & my mum’s
continuing decline, I really find I don’t have a lot of time for taking the
pics & getting the posts put together that often, but will do my best to
keep on top of it a bit better and keep the blog alive :)
Enjoy
aka Black Kat :)
