Bookcats

"It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they /always/ purr."- Lewis Carroll

http://www.catquotes.com/catquotes9.htm

Isn't a cat a great companion? And books and cats go so well together, don't they?

So I made some cat-bookmarks, my "bookcats". This is my first collection of nine cats. More will follow.

(If you wish, see also my post from January 20, 2012)

Each bookcat is a unique piece, with a top that looks different than the underside, and each of my cats wears socks, very often different ones. Don't ask me why, I just like them this way! :-)

I use different pieces of fabric and a woolen fleece for the batting which provides a good feeling and the stability you need in a good bookmark.

I use thread for the whiskers, I appliqué the socks and the tail and sew the face by hand. A bookcat has the same dimensions as a bookbird (21 cm/ 7cm or about 8" / 3").

If anyone is interested, I give some of them away. Just send me an e-mail:

MARIASmail@t-online.de
(for more information please go also to "Give And Take" on top of this site)


The book shown here is one of my favourites: "Die unendliche Geschichte" ("The Neverending Story") by Michael Ende, K.Thienemanns Verlag, 1979, with the wonderful illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg.

Here are all my cats, I asked them to behave well and stand still in orderly rows for a moment, it didn't work for long :-) :