Avon, we haven't made the big move yet. We're hoping we'll get our visas sorted and be able to move to Toronto in the beginning of next year. We did move from our big apartment that we sold into a little rental in the city centre, and we'll be living here until The Big Move. :)

Hi Nakudoll! I'm currently working on getting the pattern for my crochet critters proofread and fixed so that it'll make sense to others, and not just me. I hope to make it available soon. :)

Lumi, yes I'd love to meet up in Toronto! This will be my first time visiting Toronto and what with us moving there next year, it'd be super to meet Toronto locals. Is it OK for me to send you an e-mail, so we can sort out when and where to meet?

Hi Margie! Thank you for the information! :) We will still be in Toronto on the 19th, and the Crown Flora Holiday Market sounds lovely! I'll do my best to pop by there, especially since it looks to be in the same area we'll be staying at. I'm already planning on visiting the City Of Craft craft show, and the Union Station Holiday Market too. :)

HI Sharon! I sent you an e-mail asking for your address, but as it's looking like it hasn't reached you, you can just e-mail me (kitty@ragpets.com) directly with it. :)

Nini, I'd love, love, love to have you here for a Rag Pet tea party! :D

Thank you so much for such a wonderful giveaway! I love, love, love snow! It makes these dark and dreary winter months so much nicer and the world really does seem like a winter wonderland when everything is lovely and white and glittery. I also like to go skating and sledding, and to build snowmen and all of that is pretty impossible without snow.

Karen, I haven't encountered a problem with corners being too bulky regardless of the weight of the fabric I'm using, and I've done this with everything from upholstery weight fabric to super delicate silk and everything in between. Of course, if the fabric you're using is really, very thick and stiff, the seam allowances will make the corner stand out more/bumpy, but that will happen no matter what way you're making corners, because thick material means thick seam allowances and there's no two ways about it.

Holly, I learned to sketch neatly when I was in school. If I made clear, neat sketches, I could cut out a step of the design process. I haven't thought about making Rag Pet fabric before, but I sure am planning on it now! :)

Katarina, thank you! I was so pleased when I came up with the idea for this year's Halloween Rag Pet. :) Adrian, it's so sad that Sandy not only wrecked a whole big stretch of geography, but that it also put a damper (literally!) on a celebration that usually brightens the gloomy Autumn season. I think you're right about Sophie's leg! :D Nini, I'm working on a photo of my outfit now. :)

Oh my! Congratulations on your anniversary! 7 years is a long, long time. I get immense satisfaction from pressing a sharp crease, and from ironing in general. There's just something about making wrinkly fabric smooth or smooth fabric pleated that gratifies me no end. :) Thank you so much for such a generous giveaway! (I hope my comment didn't get posted twice, the comment box had a wibble when I tried to post earlier.)

You've managed to capture the feeling of the season so very beautifully in your photos! Makes me wish we would have had a proper Summer here to feel nostalgic about now that Autumn is knocking on our door.

Ruth, I'm glad that at least somewhere summer was summery! The Autumn is turning out to be a colder, darker version of summer over here, although the leaves are starting to turn now, so it's not as dreary anymore as we wait for what I hope will be a lovely & colourful "ruska". Thank you for the birthday wishes! :) Christina, I hope your vegetables' confidence won't be dashed and you'll get a nice, warm and sunny summer over there. Nini, I'd love to come by for a visit, your photos make everything there look so magical and beautiful, and it'd be lovely to get even a glimpse of sunny summer still. If I wasn't saving up for Japan, I'd be over there in a heartbeat! :) Thank you for the birthday wishes as well. :)

That is a really lovely looking bathroom, and those rubber duckies are super cute!

Oh wow, it's really wonderful! I like the "twin-sofa" and the silhouette on the wall and the pretty floral wallpaper and well, everything! Lovely work. :)

Everything looks so idyllic, perfectly relaxed and nicely warm and summery. Thank you for sharing this lovely place with us all.

Holly, all it takes is quite a lot of practice to get good at making clothes, especially in toy-size, but it's not rocket science and thank goodness not! I'm not very good at science in general ;) Nini, I'm not looking forward to the video, because I get terrible stage fright and I'm not sure how my appearance (asides from my hands which already make a very prominent appearance putting Millie together) on it will go...

I love her knowing and shy expression, and the idea that she's made up of a mix of various leftover bits and pieces.

She's absolutely lovely! I really like her neutral colours and the lace hem and the sweet little hears on her shoes. I can see why you're having a hard time letting her go.

Oh my, they are so very beautiful! I really like their monochromatic looks and marble eyes, and gosh that cameo is such a lovely touch! And of course, being a twin myself, anything twin-y always fascinates me.

Happy New Year to you and yours as well. May 2012 be brilliant for you.

Very happy New Year to you too! I hope 2012 will be wonderful and filled with creativity for you.

Warm, beautiful and happy holidays to you and yours as well.

Very merry Christmas, and super happy New Year too, to all of you as well!

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. That is an absolutely gorgeous ornament!