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Little critters

I can't remember how it started. It was either the Wee Viking telling me I should make zipper pouches with bendy tails like a chameleon or tie dying on our back porch and realizing it looked like koi spots. This has grown into an obsession for me, creating small zipper pouches that look like animals.   I've made white cartoony bunnies, then found amazing spotted suede to make the softest bunnies ever. There have been super silky soft purple suede bunnies with lime green interiors and sparkly purple eyes in Fabrikate colors.  I designed an extremely over zealous cloth lobster bag with way too many little fiddly parts that almost killed me, helped me meet my cursing life quota and also practically swore me off sewing but is still one of my favorite things that I just can't bring myself to sell. Then came the armadillo.  One day I sent my husband a text with a photo of the chameleons my daughter had suggested, maybe some glow i