Patience, that virtue thingy

My level of patience is, you know, declining.

I am making a stuffed toy.  It is a present for someone.  This toy is taking a crazy amount of time because there are so many tiny little picky details.  Did I mention the details are tiny? And there are a lot of them?

I have made legs and arms. Body, head. Hat. Felt cutouts. Eyes, nose. Sewn bits.  STRIPES.

But I just realized that (1) the holes in the top of the arms and legs need to be big enough to put stuffing in.  And also that (2) I haven’t made ears.  And (3) this animal has a TAIL and I don’t have one of those yet either.

I may finish this toy in 2009.  I’m not sure.  I’ll have to get back to you on that.

Oh, and I seem to have lost the other toy I’ve been waiting months to put a face on.  I suspect the cat stole it.  Or at least, she’s a convenient culprit and she can’t talk, so she can’t dispute my efforts to blame her.