{"product_id":"woolly-wombat-soft-toy-one-only-crocheted-by-kathie-bateman","title":"Woolly wombat soft toy one only crocheted  24 cm long  by Kathie Bateman suitable children under 3","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWoolly wombat soft toy one only crocheted  24 cm long  by Kathie Bateman suitable children under 3\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e Kathy keeps herself busy and always has, if not painting, making wombat hats she is crocheting  Doilies! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoolly comes with a blank wombat card and a swing tag about how we care for little joeys. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKathie made this prototype wombat he is very soft light weight with new pollyester fill he could do with alot more grass to fatten up. Wombat joeys are not always fat when growing they are like kids put on a growth spurt and there a bit thin, they fill out and grow some more! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e24 cm long wombat \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe are featuring Kathie Batemans art on our website as she is Dianna's mum and has made hundreds of wombat hats over the years as part of our fund raising.  Yes Dianna's art and drawings will slowly appear here as she gets a bit of time soon! \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathie Bateman  now 92  (2025) is still painting and active in her local art group. Painting is more than a hobby for mum, she always has something on the go. Kathie has won many awards at various art show's and sells most of her paintings when put in exhibitions.   \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eArt was all-consuming from the time she was born and at 15 took lessons in show card and ticket writing as well as enrolled and spent three years in the National Art School. Worked most of her single life in the ticket-writing dept of the Mick Simmons chain of stores. Even today she has a small Art Group that meets and paints each school week, this has been going on for over 20 years. Mum says its getting to hard to lug paintings to art show's so were selling on our website with funds going to our wildlife and environment work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathie also crochets all our wombat hats and theres doilies as well coming soon, a lucky dip I think!   Yes Kathie is Dianna's beloved mum and very good friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/8234\/9859\/files\/IMG_5512.jpg?v=1728776669\" width=\"215\" height=\"287\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCare of paintings: Do not hang in direct sunlight, the sun is very powerful and will fade even the old masters!  Fly spots and general grime can be carefully wiped off with a little personal hand soap and water, make sure its supported at the back so you do not stretch canvas.  Wetting back of canvas where there is a dimple will help any stretches or dimples from poor handling disappear. \u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathie Bateman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67629783154731,"sku":"Painting only with pre paid freight","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/8234\/9859\/files\/woolywombatatrocklilywombats.png?v=1790816895","url":"https:\/\/rocklilywombats.com\/products\/woolly-wombat-soft-toy-one-only-crocheted-by-kathie-bateman","provider":"Rocklily Wombats","version":"1.0","type":"link"}