Just a quick little survey, friends. A quiz of sorts with no wrong answers. Without the aid of google or wikipedia, define tuffet. what do you picture when you hear the word? does something spring to mind?
I thought something kind of pouffy at first. Then I remembered Miss Muffet. So...something pouffy to sit sit on? You know, I don't even know what I mean by pouffy.....
a giant comfy toadstool that a young lady could sit on. as in, little miss muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey. I know it's not right but it's what I've always pictured! I'm sure it was in a picture book when I was little or something.
when I think 'tuffet' i get an image of a soft pouffe covered in dusty pink velvet with silver piping and beading. Oh - and of course miss muffet wanting to sit on it and me telling her to bugger off.
The only time I've ever heard the word "tuffet" is in Little Miss Muffet and I imagine it to be a cushiony seat with a ruffle around the bottom, just like a foot stool type thingy. ;-)
I've always thought it to be sort of like a floor cushion. If Miss Muffet sat on it, then I would think it to be something relatively comfortable. Good luck with the survey.
I've whizzed by all the comments so no notion what everyone else's tuffet looks like. Here's mine: Miss Muffety, grassy, possibly faintly mossy, a piece of furniture that would be located under Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree. Yep. That about sums things up.
A cushiony, low footstool perfect for perching on when eating curds and whey! It is upholstered and tufted, of course. (This is probably from my memory of drawings I've seen of Miss Muffet.)
Of course Miss Muffett pops in mind first. During A Year of Schnibbles we did a tuffet pattern for December. So, I'm going with a soft squishy pillow to sit on.
A round, cushiony thing to sit on. I think of it looking like a truffula tree from the Lorax, for some reason. Can't wait to see what you needed this for!
A thing to sit on, kind of like a hassock or cushiony thing?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking 'Miss Muffett'.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of a stuffed wide fabric cylinder .... what we used to call a "poof" in Australia.
Yes, Miss Muffett certainly springs to mind!
ReplyDeleteTuffet is something to plonk your bottom on (ie a seat of some sort!)
no idea what it is but yep, miss tuffet springs to mind!
ReplyDeletebtw, wanted to show you this amy...
http://ivydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/cosmo-pregnancy.html
your two hippos are featured in the recently released cosmo pregancy in ivy's room x
I thought something kind of pouffy at first. Then I remembered Miss Muffet. So...something pouffy to sit sit on? You know, I don't even know what I mean by pouffy.....
ReplyDeletea giant comfy toadstool that a young lady could sit on.
ReplyDeleteas in, little miss muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey.
I know it's not right but it's what I've always pictured! I'm sure it was in a picture book when I was little or something.
I think of something that looks an awful lot like one of those Amy Butler gumdrop pillows. :)
ReplyDeleteI just think of little Miss Muffet sitting on a cushion (or a mushroom for some reason)!
ReplyDeleteLittle Miss Muffett sat on a... I thought it was like a giant toadstool thing?
ReplyDeleteIt's what Miss Muffet sat on.
ReplyDeleteI always imagined it to be a mound of grass.
when I think 'tuffet' i get an image of a soft pouffe covered in dusty pink velvet with silver piping and beading. Oh - and of course miss muffet wanting to sit on it and me telling her to bugger off.
ReplyDeletea stool ... maybe something with a cushion on it to make it comfortable. interesting to see what a tuffet really is ...
ReplyDeleteIt's like a pouffe.
ReplyDeletea small stool-type seat with a poofty round pillow top (a la Little Miss M!).
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVE the pillow you scored in the swap - can't wait to get mine, they have all been pretty amazing!
A big fat cushion
ReplyDeleteI think Liam's Mummy got it right - it's a little grass covered mound.
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The only time I've ever heard the word "tuffet" is in Little Miss Muffet and I imagine it to be a cushiony seat with a ruffle around the bottom, just like a foot stool type thingy. ;-)
ReplyDeleteA big poofey cushion like a foot stool - in the style of a very comfy 'Feet seat'. Remember them?
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I've always thought it to be sort of like a floor cushion. If Miss Muffet sat on it, then I would think it to be something relatively comfortable.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the survey.
I've whizzed by all the comments so no notion what everyone else's tuffet looks like. Here's mine: Miss Muffety, grassy, possibly faintly mossy, a piece of furniture that would be located under Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree. Yep. That about sums things up.
ReplyDeleteA great big bottom in a frilly petticoat!
ReplyDeleteWhat Miss Muffit sits on? Never thought about WHAT that would be!
ReplyDeleteSomething similar to an ottoman?
ReplyDeleteA puffy little foot stool. Like a tufted ottoman, but not to big and very well padded.
ReplyDeleteA happy little footstool- perfectly suited for little miss muffet. :) What did YOU have in mind? I hope we get to see!
ReplyDeletemiss muffet sat on one so a tussock or something?!
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Another vote for a small mound of grass covered earth.
ReplyDeleteI picture it as something you sit on that's puffy. Maybe because of the tuff and the puff?
ReplyDeleteA small short stool/seat? When I think of Miss Muffet I think of one made of grass for some reason.
ReplyDeleteA big comfy cushion?
ReplyDeletelittle poofy foot stool
ReplyDeleteA cushiony, low footstool perfect for perching on when eating curds and whey! It is upholstered and tufted, of course. (This is probably from my memory of drawings I've seen of Miss Muffet.)
ReplyDeleteLittle Miss Muffett...a round cushion
ReplyDeleteOf course Miss Muffett pops in mind first. During A Year of Schnibbles we did a tuffet pattern for December. So, I'm going with a soft squishy pillow to sit on.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was a portable cushion sort of thing. Am I wrong? (Going to the great wide intewebs, now.)
ReplyDeleteCandy... And slippers...
ReplyDeleteSounds weird, I know :-)
The little pouf for sitting on. That's my call. Of course, I am influenced by the Miss Muffet.
ReplyDeleteA round little cushion for sure....
ReplyDeleteA round, cushiony thing to sit on. I think of it looking like a truffula tree from the Lorax, for some reason. Can't wait to see what you needed this for!
ReplyDeletea mound of grass
ReplyDeleteEither a big cushy mushroom or something on Miss Muffet's dress. Its not her tushie is it?
ReplyDeleteI think of a big, poofy, ottoman type thing :)
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