A lot of nice designs with Diddl on the project page. Is this a cartoon figure? Tell me more. I no longer have kids at home & so far no grandkids. Thanks

Diddl is a cartoon-character designed by the German artist Thomas Goletz (read the wikipedia-article about).
And Diddl -of course- has it's own website in more than 15 countries.

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by clawton 20 Feb 2008

Thanks for the information. I knew someone would know about the character.

persiancatlover is right, originally this cartoon figure comes from germany, In the netherlands it is introduced around 1997, There is a lot of merchandise of all kind and everey year there is more to buy.and the embroidery designs of persiancatlover are very lovely, they look just like the cartoons of diddle.Greetings to all.

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by clawton 20 Feb 2008

Thank you for the background information!

Hello,i just see all your questions about diddl,here in belgium you can buy teddy's,pencils,towels ...almost everything with a diddl design on it,we have a lot of special shops here in belgium with diddl things,i think that diddl comes from germany,hes also very famous in the netherlands,i hope to help you all with your question about diddl's,people who want these diddl designs may send me a email and to ask for it ,you can find my emailadres on www.billybobkesborduurhoekje.be,ask what designs you want to have from me and i send them to you,i love to share these beautifull designs,greetings from belgium,connie

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by marjialexa 20 Feb 2008

Greetings to you Connie, we're so glad you posted here and told us all about Diddl! Did you digitize the designs yourself? If Diddl is a copyrighted character, it may be illegal to share those designs with others, even free. I know you are being kind & want to help, but please check the copyright, we don't want you to get in trouble for just doing something nice. We would miss all your lovely projects. Marji

by clawton 20 Feb 2008

Thanks for the response and sharing the information. I was not familiar with the character in the US and was interested in the background/history of it. It appears that it is much like our Mickey Mouse character.

They are certainly not Dutch. I have seen them here, only as embroidery designs, never saw a cartoon. From the name I guess they must be British (or Irish maybe).

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by dianned 20 Feb 2008

No, not British! I've never seen them before. The dog looks a bit like Gardfield's Odie though.

Well, I saw designs of them on a Dutch site. They look familiar to me, but I don't remember where else I may have seen them.

I kinda asked the same the same question 3 or 4 days ago. couldn't help cause I also didn't know what the ladys were talkinf about. Which was this Diddlen thing. But I gather it is a cartoon figure from the UK where she is from.Not sure.

So pleased to see that I'm not the only one who didn't know! Flower to you both.

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by clawton 19 Feb 2008

Thought maybe persiancatlover would get back to us. Maybe she hasn't read the question yet. I'm feelin better and young again since I'm not the only one that didn't know. Thanks

I'm thinking these might be European, because my grandchildren don't recognize them. ;)

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by clawton 19 Feb 2008

I was thinking along those lines also. Thanks