Doll

Introducing the latest fairy. She reminds me of the colors of early spring.

I embroidered her eyebrows since her last appearance-

I made her hair out of old sewing thread. I have lots of old cotton thread from my mom and mother-in-law. Most of it is not useable on the sewing machine- it breaks too easily or is cut or one even had been scribbled on with crayon. I plied a number of colored threads together (including a pink and a green) and embroidered the back. The edging is a lot of the thread, twisted together and stitched in place.

her wings-

and a side view-

I was fighting with the skirt. For some reason it wasn’t working right, so I turned it around and tied it in the front. Better! The green trim on her bodice edging is an old piece of trim I found in my parents’ basement when we were cleaning it out. I think it is probably from the fifties. I also used it on the chimera I made for Month of Softies, so long ago.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 at 4:04 pm and is filed under General, doll, finished projects. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.