progress report

I thought these were done- the blue one was finished months and months ago, but I ‘ve made 3 more. I brought them down from my studio, set them up to photograph and then I could see… not done. Hrmph! They’ve gone back up for a little more work.

babies

I did a little rearranging this morning. I cleaned out a drawer in my desk- it was full of patterns for dolls and doll clothes, most of which I’ve never looked at, none in the past 2 years. I put them all into a box and filled up the drawer with my embroidery wool- much better use of the space.

wool

Then, I got to work on my Day of the Dead postcards for a swap.

dodead

dayof d

I’ve worked on them all day- I was hoping to get them done today, but not gonna happen.

6 Responses to “progress report”

  1. kristin Says:

    i’m sitting here gawking at my screen saying OMG, OMG over and over again…your postcards!! WONDERFUL!!!!! and your babies!!! love all their precious little faces!!! you amaze me mimi…

  2. shobhana Says:

    oh my god! they are so cute! i, especially, love the ones with their eyes closed!

  3. alice Says:

    The dolls are so sweet. Love their hats! :)

  4. emily Says:

    Gorgeous!!! I’m thrilled, of course. Wow!

  5. stuffed Says:

    Holy cow, you’re on fire! Awesome.

  6. Doll » Blog Archive » swaddled babies Says:

    [...] I did the adjustments from this photo. In case you don’t notice, I changed the hats on 2 of them- the beige checks and the fall color stripes. Made them bigger, 2 layer and not stitched right to the edge so there is more dimension to the whole face. I took off an inch or more from the red baby’s blanket on the bottom. It makes for a better proportion in my eye. I’m picky, picky, picky about this stuff. [...]

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