and I’m loving working with my new toiles. This one is fantastic-
I’m going to be putting these last 4 fellows into my Etsy shop soon- hopefully tomorrow afternoon. I’m still working on the men though- there will be some more new ones soon.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
another man
Here is how he looked as I was working on his face. And now he is finished-
I gave him more prominent ears-
His “belt buckle” is an antique shell button.
So Handsome!
whoa!
If you believe that I have control over how these faces turn out, you’d be wrong. I use a water-erasable marker to mark out where the features go and draw in a rough sketch. If I had any real control, all the faces would be the same. But, as you might notice, they don’t because I don’t. I start stitching and whoever it turns out that they are, appears!
And I think this one is particularly appealing!
I spent some time in the garden over the weekend. I worked on the compost pile- which is great news because it means my back is MUCH better- Hurray! My favorite gardening toy is my compost thermometer (I’ve probably mentioned that before) and you can see here that my pile was close to 130 degrees F this morning. That’s my idea of excitement!
red beard
April fish
Fish 1
and fish 2
2 fish for April.
pug redux
this is where we started-
And this is where we are now!
In between, I tried a giant bow, and I tried some embroidery to highlight the mouth. It looks like some scribbling.
I moved the bow to the side-
How about a flower?
Maybe with some leaves?
That was definitely too much ruffles for one pug. How about a simpler flower-
Nope, back to bows-
Finally I decided that one small bow was just right. Also I restitched the mouth, over the black, with a warm gray so you can see the facial features (not in this photo but notice in photo #2). Much better- now I am satisfied.
And here she is, enjoying a beautiful day!
Arf!!
a 2 color dog-
In my head, this dog looks like a classic childrens’ book illustration of a dog from my childhood.
So many possibilities with dogs, so much variation!
not quite a corgi
I was trying for a corgi but he is not stocky enough- especially the head. I think he is so cute though that I will just assume he is a corgi/??? mix breed.
I love his corgi non-tail.
Thanks so much for all your input on the dogs. I’m still working on the pug. I decided that Liz’s comment about the dachshund’s “arms” was correct (they were too long) and so I’ve shortened them here-
Yes, Better! More dogs and tweeking ahead!
tweek 2
and now a dachshund.
He is a challenge to photograph!
He’s got a soft cashmere nose and ears. And a wired tail.
Okay, I tried a bow on her- what do we think? I’m not entirely sold.
And this was yesterday afternoon, pre-bow. Mango was supervising the photo shoot.
And the tails!
trying out the new dog pattern tweeks
Here is the first of the pattern tweeks. I cut the pattern down the center (lengthwise) and added about one inch in the middle. Then new nose, new tail, shorter arms and slightly different ears.
Voila! A pug!
I put a pipe cleaner into the tail so I could make it curl.
I am still wondering about the mouth. The black stitching doesn’t show up in the photos- I’ve lightened it up here.
It is all pretty dark in real life too. I might have to think about highlighting it. I’m still thinking. Also, she might just need a giant bow on her head…