I might be having too much fun with these sweet pups!
Cashmere sweater with antique 3-hole glass buttons.
Tummy pic-
fyi- I am not putting these into my etsy shop. There is lots of current listings there and I am going to focus on making work for the Smithsonian Craft Show. If you are interested in something, email (mimik@pobox.com) and I can send you details.
I am imagining that this hound dog is a detective in a cozy British mystery- just the kind I like to read.
I struggled to get the hat just right- I was aiming for a bowler but this hat is less formal I’d say.
He has his pipe, his wool jacket, and a velveteen waistcoat/vest. A very kind person recently sent me a great collection of perfect size buttons and I am having great fun using some of them.
And his hat-
I have finally finished one of the dogs! Everything seems to be going so slowly but I’ve got the clothing patterns mostly figured out so hopefully it will speed up from here. I have been having a bit too much fun with the accessories… I spent most of today working on felt hat ideas. Anyway, here he is- a dapper Parisian Poodle, doing his shopping for the day.
He has a cigarette because of course he smokes.
He has a blue linen jacket over a cashmere striped sweater. He has a linen bag for his shopping. You can see his baguette peeking out of the bag. His jacket pockets hold a handkerchief and a small notebook.
And here is a close-up of all his stuff- the baguette, a cheese wedge, a bottle (wine?), an apple, a salami, a notebook, a handkerchief, a felt hat, a linen shopping bag.
I wish I had a beautiful Spring background for him but we are not there yet here in Boston.
This is the first dog I’ve finished that has removable clothing. It is fun to work on figuring out new fashions.
It is March and I am surrounded by piles. Piles and piles of materials and dolls in progress. I have been benefiting from everyone doing their New Years clear out. I found tons of goodies at the thrift store and several friends have donated beautiful fabrics to my supply pile. Here are the thrift store goodies, deconstructed and washed, waiting to get put away.
I now have a whole pack of dogs waiting to get dressed. Here they are, stuffed and their noses and arms sewed on.
Now with faces-
And finally some are getting dressed. I am having to make all new patterns for their clothing which ends up being time consuming.
On my desk this morning-
Piles of fabrics (everywhere!) to audition.
Besides the dogs, I’ve also cut out and sewed up a lot of kitties.
Kitty pile-
And foxes-
Both of which will be coming after I get the puppies finished. So busy times around here but no finished pieces yet although soon I hope.
A girl and a boy yellow dog.
I think she has a little mouse look.
Oh my- angora ears! So so soft.
I’m back from Providence where I had a terrific weekend. (If I have time, I will do a separate post about it.) I tried to do a blog post from there but wasn’t able to and too distracted to try too hard. So here are a few more pieces that got finished before the show. Two boy dogs-
The dolls are back in the etsy shop, and I am adding the ones that I hadn’t listed yet. It might take a while!
This one is made out of all knits. The orange stretched differently from the blue which gave this pup a slightly backward-leaning posture that I found funny.
This little doggie really cracks me up!
It’s been on my mind to do a dog with a black eye circle.
Another black and white dog but in a different order.
I am still catching up with the dolls I took to Washington DC! I’m back to work though so soon enough I will have some of the latest things.
