I got one of the fox girls finished!
She has a knitted lace collar- I bought the lace when I went to the Vintage Textile Show at the beginning of the month. Hurray for buying and then actually using versus hoarding, which is very easy for me to do. She has some flowers in her paw.
And, the stuff in her purse-
I am sorry that the photo doesn’t show the little button which is an antique black glass butterfly button.
This fox is a traveler.
He has all he needs for his wandering ways. A warm jacket and vest, a kerchief in one pocket and his map in the other. He has a backpack to hold his other necessities. His vest is soft flannel and I love the pine trees- perfect!
Here is a close-up of his supplies- his notebook, money, utensils, snack.
I will try to get the 6 available foxes into my etsy shop by the end of today.
Mushroom hunting is a great excuse for a walk in the woods. No eating of foraged fungi is necessary. I am sure this fox is an expert though and knows the good stuff and will be making dinner later. You can see that he found a really big mushroom for his collecting bag.
The boy foxes I just finished are also made from hand-dyed by me wool fabric. I think you can see the color variations in these pics.
Corduroy jacket, tartan vest, mustard yellow tie.
In his bag is his notebook and 2 mushrooms- a regular size one and a BIG one.
She is all dressed up, fancy fox style!
It pleases me no end to use little antique pearl buttons like those on her jacket.
Her dress is Liberty lawn and I used some antique (20’s?), never-used, still in original packaging, cotton trim at the bottom hem. As I was measuring it out, I noticed that it felt like it had a stiffener in it. That reminded me that being so old, I should be worrying about shrinking. A slight delay ensued while I washed and dried it. Any yes, it shrunk :)
Perfect fall clothes- corduroy jacket, lawn dress, cashmere shawl.
This batch of foxes is mostly made from hand-dyed (by me) wool fabric. The color has texture, if that makes sense- it’s a nice way to say it isn’t entirely even!
She’s got some great buttons- vintage (antique?) brass on the bag, metal on her coat with what I think are radishes on them!
Here she is standing among what are always my last flowers of the garden year.
This one isn’t quite so summery.
This fellow has all his Fall fashion going.
I know we are inching toward Autumn and this week has certainly felt like it, but this little one is all about summer.
We are not ready to let go yet!
Her felt flower headband is sewed to elastic. Her dress is made from the re-release of Heather Ross‘s Far, Far, Away line which I absolutely love, love, love!!! (you will be seeing more fox girls in dresses from that fabric- I bought a bunch!)
