I finished up this fellow in New Hampshire last weekend.

To everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving, Have a Wonderful one!

I am back from my weekend in New Hampshire and a trip to Connecticut. Now Thanksgiving. But hopefully, I can get a few things done and posted. Here is Lumberjack #1-

and behind-

Here is a top view. This corduroy type fabric is amazing.

I like to cut out large groups of dolls from the same pattern at the same time. I get inspired by the colors and materials. The pile of cut-out dolls gets bigger and bigger as I am thinking, I could do this! and this! Mostly it is a good thing but sometimes I go off in odd directions. I cut out this fellow a while back- more than a year I know? I was cutting out traditional lumberjacks (just a shirt), tattooed lumberjacks ( shirts pieces, chest and arm pieces) and then I thought, what about a man in a vest. And apparently a teddy bear vest was what I thought he needed. It is a teddy bear vest because it is made of mohair fabric for making teddy bears. The fabric is in my stash because years ago, when I was making painted dolls, I experimented with using it for hair but it was almost always not quite the right color. So, it has been sitting in the bin for all this time because every time I looked at him I wondered, Is that just too silly? or weird? or something? With this last batch I decided, what the heck. And I finished him up. He is most certainly a very huggable fellow- that mohair fur is so so soft. I am glad he has finally stepped forward!

We’ve had a few days where the temperature has gone above freezing so the snow is beginning to melt a bit. But, as you can see, it will be a while before it is gone!

He has an American Eagle on his chest-

And George Washington on his arm.

And yes, we still have lots of snow.

One more to finish up and show, and I then am planning to list these fellows and the 2 swaddled babies in my Etsy shop on Friday.

Now this one has the Statue of Liberty on his chest. And Mt. Rushmore on his arm.

He has a vintage or maybe even antique Eagle button for his belt buckle.

He has orange hair with a curl in front.

And a cherub on his chest.

He has American eagle tats on his arms and chest.

This last one shows the texture in the trouser fabric- it is black with little threads of red and white.

this is the last of the dolls that I wanted to post after Christmas- just in case. It is also the last doll I will be posting for 2014. I am working on a project for next year and that’ll keep me busy for the next few weeks.

He has an antique moose button- another one that I was saving for a lumberjack.

This fine fellow was a special request gift for another very fine fellow! I had a blast making him a little bit extra special. Here he is without his cap-

He has an eagle on his chest and George Washington on his arm. He has an antique reindeer button for his belt buckle- perfect for a lumberjack! I’d been saving it and waiting for the right man.

He has an axe and I also made him a backpack so I could put some surprises in it.

Happy Travels!