I love this toile!
Yes, he does have a kitty on his back-
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Tattoo man with a mustache
Fancy shoes-
Rick-rack belt and vintage metal button.
man in a kilt
This is a first for me- a kilt. That means pleats. Always fun to do a little research.
The kilt is removable with buttons and a hook on the inside of the waist.
And I KNOW you are all wondering what is under the kilt. Well, Spoiler Alert!!!
Sorry for the terrible picture. I was putting this post together and realized that I’d forgotten to take a kilt-off photo. I took this one with artificial light and it’s pretty bad. But, you needed to see, right?
The reason (or inspiration) for the kilt was that I didn’t like how he looked in just his shorts. The toile fabric had more stretch than the cotton I used for his pants and once I stuffed him, I thought it looked oddly bulgy in places. So, inspiration hit! Honestly, that is really how it works.
side-glancing man
I really like his face.
That is all the tattooed men for now. I’ll get this last bunch into my etsy shop in the next few days. I have fish and lumberjacks on my desk now.
a special lumberjack
Sometimes I will say yes to a special order or commission. When someone asks me to do something that makes it obvious that they understand and appreciate my work I am more likely to say yes. A tattooed lumberjack- Yes! A Christmas stocking with traditional tattoo images? Uh, no. (yes, that is an actual example that recently came through my inbox)
I love this guy!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving if you are in the part of the world that celebrates. I think I made my best apple pie ever!
red beard
a pirate
I finished him. It turns out he is a pirate. I think it is the boots.
He is a patriotic pirate. He has Ben Franklin on his back and George Washington on his arm.
I used a blue variegated floss for his eyes so they are slightly different colors.
Isn’t this perfect for his hair?
I found this little buckle in my stash. Perfect.
Things don’t always go smoothly when I’m putting the dolls together. I cut this tattooed man out last spring and sewed him up at the end of May. Now I stuffed the body and did the face embroidery. I sewed the fingers and then stuffed the arms. I was about to sew the arms on when I realized they not the same size. At all. I put everything aside and went to Vermont.
Today I unstuffed both arms, back to the hands. Then I carefully retraced the pattern onto the bigger arm. There was a bit of fiddling on both, sewing, taking out, resewing. Fixing mistakes often takes much longer than you’d ever expect. And of course I don’t have enough fabric to just make new ones.
But, he made it through the reconstructive surgery. He did not end up in the pile of not-sure-how-to-fix problem dolls. Phew!
an excellent mustache
It is looking like Spring, although we might be getting more snow on Friday- April 1, you know.
I’m very pleased with the mustache on this fellow.
If you are interested in joining the Tiny World class on April 30, please email me at mimik@pobox.com.
blue pants, red hair
Tattooed man.
Love that George Washington.
today’s tattooed man
I love this toile. I got a remnant of it off of Etsy, way back when I started making these fellows. I have now cut it all up. There are a few more dolls in the pipeline with this toile design and then all done.
I have been overwhelmed by the news coming out of Japan. I can hardly tear myself away from the newsfeeds. Some of you might know that I have a brother in Japan, but he lives in Kyoto which was unaffected by the earthquakes shaking. My heart goes out to all the suffering people.