Tropical man

I am trying to get a few more pieces finished up and in the shop before Christmas.

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This fellow is decidedly not winter-y. I felt sorry for him when I took him outside into the frigid air for his photos. This is some amazing toile that I bought out in Portland (Oregon) last summer- fun fabric-shopping memories!

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I was in the mood to embroider a mustache. He has a forelock curl which you can hopefully sort of see.

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I would usually wait until I have a few fellows but since time is tight, I will list him into my Etsy shop tonight.

tutu 2

Tattooed lady 3 for December- another tutu.

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I have been having fun trying out hair-dos. I started from some of the embroidered hair I’d done on the fellows. Then I added more, like I’d done with this pirate lady.

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And then even more. I kept adding “locks” and rearranging them until here they are-

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I lightened up the above photo so you can see the three sections that I added on.

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