time for some foxes

Posted on April 26, 2011 by mimik

One finished so far-

I love this Cloud9 Organic cotton– a perfect fox skirt print.

I cannot think of the right word to describe the color of her coat- a yellowish-green. Too yellow for Lime or Avacado. Kind of light olive but not really. Help!

She has a very dark red shawl that closes with a glass shoe button. The buttons on the coat are some that I’ve been saving for a long time- just waiting for the right project. Her bag is dark brown wool felt. I love my wool felt.

Here is all her stuff and the rest of her dress-

and the backs-

btw- I bought my Cloud9 fabric last week when we had the Crafty Biz meet-up at Gather Here in Cambridge. What a fun venue! There is tons of gorgeous fabrics, great books that I’ve only seen online so I got to browse them in person, embroidery floss not displayed in the darkest corner of the store (why does every other store do that!), and tons of other stuff that I am not quite so interested in,Â like yarn and classes and, and, and… so much! See Kerry’s fantastic photos and description here.

bird lady in blue

Posted on April 22, 2011 by mimik

Remember this lady? She was one of my favorite dolls of last year. Around Christmas time, I cut out all the pieces for this new lady, stuffed her, pinned on the birds and started doing the applique. Then, I put her aside. And there she lay for these last months. Finally, last weekend, with a vow to finish up some of the many partially finished dolls that I seem to be stockpiling, I got back to work on her.

The funny thing is that I would never have chosen these colors to work with at this time of year. She is most certainly a winter palette.

And this is what is on the work table now-

Hmm, which ones are boys and which ones are girls?

and some fish

Posted on April 21, 2011 by mimik

I have finished up a new batch of fish.

this little bit of Sesame Street goes round and round in my head when I work on these.

tiny world class

Posted on April 19, 2011 by mimik

I’ve got a Tiny World class scheduled for April 30 and there is still space. I would love it if you could join in the fun. All the info is here, but these are the basics. You bring a tea cup and than get to play with all my materials and tools. Like my scallop scissors and my endless variety of felt and wool. It is loads of fun!

and one more boy kitty

Posted on April 19, 2011 by mimik

the last one for now.

I sewed up this kitty last fall, but could not figure out what to do with him. I sewed his face and it turned out I could not move forward with it. When I started on this new set of kitties, I undid his face and started over. Now, I love him!