robot 8

Posted on December 13, 2006 by mimik

I started this guy back in October but got distracted by other ideas. I was inspired to finish him to take to the sale last weekend. Having robot dolls on my table attracted customers I’m not used to seeing… men!

I wonder how much call there ever was for gray rick rack?

And here is the back- that’s what I always want to see –

I’ll be out of town for a few days- my Mom’s 90th birthday!

fat fairy 11

Posted on December 13, 2006 by mimik

Fat fairy 11 is my November colored fairy- dark olive green, gold, red. Her body is made from hand dyed wool. I bought a box of wool fabrics years ago at an estate sale- the lady made hooked rugs. The fabric is finally finding its’ way into my work…

Her skirt is made from a metallic fabric that I bought last summer when I was out in Chicago. Her hair is made of felted wool roving. Here are her wings-

I’ve been slowly adding more work to my etsy shop and also to my gallery. It is easier to post to my gallery so right now, more pieces are there.

fat fairy 10

Posted on December 11, 2006 by mimik

I’ve spent all of the morning trying to take advantage of the minimal light to get some decent photos to post on my Etsy shop. I’ll be doing more tomorrow when hopefully there
will be better light.

It is going to take some time to get it all posted so if there is anything you’ve seen in the past few weeks that you are curious about or interested in, please email me. I am still catching up with the photo postings of what I did last week. Here is fat fairy #10.

a sort of side view-

head-

and back. She has a double skirt- 2 colors of shimmery translucent fabric.

shop update

Posted on December 10, 2006 by mimik

I will be doing a BIG shop update in the next few days- that will tell you something about how the sale went this week-end! Oh well, thank goodness it wasn’t the first show I ever did or I would be very discouraged. It really turned out that it was not the right venue for me. I was able to talk to some of the other people who were selling and got some good ideas for other places that might work better for me. It is always an ongoing learning process.

I’ve already put a few things up in my Etsy shop this evening if you want to check them out.

kitty 8 and 9

Posted on December 8, 2006 by mimik

Yikes! The Holly Fair set up is today and I haven’t caught up posting pictures of my new work. Here are 2 more kitties- sweet, gray, kitty 8-

She is made of a woven wool fabric- maybe from a coat or something. Her skirt is reproduction 30’s (I think) fabric with little bunnies on it. Her sweater is a recycled wool sweater, embroidered with wool. Here is a closer look-

Kitty 9 is made from a soft woven wool from my Mom’s stuff. I sort of remember that she had made herself a suit from it. It feels really nice and is tightly woven- beautiful to sew.

His jacket is made from a wool/angora blend sweater- I made one of the sweater babies out of it too. I lined it with a plaid cotton. Wool felt scarf and messenger bag.

and here is the back side-

It is probably obvious how different these two cats are- as I said earlier, I’ve been tweaking the pattern.

make-do pincushion

Posted on December 7, 2006 by mimik

Today was our doll club holiday lunch. We do a swap every year, and this year I suggested that we might do pincushions. That was what prompted my article on make-dos for the club newsletter. Here is mine in progress-

I piled up some of my wool scraps in the bottom. Here it the finished object-

I was VERY inspired by Kristen’s pins– my version!

kitty 7

Posted on December 7, 2006 by mimik

Another wool and angora blend kitty. This boy kitty has a lined vest made from one of my favorite old sweaters. That made it really hard to cut into!

He’s got a knit tie- it’s from a thrifted sweater that didn’t/wouldn’t shrink in the wash… but a great color. Here is a the lining on the vest- a secret surprise.

Again I used snaps under the buttons.

and here is his messenger bag

kitty 6

Posted on December 6, 2006 by mimik

I woke up to this the other morning- so pretty although obviously I’ve been too busy to clean up the garden…

If you look at my Flickr photos you will have seen the kitties I’ve been working on. Here are the first 3-

this is little kitty girl #6-

She is approximately 15 inches tall. When I decided to do the kitties, I tweaked the pattern so that they are all slightly different. I was planning to try to make a new and improved pattern, but in the end I thought they were all cute and had their own personality. Her body is made from wool and angora blend sweaters. Her sweater is made from a recycled fulled wool sweater with vintage ribbon (Thanks Pat H.!) and sweet little flower buttons-

I decided not to do the button holes and sewed on snaps under the buttons instead.

Thanks so much for all the kind words, encouragement and advise about my computer troubles. I’m so sorry about the whining- I was sort of embarrassed by all the nice comments… here I thought I was muttering and griping and complaining to myself in the corner and people were actually listening (reading)- that will teach me! I hope that I am back on track again. Onward!

okay, I think we might be making progress!

Posted on December 5, 2006 by mimik

Wow! I got another picture to upload! After I made the swaddled babies and the sweater babies, I had to make this little girl… she was insisting on getting made.

I consider her a first draft. There are lots of little tweaks that need to be done, but at least I got out the general idea. I made her during Thanksgiving week-end which was not a good time for concentrating on anything. I can go back to work on her after things settle down- after the sales and probably after the holidays. I’m beginning to get a few other ideas to work on when that “when things have settled down” time comes.

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