Well, so much for the musicians- I guess they will continue to wait in that long line in my head of ideas wanting to come to life. Instead, this is who has arrived- the boyfriend, or maybe I should have called him Sweetheart.

He is a constuction combination of the Big Man pattern and the applique technique I used for Little Red Ridinghood.

Here she is, the last of this series of fairy dolls. She is Granny fairy-

She has blue and grey hair and lots of fancy details-

a crown and ribbons-

and very special wings- 2 colors, ribbons and beads, long and drapey-

and side puffs instead of a skirt-

and here are all the ladies in the garden-

I will be putting them up on etsy later today. Next, on to the musicians!

And now- they are in my shop.

I am going flower crazy!

This is what I did with them all. This flower fairy doll makes me think of a 60’s hippy girl with flowers in her hair. Although I guess she really needed to be wearing tie-dye to make the look just right.

She even has flower feet!

And here is the back view-

I am going to try and finish the last of this group of fairy dolls and put them into my etsy shop on Wednesday. Now that I’ve said it, I’m commited, right? Guess I better get back to work!

Yesterday I thought I had finished this doll. I took a lot of photos and couldn’t get any that I liked. For some reason, my camera doesn’t do well with reds. But besides that, I didn’t like how the doll was looking. I finally realized it wasn’t the photos, it was the doll! Here are some photos from yesterday- the color is actually pretty close to true in these ones-

And here she is today after a little make-over-

I redid her hair-do and I’m a lot happier.

I’m still not satisfied with the photos though. arg!

Introducing the latest fairy. She reminds me of the colors of early spring.

I embroidered her eyebrows since her last appearance-

I made her hair out of old sewing thread. I have lots of old cotton thread from my mom and mother-in-law. Most of it is not useable on the sewing machine- it breaks too easily or is cut or one even had been scribbled on with crayon. I plied a number of colored threads together (including a pink and a green) and embroidered the back. The edging is a lot of the thread, twisted together and stitched in place.

her wings-

and a side view-

I was fighting with the skirt. For some reason it wasn’t working right, so I turned it around and tied it in the front. Better! The green trim on her bodice edging is an old piece of trim I found in my parents’ basement when we were cleaning it out. I think it is probably from the fifties. I also used it on the chimera I made for Month of Softies, so long ago.