A man with a mustache,
and a lot of giant flowers and foliage. This is a fun print. Brown hair and brown eyes.
Sailor Man
A blond and bearded sailor man.
With his hat,
and without.
Boats, boats, and more boats!
French knot “buttons” on his trousers.
Merman with bright blue hair
Well, you can’t really see his hair the the above photo but this one-
and this one-
and this one!
Here is a close-up of his embroidered belt- front-
and back-
Big Circus Man
I’m continuing to work on pieces that were part-way finished before I left for Washington at the end of April. It makes me feel as though I am actually accomplishing something when I am being distracted by lots of other things like the garden and clothes-making. There are never enough hours in the day.
A very complicated scene on his chest (and arms and back).
3 Owls
I made some owls this weekend. These 3 were all ready to go- I’d cut out all the pieces before the DC show but ran out of time to finish them. I only had to do the most fun part- stitching all the pieces in place!
I think of this one as my 70’s owl. I might have had some pants made of that brown plaid in 1970, or at least something very similar!
This one has lots of great textures.
And lastly, this very serious fellow.
I had fun with my variegated threads, stitching around his eyes.
A Herringbone Dog
I received a very nice email asking me to reproduce a dog doll that they had bought from Land of Nod. She told me such a nice story about how much they loved it and how the old one had gotten destroyed by a new pup. I explained that it would be similar but not exactly the same and she was okay with that. And, here he is.
I was lucky because I had all the colors of wool that I needed!
Japanese Merman #4
This is the last of the mermen and today I am shipping them ALL off to Kansas City for Quilt Market. Three should be coming back home to me and then they will be available for sale ($375).
This fellow, no flowers. I focused on the dark.
No back fin.
He has a widow’s peak.
Merman #3
Less flowers on this fellow. And no back fin. Instead, he has more and bigger side fins.
Embroidered beard-
Top knot-
Japanese Merman #2
This is the second of the choices for the “skin/tattoos”. I have no idea what any of that kanji means. This body pattern is the same as the first: small side fins and a back fin.
I tried something different for the hair.
Waist-
and back-
Tail-
Merman for Alexander Henry Fabrics
I was thrilled to be asked to make a merman to promote the Sirenas Del Mar mer-creature contest, sponsored by Alexander Henry Fabrics and Treasures of the Gypsy. Those links will take you to sites with info about the contest. Of course I can never make just one so I’ve been working on four. One of these fellows will make his debut at the Alexander Henry Fabrics Quilt Market booth in Kansas City! The inspiration for this mer-fellow is Japanese samurai.
First fellow-
He has a Japanese landscape toile. You can see in this back view that he has a back fin.
His hair is in a samurai/sumo style, tied at the top of his head. It was fun to work on figuring out a new hair style!
His waist and side fins-
and his tail-
More to come!