Herringbone Dog

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I am imagining that this hound dog is a detective in a cozy British mystery- just the kind I like to read.

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I struggled to get the hat just right- I was aiming for a bowler but this hat is less formal I’d say.

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He has his pipe, his wool jacket, and a velveteen waistcoat/vest. A very kind person recently sent me a great collection of perfect size buttons and I am having great fun using some of them.

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And his hat-

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French Poodle

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I have finally finished one of the dogs! Everything seems to be going so slowly but I’ve got the clothing patterns mostly figured out so hopefully it will speed up from here. I have been having a bit too much fun with the accessories… I spent most of today working on felt hat ideas. Anyway, here he is- a dapper Parisian Poodle, doing his shopping for the day.

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He has a cigarette because of course he smokes.

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He has a blue linen jacket over a cashmere striped sweater. He has a linen bag for his shopping. You can see his baguette peeking out of the bag. His jacket pockets hold a handkerchief and a small notebook.

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And here is a close-up of all his stuff- the baguette, a cheese wedge, a bottle (wine?), an apple, a salami, a notebook, a handkerchief, a felt hat, a linen shopping bag.

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I wish I had a beautiful Spring background for him but we are not there yet here in Boston.

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This is the first dog I’ve finished that has removable clothing. It is fun to work on figuring out new fashions.

And now it’s March

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It is March and I am surrounded by piles. Piles and piles of materials and dolls in progress. I have been benefiting from everyone doing their New Years clear out. I found tons of goodies at the thrift store and several friends have donated beautiful fabrics to my supply pile. Here are the thrift store goodies, deconstructed and washed, waiting to get put away.

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I now have a whole pack of dogs waiting to get dressed. Here they are, stuffed and their noses and arms sewed on.

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Now with faces-

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And finally some are getting dressed. I am having to make all new patterns for their clothing which ends up being time consuming.

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On my desk this morning-

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Piles of fabrics (everywhere!) to audition.

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Besides the dogs, I’ve also cut out and sewed up a lot of kitties.

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Kitty pile-

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Both of which will be coming after I get the puppies finished. So busy times around here but no finished pieces yet although soon I hope.

 

Windy Day Lady and Blog-iversary

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My blog is 15 years old today. How crazy is that! We’ve come a LONG way together.

Here is my windy day Lady pillow doll.

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She is reminiscent of this lady that I made so many years ago (April 2010!). Also, my tiny world pincushions. Someone messaged me an amazing photo of a chair with appliqued town imagery and I’d link to it but I couldn’t find any artist attribution so that doesn’t feel right. Anyway.

edited- I found it! Cityscape chairs.

She has her cashmere hat and scarf for this blustery day.

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Details of the houses-

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And here is one more photo from when I was working on her. You can see that I tried out some other ideas that didn’t make it into the finished piece. I was planning trees and blowing leaves but changed to chimneys and smoke.

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