Reconstructed Fashion

I have just been itching to try some reconstructed clothing. I had two shirts hanging in the closet and never wearing because of being to short. My thought was why not take the most comfortable shirt and let it be the main piece. I am far from finished, but I thought it might be a cool idea to show the progress. Everything at this point is just pinned in place. I want to add another fabric. I like the idea of three. I need to rummage through the closet and see if I can find something complimentary to go with what is going on so far. The leopard shirt that was used was a peasant blouse. We will see what happens!

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Homespun Christmas Tree

Idea! I will make a Christmas tree out of rags. I go to the rag bag and there is no green, but I am in luck there is green fabric.The shredding frenzy begins.
I begin assembling and all the while hoping my time is not waisted. The tree begins to take shape, but I am wishing the fabric had been tea stained first. I love things that are tattered, torn, aged and worn.
Now I need to make two more in different sizes for a grouping. I am making tiny rag balls to hang on its branches. A little homespun fun!

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Soft Doll Santa

Christmas will be here before we know it! I have been itching to pull out the scrap bag. At first I was going to make jewelry, but I guess Santa was on my mind because before I knew it I was wrapping scraps around a wire armature and this is what happened.

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Studio

I took a little break this week from the doll and got back to work on the studio. I covered the top of a small dresser with broken dishes and painted cabinet doors. I am getting ready to antique both of these pieces. I found the sink in a salvage yard and had it restored. It will be a great sink for the studio.

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Doll

Two days of embellishing and much more to go . She is still changing with each passing day. I am taking these pictures at night, so they are not the best in the world. Today I embellished her hair with beads. In my world the fairies love to wear their finds wrapped in their hair. I also added sea glass going down the front of her dress. I have wrapped beads with wire until my fingers are raw. This is the part I love, yet it also the part that tries my patience. I will have lots of fun with the crown, I can't wait to get started on that. I am getting ready to take a few days and sculpt. I decided to purchase Wendy Froud's sculpting DVD. I saw a little clip of it today and just can not wait for that to arrive. Another doll artist told me about it. I hope everyone has a great weekend. My son is in a surf competition, so I will be on the beach. I have also been invited to attend a doll club in my area, that should be fun! I just received my dolls back from California and will be taking them to share with the group.

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The face has been repainted

I did not accomplish as much as I had hoped. I fixed the face and these colors will look better in the end. She was just too pale looking for the color palette. I had to go on another gathering mission. I an trying to decide if I want her to have feathers. I thought the feathers might be cool as the hair, but I can't seem to make up my mind. I will sleep on it and decide tomorrow. I did do some beading today. It is all the tiny details that take up so much time.

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Doll update

Yesterday I managed to get her to this point. Another layer. The color combination is coming from a necklace I made not to long ago. I wanted to share that, but it could not be found. I'll keep looking. I am realizing with each doll that is made that I need to skinny them up a bit because of so much embellishing. Another thing I am realizing at this point that the face is going to need to be changed and that has to be done now before I go any further. I have also been thinking about future dolls. I need them to have more movement. In my head I know what I want them to be, but am having a hard time making it happen. I have purchased a few new products and will be working on that in the weeks to come. I love paper clay, but I am thinking of switching pack to polymer because of dry time. You can put paper clay in a low temp oven for faster drying, but it can look dry on the outside, but still be wet on the inside, so even though they are put in the oven, they usually sit a week before any painting takes place, just to be sure. I've rambled on enough for today. hopefully I will make more progress. I am still working on the studio and it's starting to come together.I work on the doll and then switch gears and work on the studio.

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