Still Editing

I'm still working on revising all my doll patterns.  I'm up to the 5th one out of 10!  I'm having fun revising all the drawings with better quality computer drawings.  Tedious, but I love it!  The Revised patterns will be up on my ETSY sight as soon as I am done with all of them.  Right now I am working on Destiny.

I've Been Working

        I have lots of PDF doll patterns and classes at my ETSY site.  I decided they needed jazzed up and some of them I am completely rewriting.  I am removing all the grubby looking hand drawn illustrations that I scanned in years ago and am replacing them with clean computer drawn graphics.   What a difference!  The patterns look like they should cost more than they do but I'm not raising prices.  This editing and drawing stuff is fun!  I've actually become obsessed with working on the project, even staying up as late as 3 a.m.  

        Below are the first page of Beetle Babe and page 11 of Camille.  I really like that for PDF patterns I can include so much color!  I hope you like these samples.

        

       Now I am headed back to editing and I hope to finish Camille before dinner.  The revised PDF patterns will be up on my ETSY site soon.  I'm waiting until they are done because as I move on to the next pattern in line I find some new idea that I want to include in an already edited pattern that I thought I was done editing.  I have about 25 patterns and classes to edit and I'm only up to pattern number five so don't expect to see these all edited and up on my ETSY site tomorrow, even if I'm up till 3 a.m. again.   I'll post an announcement here and label each pattern and class as "Revised" when I repost them on ETSY.

Look What I did!

        So you've read that I'm behind and trying to catch up.  Well, here is a doll I made in the Artistic Figures in Cloth and Clay conference a year ago April in Paula McGee's workshop.  Paula was very kind and as I was having tremors in my hands she made the face for my doll.  Thanks Paula!

        Willabelle the Weeping Willow seated is about 20 inches tall.  She is supposed to have a crown that looks like it is made of twigs and then embellished, of course; my favorite part.  I got the supplies out a few times, looked at them and then decided it wasn't the right day to do it, or some other obscure excuse, so she is crownless.  Maybe someday.   

        Paula designed a great doll and she makes the most amazing doll hands!  Paula recently began teaching at her ETSY site.

More Workshops!

Greetings from Skeelhaven!

I spent a good part of yesterday adding doll and fabric related workshops to my Craftsy site.  My patterns and workshops are also at Etsy.

Some of my favorite workshops/ patterns on both sites include:

Seated Angel

Destiny

Cloth Marrotte

Altered Fabric

I hope to see you in one of my workshops!

Finally a Pattern!

For years I have had doll friends and students ask me to create and sell a pattern for Angelfish the Mermaid Bride.  Well, I finally finished it and the pattern is available at my  ETSY site.

Angel fish collects riches from ship wrecks and has embellished her wedding "tail veil" with her treasures. In this photo she examines her wedding ring.  Her pattern features detailed step-by-step methods to needle sculpt which adds dimension to her cotton torso and face. Color is added with pens and pencils and taught in an easy to understand method. Create this elegant mermaid doll with free form embellishing, including silk ribbon embroidery stitches, embroidery and fabric manipulation.  Embellishments include lace appliques,  beads, buttons and silk flowers. Learn to naturally pose feminine articulated hands gracefully with the option for individual fingers or mitten hands, all including fingernails.  A beginner’s body pattern is also included allowing this pattern to be a fun design for dollmakers of all skill levels.

This has always been one of my favorite dolls.  I wish I had never sold her though she went to the home of a mermaid collector who promised to take good care of her.