New Witch Doll

Yeah I finally finished the witch doll I started a couple of weeks ago, and I'm really pleased with her. She took only a day to finish which wasn't too bad especially as it has been a very busy week, which makes me wonder if its worth making a few basic doll up and then finishing them at a later date. But then I do like to work on the whole look and the character of the doll I want to create from scratch so I think I'll continue to make as and when I want to.

 So Connie the Crimson Witch ended up with the just the ruby red chiffon for her skirt. I was thinking of adding an over skirt like the previous witch dolls but nothing looked right and then I thought about the black heart net but again it didn't look right. So I added ribbon and a sparkly buckle and she ended up with a red felt witches hat, which I thought would suit her better. 

I still have another doll to finish and I need to make the body and arms but I think I need to do some research first as I want to make some extras to go with it and to be honest I think next week is elf painting. 

So hopefully next week I will be showing you some freshly painted Cornish Pixie Elves. 

Until next time

Vic xx

New Fabric and Book Club

It's been another busy week especially as it's half term and I finally managed to get to the fabric shop in town. I tried to be sensible and I did really well getting the fabrics I wanted and yes a few extras.

So I got some black taffeta and a beautiful grey shot taffeta, some poly cotton stripped fabric which will be great for the legs of dolls. I also got a couple of cotton fat quarters, white chiffon and the most gorgeous ruby red chiffon which I can't wait to use. 

Friday night was book club night and we had the most gorgeous meal and a really good giggle. Mind you we always have a really good giggle and I really enjoy the evening especially since I don't see some of the ladies as much now. 

Well the book we recently read was The Hypnotists Love Story by Liane Moriarty. 

It was a really good read though to be honest I struggled at the start as the author would switch between the two women's point of view in the chapters. At first this made it hard to differentiate between the two of them but eventually the differences began to show and the story raced on. 

As its my turn to host next I had to choose a book for us to read and I tend to add books I like through the year to a special wish list on Amazon to keep track of them. I eventually decided on a SciFi book called The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

I bought a paperback copy this time as Girlie would like to read it, and of course me being me I finished it pretty quickly. The book is supposed to Space Opera but it seems more like Space Lite which is probably okay for book club as I would hate to give them hard SciFi to read as it can be a bit mind boggling or numbing if you're not into that genre. It is a good read though and its never going to be Ian Bank's Culture series which I loved and I must re read at some point. 

Until next time

Vic xx

Blog Hop and a Doll

I've had a really busy week making some dolls and I'm joining in on a Creative Sunday Blog Hop, I'm a few hours late with it but better late than never.
If you want to join in or just read the other blogger's posts then click on this pic and have a read and follow the instructions to join in.

And now to the creative part, last week I started making the heads for three dolls, two are going to be witches and the other well I'll tell you more about that when its finished. But first here are the three heads all marked out waiting for me to start the sculpting of the head with my needle and thread. 

After they were needle sculpted I then drew in the features and coloured them in and coated them with fixative. This time I put the heads on a bamboo skewer when I sprayed the fixative which was a lot easier and it also meant my hands didn't get covered as well. 

After that I started on the bodies and then I ran into a small problem of skipping stitches on one of the bodies. I dug out my other machine needles but the stitches were still skipping. I packed it all away and left it a day and I've had a look on-line for some blue tipped needles, but then I thought I wonder and out came my ball pointed needles again and I went up a size and then another and hooray no skipped stitches.

After all the stuffing and sewing it was on to painting the boots on the legs, I gave each leg a couple of coats of the black paint and in between each I attached the heads and sewed up any openings. While the legs dry I like to pop them in a glass or cup which does also make me smile. 

So after attaching the arms and legs to the bodies with buttons I finished off one doll, and I've called her Myrtle. Usually I attach the hat to the head but his time as its a gift and I wanted the recipient to use the doll for different holidays I left it loose. 

The other two dolls will now have to wait a bit as I need to make a trip to the fabric shop and also its half term term and Mr Cornish Dragon is having a holiday so I reckon I will get them finished in a week or so. But in the meantime I will leave you with some more photos of Myrtle the Witch.

Until next time

Vic xx