Working It

I got home from the job yesterday and wasn't feeling it at all. But around 8-8:30 on the pm, I asked myself if I wanted to be mediocre for the rest of my life? If so, do nothing. If I want to be on that beautiful beach in the Caribbean or on a New Zealand wine tour, I had to do something that would get me closer to that goal.

So I picked up my sprite pieces and closed up the seams. I had gotten into some sort of zone (could've been Twilight), when I stopped to look at the parts and thought that I had so many limbs compared to bodies. It began to unnerve me, that maybe I made a mistake in counting. Then my mind came back and I told myself (I know you know where this is going) that there are usually two upper limbs and two lower limbs per one body. Is that goofy or what? I had to laugh at myself. It was my Dr Frankenstein moment.

I will cut out their bloomers and sew them today.

I read on another blog that one should always have small achievable goals at all times. My 'believe' sign was one. Here is Creative Mojo Man almost wrapped. I think he will have some funky felt boots on and he's got to have wild hair. The fabric is scrap from a totebag a friend made me. The fabric was going to be a blouse but that never happened so it's now a totebag. I get so many compliments on that bag. Well, CMM is feeling very happy right now. The Wendys are getting a bit jealous and I'll have to start them soon too.

On the docket for today along with the bloomers:
2 more Koji Bear heads felted
3 sets of Koji Bear arms felted
complete torso of pirate formed
chapter 4 of Map Hunter

I'd like to welcome Lainie of www.lainieslittlethings.blogspot.com Love your fish tank with the not-so-little fish.

New Bunners

These will be long kimono bunners. Just something a little different. As you can see, Creative Mojo Man is in the background.

Here are more Bunner armatures. The ones with legs will be pirates. Maybe they'll have carrots as pistols and celery as daggers.

Here are the Halloween Sprite parts I forgot on the last post. A friend said they were my creepy chorus line. They are almost caterpillar like. I'm so excited about this month. I can't wait to show you the strange and unusual things that will spring from my mind.

I'd also like to welcome Gail Burton of www.gailburtonart.blogspot.com . Hey Gail, love your pooches.

Awesome August

Here are a lot of parts. I stuffed all but 3 of the bodies today. I should really be getting some muscles now. They are a small portion of what's in store for the expo. I'm getting very excited about it. So many things to do and I've got 2 lists going.

These are Wandi Witch legs. You can see that there are more in the first pic. I keep losing count so there are about 30 something pairs.

Wandi Witch heads and yes, they were rolling today. Try corralling several heads that kept falling off the table. And disappearing. Good thing I swept or they'd be wrestling dust bunnies. I missed a pic. I'll put it on the next post.

The evening is still young. I'm done with stuffing for awhile though. I will work on my skele pirate armature. He's going to be big. A big challenge.

For the expo, I'm going with a crypt by the sea theme. Gotta do the Halloween peeps and pirates. I want to get all body parts and bodies done this month and costumes next. Of course this is subject to change depending on my fancy or neurotic tendencies. Or both. Plus, I'm working on my manuscript. Call me crazy!

Wandi Spring Sprites

For some reason I couldn't upload close-ups. I will try to get more pics later but for right now I wanted to show you that I finished them. After having a sucky weekend, I rallied on Monday and got them done. From left to right, Jani, Yoni, and Moni. They can sit or hang on a wall. I've pulled fabric for more, some will have wings, some will be witches, and some will have those bubble sunbathing shorts.

Update Spring Sprites

I'm such a goof. I start a project and get halfway and stop. Why? Fear maybe. Self doubt. Something else. Then the pieces start talking, questioning why I haven't gotten back to them. The hard part is done. I want to get back to enjoying the fun part. The dressing, embellishing part. Yes, I would like more fancy yarns, more fabric, but I'm creative. I'll work with what I've got.

So I put the pants on my little girls. The blue pair looked stunning.

The other two, not so much. They looked so plain. I studied the blue, liking what I saw, looked to see if I had more print fabric to make new pants. The one in blue looks like she's got a shorts jumper on.

So I whipped up two more pairs of pants and they look lots better. So sweet!

Here are the first pairs of pants. I will keep them because other Wandis are on the way. This pattern will make great sailor pants. Maybe I stopped because the design I had in mind wasn't really what I wanted to do or what they wanted to wear. Bad Wendy decided to show up and tried to put a procrastination thought in my head. After all, things weren't working out, so put it away and go watch TV.

But I didn't. I continued on because they needed their pants, and once I worked through the pattern combination, the design took a different turn. Now I'm excited again. These guys were suppose to have a skirt on. Oh the creative process!

Here are the gals with the beads I've selected for them. Not the best lighting, I apologize. I found some cool beads that are striped and work well with all three doll's fabric patterns.

Fabric Box

Last night at my applique meeting, we made this little fabric box. I did not make the yo-yo flower, I haven't quite mastered the art of yo-yo making, but I did the embroidery on the leaves and the flower tendrils. I love being able to take home a finished project from a class. I will put my thread in it.

I've also caught up on my Script Frenzy. I'm at 53 pages, the mid-point and will do lots more this week. Will have to upload everything next week.

Besides the job, on today's docket are spring sprites. They need pants. I will not have them hand around for two years like the Halloween Sprites and not get done. So, I'm going to go prep my work area for this evening. Good thing I've got food already prepared.