I was all fired up this morning, clearing a space for my sewing machine. It is a good, solid, no bells and whistles machine, which does everything that I could want:
It is the very same machine used for a 5 part You Tube tutorial on Waldorf doll making. The person posting the tutorial explained that she was using this machine for demonstration because, basically, a trained chimp could use it!
I am inexperienced with the machine, but do want to get better.
All set up there, I pinned out my paper pieces, with some excellent feline help:
By the time I had finished drawing around the pieces, she had turned her back on me, but remained in an inconvenient place:
I sewed each piece 3 times for durability and then cut them out.
Problem...
This intended head was much, much, much too big. Humph.
So I had to make a new head and sew on the skin. Looks like something Mary Shelley would be delighted with!
Add on the embroidery threads for the eyes and mouth pulled through and tied at the back, and you have a well creepy object:
Once it was all finished, I had created a Jelly Baby!
Rather cute,totally un-Waldorf and marked exhibit 3 in the doll making process!
Very cute - love the expression on her face - wonder what she is thinking??? The body is looking a better shape - it's all product development remember!!!
ReplyDeleteI am actually enjoying the process of learning. I felt good at being confident enough to use the machine for sewing. There is lots of seam cutting and repurposing though!
DeleteI just read all the doll making pieces. The end results are lovely - very impressive sculpting; but you are right, the interim stages look downright spooky. Do you lock them up at night to be on the safe side?
ReplyDeleteI hope the weather improves soon so you can get out and about.
I don't lock them up. I position them by the front door, back lit with a torch. Any marauding would-be burglars are put off by seeing ThevWalking Dead already in the house!
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