ROSALEE A VERY SPECIAL PIRATE LADY

While in Pirate mood, husband suggested a gal wearing a hat with a long feather. Brilliant idea! Found a picture to go by, and not only had the hat, but a super long coat. So got busy and designed Rosalee. Like my other dolls she is made to stand alone...balancing on her hi heel boots. She has wild, wind blown hair: Of course that's how it goes when you're on a ship. Like her pirate buddies she carries a sword and wears lotsa jewelry. Immediately got request for her pattern, so got busy & wrote. BTW these pirate patterns include making the sword. I'm thinking would be handy for characters like musketeers?

CARIBBEAN PIRATES HAVE INVADED!

Years ago when Pirates of Caribbean came out I made a doll, since the star is one of my favorites. I got a request to make another, so got busy...and as usual not satisfied with just one...had such fun with all the embellishments,& making that wild hair. Since I had an extra head I decided a female was needed.

so Sadie was born. Pattern for Jack is up...Sadie on the way.

ROCK STAR DAVID

David Bowie was"big" in our home when my kids were growing up. Since there were requests for more male dolls, I decided to design a rock star based on him. The big thing was that hair, and of course the fancy clothes. Often when trying to capture a certain look, I find it takes a couple of attempts, and this was no exception. So not only are there 2 Davids, but I had another head, so used left-over body, legs, etc. and with a new wardrobe came up with another Rock Star. For him I made a microphone and have instructions for making it on wordpress blog. The guitar I purchased. Pattern is done & will post along with some others in April. Health problems have slowed me down, but not stopped me!

FLYING STEAMPUNK FAIRIES!

Since my birthday was Friday the 27th, I was able to "milk it" and spent the whole week (except for Turkey day as I was busy cooking)working on writing up the patterns for my flying fairies! Pictures are of the 2 Steampunks: Flying Phoebe and Victorian Victoria. Also have Flutter Tooth Fairy. Weed Fairies named Anna Stasha. Like Tooth Fairy their heads are jointed so they move. They're flying high! So...happy to say these patterns are now available for others to have fun with. TA DA!

BUSY MAKING FLYING FAIRIES!

It all started with the Tooth Fairy (dressed In blue). Made with new technique that allows her head to sway, making her look like she actually moves as she flies. She was such fun decided to make another as a Weed Fairy. And she was so much fun I decided to make a Flying Steampunk Fairy, or 2. One aviator style with helmet & propeller on her head. The other, more Victorian with velvet & lace, and pretty umbrella. Then this hot pink fabric was crying to join in,and another piece of beautiful, colorful fabric, said, "me too, but I want to carry a bong". So here they all are. Or perhaps not all. We shall see. Patterns are in the works, and will also be appearing in SD&A!

MALE "PORTRAIT" DOLLS

Several Years ago I was asked to make a portrait doll of a gentleman & his wife dressed in costumes they had while serving in Korea. A while back he contacted me as he had decided he wanted to have dolls of the whole family. Great...until I found out there are 8 of them! 3 Are men, and men are the hardest to do, so I have done them first. Guys are a challenge since their hair doesn't cover threads for needle sculpting, so ya gotta make it all behind the ears. Whenever I can I try to put a hat on guys. Picture shows the three men holding the photo given me to work from. There are 4 in the picture because the gentleman in the center is the father.

MORE WEEDFAIRIES

Since the original Betty Bong Fairy sold at the crane festival, and have had so much good feedback, and wanted to have a BB for the Art Walk, thought I'd best make another. First off I gathered parts together from when I was designing my girls and made another with golden locks like the original. Then there was one not-so-nice person who posted a diatribe on my FB page (also complained to editor at SD&A) so I made her again without the wings,holding flowers and changed her name to Betty Bouquet. BUT she was not happy, and wanted to be like the others...so I fixed her up, and now we're all happy...and we don't even smoke. A side note: another little fairy flew off during art walk, and another will be going tomorrow. So again lots of positive feedback!