playnwithfantasy

Monique

2010-07-31T15:39:00.001-07:00

This is a bed doll. This is a Elinor Peace Baily doll pattern. She measures 36 inches. I made this doll years ago.

Goth doll

2010-07-31T15:29:00.001-07:00

I made this doll long ago. It has been sold. I really liked making her, I need to make more like her.

New Fairy Doll

2009-02-26T21:10:00.000-08:00

My new doll measures 33.5 inches not including her antennae. Hand dyed cotton, hand beaded flowers on felt, hand painted face, hand stitched hair. Free motion stitched wings. I used Elinor Peace Baily's Monique patternto make my Fairy doll.

So Oldddddd.......

2009-02-19T23:31:00.000-08:00

This blog needs something new. I'm working on a doll. Elinor Peace Baily's Monique doll pattern. She is not another Monique this will be a fairy of sorts. She badly needs working on so when I get caught up I will get back on her and others I started but havent finished. I leave you with a collaged postcard I made using the image of my Forest fairy doll I made, such a serene photo.

She is such a sweetie.

Lacey Wings

2008-02-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

This is my directions on how I made my lacey wings for the Dark Fairy. Supplies I use:
paper, pencil and pen
black organza
watersoluable stabilizer, 2 different weights
pipecleaner
sewing machine
embossing gun

using paper and pencil I hand drew a picture on how I want the wings to look. I place the lighter weight stabilizer on top of my drawing and trace it with a black pen. Sandwich: heavy stabilizer, organza and lightweight stabilizer. Stitch around the design or stitch the block edge.

now you want to stitch the outlines of your wings several times.

Normaly when I do freemotion stitching I take my foot off and just use the shank but on these wings I used forward and my back button. I did a crisscross in each section I outlined, back and forth then did a straight stitch to try to catch all the stitches.

now to cut away the excess around the edges and soak in cold/warm water to disolve the stabilizer. Make sure all of the stabilizer is gone, run under water and squish around with your fingers to get rid of all the gumminess.

I stitched pipecleaners on the top and bottom edge of the wings for posing. then I heat distressed using my embossing gun.

I cut off the extra pipecleaner and this what the wings look like on my doll.

Dark Fairy

2008-02-29T08:27:00.001-08:00

I wanted to make a dark fairy and this is all I could come up with.

New doll

2008-02-29T08:19:00.000-08:00

I made this new doll, her face is redone.

Fiberart cloth dolls

2008-02-24T12:44:00.000-08:00

One of my most favorite pastime is working with fibers.

Fairies Imp

2008-02-24T12:37:00.001-08:00

I made some little beaded dolls I named Fairies Imp, they have polymer clay faces and wings with a fully beaded body on felt. These are pindolls. I have 3 left and they can be purchased from my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5034584

Polymer clay

2008-02-24T12:28:00.000-08:00

I like to work with polymer clay but i havent touched the stuff since last year. Here is some things I do with it.