This past weekend, I released quite a few little ones that I had been working on for a few weeks. Here’s the troupe….
Prince the Pug and BooBoo the Boston:
Tulip and Elodi:
Cliquot and Ambre :
Spanky the Elephant Shrew and Olive:
This is my last belated update….the little snowmen I made this past holiday season:
I don’t know how long I have been planning to do a mohair giraffe…well, not planning as much as thinking about planning. Then I had a customer request on after seeing some of my recent velvet deer on Facebook. I was so happy to get the request, and she was so lovely about leaving it open to be creative. Here is the prototype:
And here are a couple more that I’ve done since:
I had a critter vision one day, made a sketch, and then had to go and figure out what animal it might look like…and it turns out there is an animal called and Elephant Shrew, with a VERY long snout…so that is what I call them…and here is my prototype:
Here is the subsequent mini-collection:
Here are my tiniest silk velvets…all about 3 inches tall:
And one in a vintage flocked velvet:
I have discovered silk velvet…and though it’s tricky to work with…as in it needs to have a stabilizer applied to the back, or just forget about making little critters with it…the result is the most amazing and elegant looking thing. Here was my first one…Violetta:
And some more, bigger and smaller:
I had been doing a lot of the little “ragdoll” girls with crazy hairs…but wanted a proper doll with pose-able arms and legs. So I tried wrapping floral wire with lace weight yarn…I ended up loving them….
Mice or Dormice? You decide…
In October, I was having a lot of trouble with my hand from felting, and was unable to do much, but wanted to do some seasonal Halloween-y things….so I came up with these ghosts. They turned out to be a ton of fun to do:
Maisie and Butter:
March Hare and dormouse:
Alistair:
Figaro:
Saffronia:
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