Gimme a hand...

... this is of course is the hand to my doll... So far she has only one and without fingers at that... I haven't done much more than this but I am getting there - the thought of the face next is putting me off a bit... But press on I will... You should see the dining room - looks like a whirlwind has gone through - pieces of fabric adorn chairs table and probably every other flat surface... One could wonder how such a small project could cause so much mess - but at least I found some bits that I had been looking for...

My latest project...

In case you are having trouble guess what it is - she is a doll... I found her in the Winter issue of Cloth paper scissors - an American mixed media publication. Her designer is Katie Kendrick and she has lots of interesting things to look at on her site...

I have produced mine slightly differently to the original design as I wanted to also embroider her... I still have a way to go - I was so engrossed 'playing' that I failed to notice it was one o'clock in this morning - the time just seemed to vanish... LOL that surely must say something... The red band across her middle section is causing a little corncern as it 'drags' the eye right to it and cuts her in half... The plan is to do more involved stitching over the red satin - I love the stripy material which make up her trousers - that will also be her back panel... I can see myself making another trip to Spotlight to buy more... The creating of face area is intimidating me somewhat... The ones in the magazine had gone through quite a process and are perhaps more 'interesting' than 'pretty'... I shall press onwards and perhaps let her 'talk' to me...The head scarf I want perhaps bead... She has arms and rather large hands which I intend to sleeve in some loosely woven lace which G gave me a couple of years ago...

Unfortunately she is quite neat and not quite as naive as the one in the magazine... It is as though I can't help myself I have to be coordinated I must have this inbuilt gene which won't allow me to 'colour outside the lines'... I would like to make another one - but with work again next week the chances are slim... I am definetely going to finish this one... It has been a fun process taking each little bit and making decisions with each step of the way... I can already 'see' all the different applications I could use to make each one interesting and unique...

LOL...

... like the zen saying I have ended up back where I started from and seeing it for the first time... Hmmm... I think it is too close to Christmas to try and make more changes - however I have thought about a new blog - but it will be a New Year thing I think...

As you can see...

...I have 'switched'...

Thankfully I shall never ever be put in charge of 'THAT BUTTON' as I am just too curious...

I have thought for a while now that the old blogger needed to undergo a 'facelift' and this change to beta has given me the opportunity to do so...

Perhaps too, this blog reflects my restlessness - a time for casting off from safe and familiar shores and setting sail into unknown waters with the promise of both challenges and discoveries...

At this point I would like to than P for all the work and patience he had wth me in creating the old blogger and may he have as much when I say "P... I have this idea for my blog..." I can see some interesting times ahead...

Now I wonder what happens if I just do this....

All was lost...

... from my daughter's comp when it 'crashed' yesterday... We have managed to 'round up' some 'favorites' but a lot remain floating out there in the ethers... Most of my favorite blogs were NOT listed in my side bar on my blogger page INSTEAD they were listed in my 'favorites'... So please if you are a regular reader and your blogger ISN'T listed in my side bar could you please leave me a short message with your blogger address...