Busy making furries for a show in the summer. Really enjoying the mohair again. These guys where the first ones I every made and I really love the lilac fur. The new ones will have violet glass bead eyes I think, more subtle than the black.
It is great to be working towards something so positive when January is usually so slow for me. I am enjoying filling my calender and looking forward to spring.
Little Lilac was the very first fur mouse I made and she now lives with a lovely family locally. Working with the fur is very differnt than working with a simple cotton cloth body. Deciding how align the fur, making sure the seam allowance is just right and wearing a mask to trim the fur on the paws and the face. I really love these colours and the anemone blanda just picks up the tones. The fabric is called Bramble and was new last year for summer.
When I made her I thought I had got the direction of the fur wrong but now I deliberately make them like that because I like the fuzziness. It gives them an old bear feel which I enjoy. Lilac has a little purple tail and tiny purple leather ears. I don't often revisit but the dolls for the shows I cannot share until after the submission and the fur babies are on my mind. I have a wicked Liberty fabric for a pink furry rabbit!
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