I decided to make a few softies...I have piles of felted thrifted sweaters....I have all these ideas spinning around in my head...as I am editing 12,897 photos off of Picasa to an external drive...I needed something to do that wasn't so mind boggling as " what am I going to do with all these photos".
I just started to doodle and here is what went from my paper to my sewing machine and then to my hands...
Olive might be a little dog....Lucy...well....not quite sure what she is..she just
evolved...I love, love making them...do you think they need a sausage dog as a guard dog?
Olive...made of a felted thrifted RL sweater with a special collar. This was from a Shetland sweater that was a gift from Peter..He went to the Shetland Islands and brought this back as a gift for my Mom...after my Mom passed away..I got the sweater..by then it had a few moth holes in...I felted it to save for a special project! I love the stripes and the small flower patterns..she looks quite sporting don't you think?
Lucy...I decided to use Mom's sweater for the body..changed her body style a bit and I just kept on going thru my stash pile until I found just the right combination that suited her! I love her slightly off look..dazed I think might be the word...fully stuffed...she is very huggable!
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Those are adorable, Dagmar! Such great original designs, too. Is one of them going to Claire's house?
You still amaze me with your crafty ideas ... I'm sure you had a lot of fun making them ... they are cute ...!!
Well done ... ! xoxo
PS: what are you going to do with all those photos ? wow ...!
ha! these are fun! such a cute project. You won't be surprised to know I also have a stash of felted sweaters that I hope to someday do something with. so many ideas - not enough time... on tv I oncesaw an idea to have a child draw a monster and then help them to create the monster doll. cute.
oh, btw... here is in image (I hope this copy and paste works) of a toddler jumper I hope to make for Kori someday, by Betz White, with felted sweaters. the cute mouse comes out of the pocket:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B4cqIWkgkGw/TPEBpfhrxdI/AAAAAAAAEB8/aQePyeOFPYI/s1600/Girl%2527s%2BJumper%2Bsm.jpg
What an amazing idea, Dagmar, I have been wondering what to do with my own stack of felted sweaters, just trust you to have a fabby idea!!
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