Weeding Out

A fellow FreeCycler wants fabric scraps and I'm going to use this opportunity to go through my fabric and give her what I don't need, don't have room to store, and don't have enough time to use. It's very hard for me to part with fabric, and I tend to keep any scrap bigger than 1" square or longer than 3/4" x 2". (There ARE projects that use scraps this size; google "garbage can quilt" and see.) But, I HAVE to pare down my collection, as I'm running out of room and my fabric is taking over the house.
I have until next Sunday to get together what I'm not going to keep. Wish me luck! I'll definitely NEED it!!

Recycled Project

I am big on recycling, in case you haven't noticed. Anyway, our doll club in Pierce county is doing a project using a styrofoam wig head. One of our members saw one at the FiberFest that had felt adhered to it, and she wanted to do one, too.

I had planned to use felt on mine, also, but when I went to find it, I found a felted sweater first (I look for them at thrift stores), so I used that instead of felt. I worked on it all day Saturday, until I was almost sick of it. I had planned to give her jewelry on Sunday, but got sidetracked with other things, so will try to get started on that today. I like her and now I want more of those styro heads to do more.

I am suggesting to the co-op art gallery that we have a show next fall featuring art using repurposed material--we might draw a totally different audience for that kind of a show.

More Good Things

Well, I must say I'm on a roll. Not only did I (1. )buy a new rhubarb plant and plant it (in an old tire, so it is above ground level and will drain well--I think my last one drowned), but (2. )I signed up for 2 garden plots at the Community Garden in our neighboring town. Ours doesn't have one, shame on our city government.
I am going to plant only potatoes in my two plots, an idea given me by a friend who did that last year (Thanks, Jenny!). As a non-res, I didn't know I could rent plots there, so I'm glad she told me that, too, and I'm glad I signed up and took that task off my Things I Mean to Do List--it's pretty long, and now it's a little shorter. Yay for me!!!

Did a Good Thing

I was thinking the other day, how badly I would feel if my computer crashed and I lost all the pictures I've saved of old dolls, doll patterns, and my own dolls. So I copied those files to disks this morning.
Now I'm going to save my best photos to a disk, too. We are all at the mercy of our computers and we never really know when the next computer disaster is going to strike! So, do yourself a favor and save your best stuff to disks, so you'll have them, just in case!

Living Room--big sigh!

I am still working on it, and it IS getting better, but it is NOT done yet. I wish it was!!!

Yet another doll in progress

This is the second face for this doll; it is very heavy, as I actually added more Paper Clay and cotton knit over the FIRST cotton knit over Paper Clay face. This is also the second painted face, but at least an extra layer of paint doesn't add much additional weight.

I'm going to add a bag of sand to the body, to compensate for the heaviness of the head.

Changed my Mind on that Doll's Face

I decided I wanted that last doll to be a child and not a lady, due to the proportions of the body. Now, I think this doll is a boy! I like him better now.