HIPPO SOFTIE

Finished up a little Hippo Softie I've been working on for a while.  She is the first of a pattern I drew up so she's more or less a proto-type. I had intended for her to be a ballerina but forgot to sew on her "ballet slippers" so just gave her a basic skirt instead out of princess & castle fabric.

I have quite a few other patterns for softies that I drew up just waiting to be tested.  My heart is usually set on creating primitive dolls & folkart but the softies offer an outlet for the wonderful bright colored fabric you don't see in primitives.  I'm teaching myself to double-seam the dolls and hem all the rough edges - something that's not normally done in primitive doll making. Wow, does that take patience. This makes the softie more durable and safe for kids.  No button eyes, etc. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out Hippo...I guess she needs a name, doesn't she?

-Lisa

CLANCY

This is "Clancy".  She lives by the sea.

She believes in Mermaids and loves her pet fish, Fred.

~*~Lisa

NEW DOLL

Almost done.

All she needs is a face and some finish stitching.

She is from a pattern by Dolls and Daydreams.

~*~Lisa

FAR OUT MAN, IT'S STEVE

Far out man...It's Steve.

Steve is a lava-blob dude.  He owns an extensive collection of vintage lava lamps and enjoys dancing like he's dodging bullets in slow motion to music that sounds like a rainbow.

Bunny-ish-ka

Another creation coming to life.  Full of pins and stitches.

Bunny-ish-ka has escaped from a circus in northern Eurasia.....  

which was hard as she doesn't have feet.

She mostly floated across the continent on a strong breeze aided by a polka-dotted umbrella that did not survive the entire trip.  

Bunny-ish-ka is currently searching for a den within her budget located in this strange, new land.

Fang

Fang loves piggy-tails in her hair, mud-puddle tea parties and chasing the boy monsters on the playground.

Sometimes she can be gross, but once you know her, she will be your best friend forever. 

Or until you stuff her in a box and lock her in the attic.

A picture of "Fang' in the early morning hours before lightening hit the conductor on top of the laboratory.

EEEK!

Late last night...by the light of the moon...I sat in the glow of the lamplight  Ott-Light.

A creature was coming to life...stitch by stitch.

[insert:  insane craft-woman laughter here]

I will call it:  MOOSH-HEAD.

[insert: more insane craft-woman laughter here...just cuz it's fun]

Moosh is part fish, part moose.  It does not have extremities.  It is a head.  Thus: Moosh-Head.

I think I may finally be losing it.  The monsters are crawling out from underneath the bed in my head!