Update on the Weird Sisters

I've finished beading the bottom of the doll. I used size 8 beads and did a peyote stitch. I'm still working on the embellishments but hope to finish her this week.

странны сестры - The Weird Sisters

Here are my dolls for the Yahoo Beaded Art Dolls group matroyshka challenge. Introducing the Weird Sisters. I've made six of them so I'm not sure that I'll be able to finish them all by May, but I'm going to try. I'm quite excited about them because they are going to be so fun to create! : )

Got them all sewn together this weekend and started beading the big one today. I did the face before sewing the doll together. It's done in size 13 and 15 beads.

I'm hoping to be able to so the smaller faces in beads as well but we'll see when I try.

I really like those fabric markers for drawing the designs. No bleeding and they are really easy to see.

One of the things I'm working on...

This is one of my Matroyshka dolls for the BAD challenge.

One thing I did differently for this doll is I used fabric markets to draw the design on the fabric. It works really well and doesn't bleed or rub off.

I also beaded the face before sewing the doll together because of future plans I have for this doll.

I am so pleased with how the face turned out!

Meet the Count

Well here is the face of the doll I've been working on since the first of January. I am quite disappointed with the photo, because you can't really see the fabulous three-dimensional nose! Maybe I'll have to try again tomorrow in the day light.

Not your Mama's Matroyshkas

BAD is doing a Matroyska doll challenge, so of course I had to search the web for ideas. Russian Vogue has a piece displaying modern ones created by famous designer's. They are very cool! I may have to do a similar one in beads...

Please check it out: http://www.vogue.ru/promotions/fashion/081021-1635.aspx

Yuki's Home : )

Well, Yuki made it home after all his travels. He looks fabulous. This RR was a great experience. Each doll was so different from all the others. And I really enjoyed seeing the other women's beadwork up close.

J

Just in the Nick of Time

Here she is Jolly Holly, just in the nick of time to enjoy the last of the holidays.

Beautiful Mermaid...

This doll is gorgeous. When I opened the package I have to say that it took my breath away - such beautiful beading. And the journal cover that Rolanda made is exquisite. Made me want to run right out and make one.

I added the turtle on the front left fin and the turquoise "seaweed" that extends from that and around the back up to the face. I also added some hair and the dolphin on the back.

Seasonal RR

This doll is Rolanda's and since it had a religious theme I decided to go all out and add the cross. The fabric looks like stained glass to me so I went for a stained glass theme. The purple reminds me of grapes which are an Autumn fruit and this is an Autumn doll. Hope she likes it.

It's a puzzle to me...

It's a puzzle to me how to go about this doll. I was thinking I could do front and back, maybe in peyote stitch and using a curved needle. The doll is two layers of peltex 70 and I was thinking with a curved needle I could just go through one layer in the front and do the same when doing the back. BUT... I wanted to bead the face and those are MUCH smaller beads, and of course the curved needle is too big for the beads. I can only find long straight needles for that size of beads. Sigh... But a thought just occurred to me that may work. I did the hair three layers deep of pellon to add some depth, so maybe all I need to do is make a back hair piece for the back of the head and attach that. Maybe for the body I can still try my curved needle experiment.

Now I'm excited to go try but no time...

J

It's a puzzle...

Well I finally posted my beginning photo to the BAD site for the flat doll challenge. I choose to take the yellow option with a ten percent contrast. Yellow isn't really much of a challenge for me, because I like yellow. However I thought it would be harder to find nice yellow beads. Luckily I was wrong and I've been having a blast searching for yellow beads.

Valentine Swap

I thought I'd share the incredible doll I received from the BAD Valentine swap. We were paired so that that the person we were making a doll for was also making a doll for us. It was a great experience for me as a beginner because I had a fabulous partner. The moderator paired me with a generous talented woman who very kindly answered my questions. When I received my doll I was so amazed when I saw it, it was so beautiful. And the beadwork is incredible, I can learn so much from looking at her work. The picture doesn't do it justice, the beads reflect the light and it almost glows.

J