Something I made

I've been talking about wanting to make a cuddly sized delirium for me. As practice for that, I made a boy doll using the poppet pattern (thank you craftster!). Yesterday I was feeling bad about having nothing to hug (I was feeling more than usually silly) so comforted myself by going through pictures of the popppet I made. This was of course because I made said poppet for a swap and did not have it around. More motivation for actually getting some work done on my own.

Here be it in its naked glory. I was quite pleased with how well the fabric that I used worked. Mostly because I found it in a dumpster and wasn't convinced that it would work! Also please note the carefully (and neatly) embroidered scar and the heart held together by glue and a safety pin. Heh!

Other geeky things to appreciate... the pretty fabric that I used for the insides of the ears. I had just enough to cut those two tiny pieces out of. I was also quite pleased with the construction of the pattern which meant that it could actually sit up on its own. Didn't stand, but hey.

Next challenge for me was to make the clothes. I made my first pair of trousers! They're not at all flash and don't have pockets or even belt loops, but I immensely proud of having figured out the cut.

And then there was the cutting and sewing of the hair. I love my sewing machine. It sews yarn together with nothing underneath it. Hah! Which means that my poppet gets to have pretty multi-coloured hair in addition to all else amazingness.

Behold.