♡The Dollymaker♡

Then, I had to decide what to do with it. I have a soft spot for zombies and so, it was then named - Lazombu!

I set about cutting it up, adding some bones (thank you skeleton Bartholomew), some blood (uhu glue & red acrylic paint) and messing up the clean and tidy fur. The eyes were the bit that got me though... Took me a couple of attempts to decide then finally this week - finished! Just in time for Halloween!!!!

MY BADDEST NAMETWIN BITCH!!!!!

These pictures are, I think its fair to say... A little on the terrible side. However, this is another thing I've been doing with my time.

I'm still only learning but I really love embroidery, its a nice quiet sound with the bonus that unlocking all these new stitches will help with the dolls too. 1

I wasn't going to post anything cause I'm pretty sure that most people that follow me are probably out in the real world doing real world things but I still sew! I still make things - we have now got into embroidery, knitting and trying crocheting too! I really want to make a Frankenstein's monster - every good nerd knows the DOCTOR was called Frankenstein, not the monster! Since I drew this though I realised I messed up - the paper is too thick for my to make my templates off, so I had to start again and it was suggested to me to make him in different shades of grey and black to keep him like he was from Universal Monsters black and white films, which is a GENIUS idea and why you can tell it didn't come from me

Woah! Don't log in for ages and I'm honoured with all this love!!!

With all the things that I decide to turn into a doll I have to sketch it out first so I kinda have an idea of what I'm doing, but when I sew the details onto anything that I make, it's all eyeballing it... Sometimes I get really lucky and it works out first time, but more often than not I'm unpicking stitches, deciding I hate something and trying again - somethings have gotten me so frustrated that I have to walk away from it because I get so angry with myself over it. Also, sometimes what works in a sketch doesn't work in the real thing.

I recently decided to make a little skeleton and wanted to have it holding an anatomically correct heart with little bits of red thread coming off it going to the body. However, when I tried to cut it out, I couldn't make it small enough AND get the details on it, so I had to change it and turn it into a little broken heart on skelly's ribcage instead.

(also the love heart cheeks didn't work out for similar reasons, mainly my cutting abilities lol) As for the stitch I use, it's my own variation of the stitch you thought it wasn't - blanket stitch which is traditionally what people use to sew felt together but I just felt that it left too many gaps where the filling?? It's not food! stuffing could come out, so I modified it and put the stitches basically on top of each other so it left no gaps. Now, I ain't gonna lie it does take a while and the way I hold it leaves my right index finger (I'm left handed) callous, sore and I've quite often stitched my skin on it too because I'm just that clever but it's definitely the most effective way for me to close everything up.

Wow... I'm surprised to still get any kind of messages her never mind such a lovely one! Though I legit feel even older now - TEN YEARS?! Dear lord lol

Gosh, thank you so much for this. It really is a drop of sunshine for me and I'm deeply touched that you not only got in touch but I'm also pleased that my little dolls made you want to create something too and I would very much LOVE to see what you made if you're comfortable showing me.