richila

I am so excited. I got my 50,000 words done. I still have a lot to write to finish the novel, but it is the first time I have written this much in years. It felt really good and I am going to keep plugging away at it .

but I am too tired to add the hook and eyes tonight. Once I do that and hem the sari, I will really be done. Then a few more pictures, take it for the inspection of my sewing sensei and I can put it in the mail. I have learned a lot from this and best of all, I have patterns that fit my JID. Woo Hoo!!!!!!

A closer look at the choli.

Stolen from pookapest 


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I must be out of my mind. I decided to make a choli, salwar and silk sari for a JID for a swap. The choli came together easier than I thought -4 darts, but it fits beautifully on the first prototype. I make pants for dolls all the time so I didn't bother with a prototype for the salwar. I didn't plan for the calves and thighs of an Iplehouse doll. She has these ittybitty feet and then wham dancer calves-the first pair of pants are being redone for my tiny Shriara (pictured in my icon). So I redrew my pattern and the second pair fit!!!!!!

The salwar are not quite as full as they should be, but they look pretty traditional. The links below give you an idea of what I am making.
www.salwaronline.com/images/Ghagra%20cholis/vrs860/vrs860t.jpg

www.salwaronline.com/images/Ghagra%20cholis/vrs821/vrs821t.jpg

I am particularly pleased with how well the prototype fits.  I need to put the choli that matches the salwar together and hem the silk for the sari and the outfit will be ready. I may send hoop earrings along with it, but I don't know if her doll's ears are pierced.

on my LJ. Here she is Leila.

I just love dolls with books.

I have positive associations with the beginning of the school year.  As the daughter and grand-daughter of teachers, it was always a big deal in our house. Every year there were new clothes, shoes and school supplies. To this day, I love new school supplies. New pens and pencils and a pile of composition books to write in. A brand new lunch kit and backpack that matched, always made my heart sing. As a child who started reading at age two, school was a dream come true. A place where I could ask all the questions I wanted. (Some years were better than others.) Added to all that is my August 30th birthday, the beginning of a school year starts a new year for me in more ways than one.
Today, I am a teacher as well. The beginning of the school year is always a time of hopes, dreams and renewal.  This is one of my favorite times of year. New students, new lessons, new things to  teach and to learn, it is a time that always brings me to reflection and thanksgiving.

After I painted the ears, I painted in the tabby lines on her forehead and under her eyes. I love the fact that Blythe patterns work for the obitsu bodies. I modified an empire dress pattern to make her a jumpsuit.


I love her fluffy tail.  She is so tiny that she fits in the front pocket of my purse,wrapped in a silk scarf. She is a great travel doll.  Looking on Flickr, I discovered that she will fit into the Re-ment Petit Mode clothing. So there is a box of Re-ment  in our future. It also means her little obitsu buddies won't have to sit around naked. I think one 12" by 12" cube will be plenty big enough for the obitsu bunkhouse.

It all began with a love of cats and the fact that I own a cat ear headband. A friend who did caricatures of people as animals simply asked me, "What kind of cat are you?" I have three drawings of myself as an ocelot. Yes, at heart I am a nekomimi.

This is my cat, Cordelia. After seeing many doll nekomimi on the internet, I decided to make an anime style doll of my cat. First, I looked for tiny cat ears, I found and ordered them from Mimiwoo. I have ordered an orange wig from Audrey's and noodle roonie for the tail from ACMoore. I got a 23 cm Obitsu body and head used on a doll marketplace. While I was finding the wig, I found 2 others for anime characters I had been thinking about, and bought them. After playing with the obitsu body, I am sure there will be others. The body is so posable and I can get a body and customizable head that takes paperweight eyes for $40.00 or less including shipping. For someone whose doll collection consists of an artist carved Hitty and Asian ball jointed dolls-That is a very heady feeling. I will still be buying my Planetdoll minis-my girls still need boys, but I think obitsu will be my choice for silly dolls and dolls I make for students.  One of my joys is creating dolls. At an obitsu price, I can make many more and make them tiny.

Bold Italaics -narration
Italics- thinking
Shriara
Girard


It is a quiet afternoon at Navarro House.
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