tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813638748698303895.post-87241452437939152102007-09-23T12:15:00.000-05:002007-09-23T12:52:08.442-05:00<div><div><div>In my last post, I left off with having another doll completed. Well, I <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4BAl8TZumhg/RvagZZtfSkI/AAAAAAAAAM0/dRDVCOJkaRw/s1600-h/FuWenne%271.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113450785184631362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4BAl8TZumhg/RvagZZtfSkI/AAAAAAAAAM0/dRDVCOJkaRw/s320/FuWenne%271.JPG" border="0" /></a>finally got around to getting a few photos. I don't think this doll wanted to be photographed. I say that because I took several photos at different times of the day and somehow the lighting was always wrong. I finally gave up a kept the best ones out of the bunch. That's what took me so long to post her. Well even though she didn't want to be photographed, she was a delight to make. She's a pattern designed by Kookie Davis in the May 2005 issue of the Soft Dolls and Animals Magazine. I used the quilters strip piecing method on a muslin base to make the body and robe. I used a paperclay face mask which I p<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4BAl8TZumhg/RvaiuZtfSmI/AAAAAAAAANE/BS3YM1w5AbA/s1600-h/FuWenne%273.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113453344985139810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4BAl8TZumhg/RvaiuZtfSmI/AAAAAAAAANE/BS3YM1w5AbA/s200/FuWenne%273.JPG" border="0" /></a>ainted to suit the costume. The mask used was designed by Sandy Pine and used for her Miranda the Mermaid pattern. It had the expression I wanted so it went perfectly after painting it. The staff was made from a twig found in my own backyard. It had already dried out so all I had to do is sand it a little and give it a coat of varnish. Once it dried I wrapped a portion of the staff with suede laces and added a few beads to embellish. This doll looks more complicated than it is to make. As for her name. I didn't get the chance to name her. She actually had one of my friend's name her. I was told by a friend who saw her photo, her name is FuWenne' (Fu-way-nay). So Fuwenne' it is!</div><div> </div><div>I have a couple things in the works right now and I'm doing a little experimenting. I hope to come back with something interesting. So until then..........</div></div></div>Venus Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05734757353324016591noreply@blogger.com