Sunday, September 30, 2012

Elsie Demented or why it takes so long to make a new friend

 

I have had some deadlines to meet in the last few days and someone who shall remain nameless has been tapping her little softie foot and drumming her little softie fingers from the sewing table. (Hey do you think she should have little lines sewn into her hand to look like fingers?)

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While I was happy-ish with these final limbs, that wrist is so teeny tiny, it was a bugger to turn (even for me who loves itsy-bitsy sewing)

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So Elsie went on a weight gain diet and got slightly chunkier limbs. The thicker leg, changes the appearance of her derriere No? I think this is a more child-like shape but I could just be talking out of my own derriere.

Time for a start-over to do something  more with that hair.

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I changed to a creamier coloured linen, and of course introduced the new hair colour (she was always going to have red hair in my mind). That smile is all kinds of too-wide but it is only pinned so it doesn’t matter.

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I wish I had thought of the ear before the remake though…No point in making a matching one as I have to make another Elsie with the ears inserted.

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She’s an impatient cartwheeling, lopsided piggy-tail kind of girl who tells me to hurry up so I can meet her little brother.

27 comments:

  1. Looking good, Jodie. Psst - you're nearly out of thread!

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  2. Frankenstein had it easy.

    he was an amateur.

    I wonder what a scan of your brain would look like?

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  3. Elsie's a cutie, Jod - and I love the hair - in my dim distant past mine was that colour (although I'm sure my smile was never quite that wide and my head has always been seamless).
    Enjoy the rest of your hols.

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  4. When I read your title I thought Elsie Demented was the name of your new friend from the alley!? This one looks much friendlier!

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  5. Such stories she will tell you when Elsie is finished. She has that look about her. Beware when she and her brother finally get together - what a dance they will lead you on. I'm looking forward to the fireworks.

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  6. Elsie is coming to live at my house. Even if she has veeeeeeeeery skinny wrists which I will swear at. She is all kinds of all-round fabulous ALREADY.

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  7. There is absolutely nothing wrong with chubbier limbs.

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  8. Soooo much better w bigger thigh. Makes her bum look littler.

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  9. I have a fondness for redheads! Redheads needs that creamier white skin. Elise is delightful. So what do you do with the leftover parts?

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  10. Looking good jodie, talk soon

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  11. good stuff, Jodie! Glad to see you have not been in hiding since Wednesday's confrontation.

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  12. She's looking very cute. I'm not a big fan of stitched fingers. The hand always looks somewhat flat to me, or maybe it's that my eye is drawn to them and the hand looks less realistic than what my imagination would have supplied for fingers.

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  13. Oh god, I MUST HAVE HER!!!! A ginger, with those ears? It's too much!!!

    (And yes, child-like butt is better, and do do fingers.)

    P.S. Seriously, she needs to be my studio mascot. Will she be for sale, do you think, or will I have to wait for the pattern?

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  14. Having a red-headed sister, I always admire it on other youngsters. Elsie was obviously born with personality plus--which means she is probably a slightly demanding, independent sort with a mostly sunny disposition who LOVES to talk!

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  15. OMG you amaze me creating these girls..........

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  16. She's looking rather deliciously gorgeous I think, and yes, I do think her tooshie is more childlike now, with the plumper limbs. I think she'll have to come to my house too, especially if she's going to have a little brother, who will also have to come over to play.

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  17. I love her red hair!!! She's gonna be fun loving girl who plays jump rope, hop scotch, and does cart wheels on her way home from school! Expect a note from her teacher...she got caught doing cart wheels on the way to the bathroom. ;p

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  18. With a twist of her tails and a flash of her smile she turns and flashes her twott as she cartwheels away in glee... Your little red head certainly captures the imagination.
    Always fun popping over for a visit Jodie. Thanks!

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  19. Those little piggy tails are the cutest! And one ear is fine - lopsidedness is a nice quirky touch!

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  20. don't know how you have the patience to sew so tiny? I guess because you're very good at it. so I've answered my own question. Um, I need a cuppa.

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  21. What an entertaining view into the..er- creative process!

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  22. I like her woodsy face that has a definite caring personality but I do think she could have orange-pel problems with her legs, a bit like my youngest did when she was first born. (She doesn't now though!) Cherrie

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  23. I've only just stumbled upon your blog.
    I love it!
    I love reading your stories and I just love your creations. You are so incredibly talented!
    Thank you for sharing, keep them coming and I can't wait to meet more of your creations :-)

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  24. You need to pop on over here and have a look at Reuben. Soooo cute

    http://thatlookslikeitneedsstitches.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/friday-finish-reubenita.html

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  25. Dear Elsie

    Didn't your mother warn you it's dangerous to hold pins in your mouth? You might swallow one...

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  26. oooh! cool and creepy at the same time (visions of frankenstein) I bet she doesn't like is peeping at her though!! Especially with those pins!

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  27. How do you get them to stand?

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Hellloooooo !!!!