[Backlog] Fai

In other news, I fail at updating in a timely fashion.

These are a pair of Fai D. Flowright dolls I was commissioned to make for a friend, who commissioned a set of Kuroganes over the summer (who I unfortunately didn't think to take pictures of.) I'm of the opinion that they came out rather nicely, all things considered :3

[Backlog] Pokeball theme carrying case

I should probably have titled his entry, "In which spring break causes Ami to not update in a timely manner." In the meantime, I bring you more of the backlog.

This was a gift for one of my friends, who requested something to carry her vast array of crochet hooks in, as her collection did not come with a nifty case such as mine did. Thus, I whipped up this for her. It's made with afghan stitches, and the white section is sewed together. The white round in the middle acts as button to keep the case shut during travel.

These sorts of projects are always fun breaks from making dollies~

[Current Project] Wildcat & Hong Kong

So today we have a duo of dolls make for a friend of mine, who's actually gotten a few of these from me before (best customer y/y?) On the left, we have Wildcat from the Webcomic Midnight Navy (not one I'm personally familiar with, but the character designs I've seen so far as references are pretty adorable). On the right we have Hong Kong, from Axis Powers Hetalia. His leg warmers were kinda really fun to make for some reason XD

[Current Project] Penguin

So sometime during....January, I believe it was, one of my roommates asked me if I'd have time to make a penguin for her, as a gift to a friend of hers. I told her of course, and we sent up a general time frame. So, March rolled around and I realized that it was about when she said she needed it. So, I talked with her, found a reference, and we just started going from there.

This is an Adelie penguin, the one she decided was cutest of the ones we found, and the one the penguin I made was based on.

This is how the penguin turned out in the end :3 Not too bad, given that I was making up the pattern for it as I went. I think my biggest accomplishment, though, would be that it stands up on its own, something I was worried it wouldn't do in the end.

[Backlog] Russia~

So as many of you may or may not know, I happen to be friends with this awesome person who is infinitely patient in waiting for the dollies owed her at one point (I have since caught up to this debt XD)

Said awesome person also happens to be my guinea pig when I decide to test out making new things ♥

Without further ado, I present my "Big" size dollie~

Some of you may recognize him as Russia from the now popular webcomic turned anime, Axis Powers Hetalia~ He stands approximately 16 inches tall, versus the 10 inches of regular dollies. He actually reintroduced me to the idea of making dolls that could both sit and stand, and since him I've been making my smaller sized dolls able to do the same. His arms also move up and down.

Here's the second view, with him sitting. Also you can see him smiling.

This was also my first foray into trying to make a mini "wig cap" and attaching the hair to it via latch hooking, instead of just hot gluing hair to the head. I think it looks a lot neater now, and it's certainly a lot less painful for my fingers XD