Root Spirit Finished!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Arondelle :

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TOTALLY awesome!!!!!!!! [and yes, i want one!!!]

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) newest creations: ----------- The measure of the menace of a man is not what hardware he carries, but what ideas he believes.-- Jeff Jordan

I am impressed too. Shes beautiful. Diana

Oh me too! She is beautiful!

Beki

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 21:12:14 -0500, Arondelle wrote (in message ):

I hear you - I'm just getting fingerprints back after making the kokoshnik. :-)

Me, too! DD just passed by and told me that your creation was "cool," and wanted to know why I don't make anything cool like that.

Congrats on finishing the dolls. She is beautiful.

Oh, she's GORGEOUS!!!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]Me, too! DD just passed by and told me that your creation was "cool," and ]wanted to know why I don't make anything cool like that.

kids! honestly. you have to love 'em or they wouldn't live long enough to grow up sometimes!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) newest creations: ----------- The measure of the menace of a man is not what hardware he carries, but what ideas he believes.-- Jeff Jordan

Beautiful....

she's really pretty.

Cheryl last semester of lawschool! yipee! DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Congratulations!! You've been a busy girl! She's BEAUTIFUL!

She's WONDERFUL! *I'm* impressed too :)

She's beautiful

Please tell -- why Root Spirit? What's your story of why she came to be? ~~ Sooz

------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links

Well, she started out as an earth spirit, but I though she was rather potato-shaped. Or like a mandrake root. And, she has those lil' rooty fringes on her feet.

Not to mention that I spent so much time working on her (rather than cooking meals, etc.) that the Professor wondered, aloud, if I'd grown roots to the chair....

Arondelle

ROFL...I think that's a very good story!

Oh wow, she's beautiful! Sooooooo stunning. I wish I could do that, or afford to buy one!

-Kalera

Ar> Now my poor, poked fingers can get a few days' rest.

LOL, yeah, your stuff is just so "uncool", Kathy! HAH HAH.

-Kalera

Kathy N-V wrote:

So, how are your embroidery skills? It's really not that difficult, unless you have a terminal case of Ten-Thumbs Syndrome.

Easy for me to say: I've been sewing and making cloth dolls since I was

12, and embroidering with thread for almost that long. Adding beads is just a natural progression. :o)

Does anybody else here do dolls? Do you find it easier to embroider the skin first and then sew it together, or sew and stuff the doll first and embroider later?

Arondelle

I have never done a doll, but I just learned to sew a couple of years ago. Is there a place I could purchase a cloth doll to try doing one?

The only embroidery I have done is on deer or elk hide for our ceremonial dress. It's pretty basic Native American patterns though. I try to keep them traditional for the Pow Wows, but once in a while I'll design my own with traditional patterns as a guide.