Halloween Fabrics

I’m not really a fan of Halloween, but the other day I was in the fabric dept. and came across this line of fabrics from  the Alexander Henry Fabrics Collection, it’s called the Ghastlies. I was really excited by it because it’s not your traditional Halloween fabric of orange and black. It’s creative, fresh and new and completely unexpected.  Two of the fabrics have prints that run across the width so I’ve tried to show you the entire scenes. Tell me if it doesn’t remind you of a certain movie, but then again, it could be a blend of a few. Use your imagination ….

The last picture is that of some purple/black organza and trims for this project. I will have more to show soon as to what I’m making with it so stay tuned..

Oriana and Ariel are finished

We had our doll club meeting on Wednesday, and I took Oriana and Ariel for the two colour challenge. I’ve never won a challenge before, but I finally did this time. It was such a great feeling to know that what you work so hard to create is admired enough to have people vote for you… The prize was fun, a crafters tote full of all kinds of goodies including a package of embroidery floss. Hopefully some of the ones I need for a project I want to do in the near future….Here are the girls. I had so  much fun with the theme. Oriana is dancing while Ariel is sitting with her eyes closed just listening to the music and wishing that her turn to dance will come soon.

Some details. The shoes are painted on, finished with sparkle glue, beads and the ceramic roses I found at Michaels.

More ceramic roses at Oriana’s waist, along with beading on the edges of her shorts.

The trims on both girls shoulders and wrists are made with ribbon that I ruched. Beaded embellishments as in the head pieces on both, and the backside of Ariel and on the base, were found on ebay. Knowing when to stop is always the challenge. To much is gaudy, to little never shows off the doll well enough, so you just have to figure out the place at which you say, enough….no more.

The box Ariel is sitting on, is just a little paper mache box covered with black and white dupioni silk, The cushion is made from the black minky and just a little trim to finish it.

So must go now and let Ariel finish dreaming of things to come.

Oriana and Ariel–Part 2

The girls are almost done. I once again made a base for them using just a piece of wood and embellishments. I covered the top and sides this time with some pretty sparkly scrapbooking paper. Along the bottom edge I used a sparkly black metallic trim, and along the top edge I used a black and white soutache trim.

Where they meet in the center front, I put a sequin and pearls embellishment. On the corners I attached black fabric roses, one on each side of the corner.

Oriana is finished and Ariel will be shortly. Will have those pictures soon. I am also working a new tutorial, but more information about that in a while…… Back soon..