Put a feeler up on the MP to sell my Kalix and Delphine.
Not sure I want to though but just not giving them any playtime and I mean, dolls are to be played with and not stuck in boxes. At least they should be displayed and I have no space to do that.
*sigh*
I am sort of hoping that I am getting no offers so I am not tempted to sell.
Maybe I should just take the post down again…
Argh!
They are only pieces of resin, why get so attached?
I am wondering if everyone is gonna be ending up having Soom dolls and that they somehow are turning into the ‘new’ Volks in popularity terms?
Beryl outfit arrived today in three little zip lock bags nice and neat – and no customs!!! Even sweeter.
Doll, check.
Wig, check.
Eyes, check.
Outift, check.
Wings – ah bugger ><
One day ^^
Oh – and sort of just found out that Beryl is a yellow gemstone and must be the reason why Beryl is yellow *no shit Sherlock*
Anyway, looking on Ebay they seem pretty cheap so thinking it could be fun finding some tiny ones and make her a really funky yellow beryl gemstone outfit…
Was invited to come join the London Doll Making Club to come present our BJDs and for us to see what they were into doll-wise.
Turned out that they make their own dolls out of cloth and some are doing their own porcelain dolls.
Would be very interested in making my own porcelain doll…
There was a small selection brought along that the members did show and tell about – arrived in the middle of this unfortunately as they seemed to have quite interesting reasons for being made.
Won some silk in their raffle, found a nice trim on their sales table and digged out a nice piece of fabric in their boxes of stuff ^^
Had some interesting conversations with the members and was told a lot of useful stuff which I unfortunately did not write down and me being rubbish with names, have now forgotten all about. If any of you read this, please tell me again ^^
Actually, got a bit confused over the location as I did not realise the meeting place was in a Church – I kinda expected a townhall/big office building.
Oh, and had my bus from Camden break down on me half way there as well – luckily one of the other busses on the directions stopped at the same bus stop. However, managed to get of at the bus stop after the one I should have been of at resulting in me having to trek the what, 300m backwards ><
And my trip home was delayed by stupid Waterloo Bridge being blocked of by dunno what - so generally I wasted a lot of time on travel today lol - bit like a normal workday. Oh well. London traffic for you.
But despite all my travel woes, weather was fantastic today and was good to finish a good meet with MauMau and Mich at Mackie D's (I learned a knew word today lol)
Mushroom fairy
Homemade porcelain dolls dressed as 2nd world war refuges (someone correct me if I am wrong on this one)
Hilarie’s clothdolls
Love the vivid colour scheme
Close up of the face
Dollhouse size porcelain dolls, a porcelain doll in a very fancy outfit and a sweet clothdoll
And our lot – only picture of Cinnamon and you cannot even see her unless you know she is there! I should be ashamed of myself!
Demian the timelord
Lulu and the timelord
The front man from the Cult tee hee ^^ Love the hat!
Bummer, should have turned the camera more to the right!
Aaaawwwww how cute are they! Dina in my 45 minutes no hemming, oil on straps, no cover stitching, visible and not covered seams slip dress… Well she got dressed! And no knickers ><
Show and telll: And before you stand a winged creature
Mich’s steampunk cat finally seen in real life ^^
Hilarie’s? Think this and the next three were…
Blackravens crew and Chais’ girl?
Mao and Chai slumming it!
We are cute and we KNOW it!
Hmmm – Found this on Reuters:
BarCap’s Robinson:
He added that at these levels he considers sterling to be undervalued and expects it to make gains against both the dollar and the euro over the next few months.
Oh, the days of 1.8 *dreams*
“Need teaches naked woman to sew” – is that not how the old saying goes?
Anyway, got a dollmeet coming up Saturday and want to bring Dina but as she is sooo tall in her hooves there is no way I will be fitting her into my little suitcase. Also, do not want to ruin the blushing more than necessary by squeezing her into it.
So, as too late to order a carrier from the far east and my local dealer is not answering her texts lol – I decided to make one myself. And took pictures in the process ^^
Had a the leftover table oilcloth that I used to make Unoa wellies last summer still standing around collecting dust so decided that would make a smashing doll carrier.
So, first things first:
Measured the doll to figure out how big I wanted the carrier and added a couple of cm to make room for padding and extra bubblewrap/pillows + a 2cm seam allowance, just in case something went wrong. I guess I could have just gone on a dollie site that sells them and gotten the measurements but hey, if I was going to make it myself I might as well do it the hard way.
So decided on 75x25x15 – Room enough for two if so needed and plenty of space for one + accessories.
Two sidepanels 75x15cm + 2cm seam allowance all the way round
Two top parts 85×12.5cm + 3cm seam allowance each short end, 2cm seam allowance to panel side, 2cm seam allowance to zip side
One bottom part 95x25cm + 3cm seam allowance each short end, 2cm seam allowance all way round
Did not do a pattern but drew directly onto the back of the fabric making sure everything was straight – Do not count on edges being straight from the roll!
Found some D rings for the shoulderstrap attachment and some adjuster thingys + webbing for internal fastening of the doll in my stash of stuff. Always good to keep odd bits an pieces around for impulse projects like this ^^
Wanted to give it that ‘professional’ finish of the edges by adding piping to the seams so that one do not look ‘into’ the stitching.
Found some wrapping hemp like cord from a Christmas present in my stash and there was a little over 4m which would be enough for the two side panels. Sweet!
Cut out strips that were 3cm wide
Added them together like a standard bias cut tape so the seam would not be on top of each other
Put the cord inside the strip and folded over and used the zip foot to get closer to the cord
4meters of finished piping – guess this can be bought ready made but this matches + nowhere is open on a Sunday night!
Update 21 March:
Do NOT make shoulder strap attachments out of table oil cloth fabric!
It will NOT hold the weight of the resin.
I used mine today and it was nearly falling apart at the extra seam I made.
Had it been regular strapping it would have been fine.
For the shoulder strap attachment I cut out a couple of strips that were double the width of my D rings.
Folded the sides to the middle of the back and stitched down.
Not happy about the length and not sure that they will actually be able to hold the resin weight but I ran out of fabric 
They should have been longer and possibly have run all the way through the bottom of the bag and been stitched to the inside.
Well, at least they should have been longer and have had the standard cross stitching box at the end to distribute the weight.
Something to do better next time ^^
I actually did make some handles as well but they turned out to be too short… So looking in hindsight I should just have used them for the shoulder strap attachments – oh well.
Might look at this when I do the lining…
First thing to put together was the top with the zip.
I did not have a long enough zip so I used two shorter ones instead.
After attaching them I thought it looked a bit half finished so gave them a top stitch to keep the parts together and conceal the zips as they were not the best match in colour. If it had been a white zip it would have been fine to keep it visible. Would still give it a top stitch though for strength.
Next step was putting top and bottom together.
Inserted the shoulder attachment strips with the D rings, one to each end and centralised at the zip.
Secured the ends at the extra seam allowance.
And again on the outside with an extra stitching.
(Had my carrier handles been long enough I would have attached them to the sidepanels before sewing the whole bag together)
Final step was attaching the top/bottom ring to the sidepanels.
Found the middle of the top, bottom and sides of the panels and gave them a notch. Same with the top/bottom ring.
Then sandwiched the piping between the two layers and started pinning them together making sure that the two ends lay nicely over each other at the end of the circle.
Moulded the corners visually as I had not cut them out of the sidepanels to start with – too much calculating 
I stitched the top/bottom ring, piping and sidepanels together using the zip foot again to get as close to the piping as possible.
After stitching it the first time I did it again a second time to get even closer and make it look “pro”.
There was just enough fabric for the bag panels + piping! These were the leftovers. (+ I also got two short carrier handles lol)
Finished!
Shoulder strap attachment
Piping
…Well, almost, I need to find a shoulder strap – will be stripping one of my old sportbags and add carrier handles at a later stage.
Actually think a harness not actually attached to the bag would work better as resin is quite heavy and table oilcloth is not the most durable of materials.
And need to insert the strappy thingys inside the bag – but will do that after I finish the lining project.
Dina trying it out ^^
Lining next, got the wadding and the pink sheet so should be able to finish that in time for Saturday ^^
After sort of winning her Friday afternoon last week on Ebay (winning bidder pulled out – yay!) I have been holding my breath for her to arrive.
Well, you never know with Ebay but seller had fab feedback and did not look like a scammer so thought, hey, why not throw my credit card out the window with the pin lol!
And after only five days of not being able to breathe she is here!!!
OMG is she just the most beautiful pissed of lady I have ever seen!!!
And she is finally mine!!!
After deciding not to buy her last year due to various reasons none of them money actually, I have been regretting not getting her ever since.
So actually finding one non-modded and with all the parts for a reasonable price within the EU was in my opinion a bit of scoop.
Now I just need to find her her default outfit and wings to make her complete – will keep my eyes peeled!
Came in her original Soom shipping box
Big grey box lurking inside
TA-DA!
OH, what a sight!
Certificate and stuff, might be a good thing having one of these going forward with all the Chinese copy-cats out there…
Wig with pretty beady thingys ^^
Aaaaawwww
More aaaawwww
Horns!
And hoofs! Late, long day and cannot be asked to put them on her tonight but are they cool or what?!!
I think I might just have done something really stupid all depending on how one looks at it…
Might just have used my credit card for something I should not have but I really wanted…
I normally do not use my credit card for dolls unless I can pay it of when I get my statement. They are not really necessary and I view my credit card as for emergencies and general big purchases to get the cover it adds.
Slippery slope I seem to have entered here!
Guess, as long as I am aware of this I will not be repeating it.
Gosh, I cannot wait until that parcel arrives!!!
Another month another meet and me again making stuff 10 minutes before heading out the door ><
New people and new dolls so all good - great day with lots of photos and some crazy kids climbing the Hayward Gallery...
So tired - yawn! Must post pics!
Found the emphasis of this meet was on weird random dollparts:
… General weirdness:
… Surreal weirdness:
… And a LOT of this:
All pics here.
Small selection below.
Krowbars’ girl – looove this lady
Einons’ blue boy with cool eyes that light up – of course not in this pic ><
Cool mod looking scary.
This face is just to gorgeous
Akando in stereo – they look freakishly real in this shot
Crowbar, again if you EVER get tired of this girl you know where you can park her permanently 
Just see how perfect they would be together!!!
UGLIEST pic ever!
And one of Cinnamon ^^
Twin sculpts
Stop, no more photos, please!
Model boys
Bishop
Blood
Photoshoot
Horse getting in on the action as well with the other photographers
Photoshoot of the photoshoot
Yummy!
Men Men Men!
Abs!
Two limited moulds ^^
