I have ten little Forest Dwellers, by Whispering Grass. The first little mice arrived back in 2013. When I first saw them I had imagined dressing them in clothes like the illustrations by Beatrix Potter. But it never happened. I did make some tiny fairy tutus for the mice so they could be Sugarplum Fairies one Christmas and dance the Nutcracker with Mr. Ropuha....
In 2015 Smuzhka Raccoon joined them, along with a fourth little mouse....
The following year, Tiana arrived, and she came with a 'boy's outfit by the artist, so I made a dress so both toads would have something to wear....
The following year they were married, and I made a bridal gown and three tiny tuxedos....
In 2018 Ginger Raccoon arrived, along with Rhett and Kitty Khitrula Fox....
In 2019 I made Ginger a fancy pink gown...
But other than the two everyday outfits the Toads wear, everyone else remained naked....
Now, after all this time, the costumes I'd originally imagined have never materialized. So, with my eyesight deteriorating I figured it was high time to finally address all those tiny costumes before I would no longer be able to. So I've decided that will be my project for this March. To make all ten little Forest Dwellers an outfit inspired by Beatrix Potter, and other illustrated animals stories....
With ten characters to dress, and there being 31 days in March, that means 3 days per outfit. That's a LOT of tiny clothes in not a lot of time. The challenge will be to see if I can actually stick to it and make everyone something.
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