I've been working on Lily's Summer Goddess costume for the last few weeks, but have gone as far as I can go without the doll here to fit things on. The separate 'sleeves' are just about done, but I can't go any further with the dress itself until Lily is back home, so I can try the bodice on her.
Which means doing something else for a while. I realized there's two doll 'birthdays' during the last week of our upcoming fall trip, so I need to address those before we go, so i have pictures ready to post as soon as we get back home. Which means two more cakes to make. The forms are all ready - a styrofoam one to ice and decorate with drywall compound and flowers, and wooden tiers wrapped in florist tape, for the second cake, to cover with polymer clay 'fondant'....
...and if that wasn't enough, I'd really like a dragon for my Fantasy dolls. Problem is I'd like him to be somewhat posable, and I'm not sure how to go about it, and I don't have time to devote the next four weeks to it. So I'm going to make a small one from a pattern by Belinda Small Patterson, which I purchased twenty years ago. If it turns out, then I'll consider designing a bigger one at a later date, using the experience from this one as a guide. I chose some very basic-coloured fabrics because I don't want the dragon to be too flashy...
So, lots to do....
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