Little Heads

These last few days I've been working on these little heads. It's nice to do something different once in a while. I don't know what I'm going to do with those so far. I'm not sure they would sell, but I just want to make more. I love creating characters. Here are the latest ones.

This is The Chief. I had never used my hot glue gun this much before last week! I made the feather crown by gluing two bands of felt together with feathers in between. It got a little messy on top of the headband.

The Boxer.

This one is my favorite. I love the look in his eye and it was so much fun to paint him.

The Warrior.

This one has nothing to do with what I initially wanted to make. It was supposed to be an evil queen and she became a warrior. I love it when you make things and end up with a completely different design as the one you had in mind.It's like this llittle guy had a mind of her own.

Here is the preliminary sketch I made:

I messed up the eye make up and had to do something else. the evil Queen will have to wait. :)

 The Hooker

I'm really happy with how this one turned out. It took me ages to get the eyes the way they are. I wanted to make her wink. It's not that good but I like her attire. The hair is from a troll doll. I was about to throw it away and figured I could do something with it.

It was a real pain to implant the lashes. :p But I'm pretty glad about the nose. The noses I made so far are all pretty bad and look unfinished. This one looks quite natural. Yay!

Mama

Haaa! fabric! I've been using my sewing machine quite a lot lately.I made the hat with it. This little head is quite simple.

The Devil.

This one will be for my Grand Pa. I'll give it to him on Easter week end and hide it in the garden just like an egg. I can't wait to see his face opening the box. Every Easter he gets a chocolate animal that he keeps on his kitchen table for months until it's almost expired then he eats it reluctantly. It's like a little companion. This time he won't have to sacrifice his little friend. :) 

Preliminary sketch for the Devil.

And I made another cushion. :) It's very different from the velvet ones I usually make with my bits and scraps of fabric and yarn. I made a pillow full of my sewing rejects and the patchwork thingy is actually a case. It's quite poorly made. It's full of flaws. I'll do better next time. Because it's true, practice makes perfect.

I'm also waiting on my Grand Pa to give me old shirts of his so I can make more pillows with them. I'll use them as cases.

The couch will soon be too small for all these cushions.

XOXO