London Fashion Week comes to Manchester

London Fashion Week comes to Manchester

Dress, jewellery and wig by ME!
Goggles - Makielab
Shoes - Integrity
Model - Cosma - Makielab

We can't decide - Goggles

We call this Nyctophobia

or No goggles

Or perhaps Untamed ferocity

 

A Close up with Goggles

Either name I'm just FABULOUS

A Very Hairy Experience...

Here is my step by step experiment on 'rooting' a cap! I have to say that with the Welsh wool I used it was easy to create this effect

I got the idea from a Pullip Japanese magazine, though it's not too informative and I can't read Japanese :-O It uses wefts of hair sewen onto a strip. I will look for these in future or try to sew my own! Please note I didn't put wool in all the holes, just 3/4 of the front of the cap and sides as I had too many holes and my wool was too thick!

I start off with cutting lengths of Welsh wool and a needle threader (though some fine wire looped and twisted would work well too)

You can see the underneath of the cap, I have been pulling yarn though and then knotting the end to keep it in place. I didn't do it but if I was doing again, I would snip off the end of the yarn so it doesn't get too full. When all is done, a little glue could be applied to the underneath to keep it all in place.

I pulled the threader in from under the cap

So the loop came through the top. I would then slide the yarn into the loop
and gently pull the yarn to the underside of the cap

I then tie a knot and pull the yarn from the top end so the knot is against the skull cap

Then ta daaaa! It's a wigged cap

This is just a simple first step version. I've never done any sort of root work before but I think for Makie dolls this came out great.

Some more experimentation to come!

It's not easy being green!

All quiet on the home front. The boys are long out of school now and playing video games upstairs. My poorly husband is resting and there is nowt on tv, so what's one to do?

Last week I bought some GORGEOUS teddy bear mohair with intent on making Makie Millie some wigs. It's very expensive and my current wig pattern is not suitable for a non stretch fabric so what is one to do?

Draft my own, methinks, but its a lot EASIER said than done. Try draping paper over an egg and you will understand what I will mean.

In the end, I think I have come up with a basic pattern that needs just few more tiny tweaks. I bought some lovely green short fur in Abakhans sale last week just to use to test out the pattern before I take the plunge into the expensive mohair.

Here are the results, I think it will work! This is a very short fur, but it won't bother me as the mohairs I Have picked have about a 20mm pile so it will look nice to this shape. The important bit is to get it to fit the cap!

Oh my! is that really green??

 

It's quite fetching when you get used to it, Perfect for a little pixie.

The side view

Say Cheese!

The perfect camera prop for Millie! A lomography Diana F+ classic keyring