Deirdre Abbotts » doll http://www.deirdreabbotts.com Welcome To My Sloppy Studio! Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happy New Year! http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2010/01/04/happy-new-year/ http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2010/01/04/happy-new-year/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:01:11 +0000 dabbotts http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/?p=1397 I am back at work, after a relaxing holiday – I spent much of the time in my studio, visiting family and friends, relaxing and sleeping!  The perfect way to spend the holidays!

The only thing I didn’t do, which was on my agenda, was to visit the Whitney and see the Georgia O’Keefe exhibit.  It’s still open, so with any luck I’ll have time to take in the show.

My doll was one of the ones chosen for the April Issue of Cloth Paper Scissors – I’m thrilled with the way she came out.  I’m keeping the final photos under wraps in case we aren’t supposed to share.  I need to thanks my sister, again! for prodding me to finish up and get her submitted.  Tomorrow she will be sent off to the Magazine.  My very first blog post (March 2004) was about this doll!

Time to get back to work!

:-D eirdre

]]> http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2010/01/04/happy-new-year/feed/ 2 The Doll http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2009/11/30/the-doll/ http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2009/11/30/the-doll/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:39 +0000 dabbotts http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/?p=1392 I started this doll a very long time ago (I’ll look up the year later).  Anyway, this doll is very slow going and to-date probably has more than 100 hours. maybe even more than 120 hours!  I finally finished both sides.

2-finished sides

My idea is to make a frame for the arms/moon/sun and have it attach to a tube which will run up to the top of the head.  Then I can use a standard doll frame (or one I can make and the doll can N’Theory turn so you could look at the front or the back of the doll. The next step is to make a frame and sew the sides together.  I have a deadline so I hope to have the frame made by next weekend.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Beading on lower grass is 3 hours total

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Section 1 done! 6 hours.

]]> http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2004/03/10/section-1-done/feed/ 0 Beaded doll – 5 hours http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2004/03/09/beaded-doll-5-hours/ http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/2004/03/09/beaded-doll-5-hours/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:07:51 +0000 dabbotts http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/wordpress/?p=209 Almost done with beading the mountains/fields – hopefully these will be done tomorrow – I got some new beading needles yesterday and although they are a bit shorter – I don’t seem to bend them as easily, and that’s a good thing. Time beading to date is 5 hours.goddess-doll-02.jpg

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