My ankle and foot are still swollen and trying to stay seated for any length of time makes it swell even more… SO… not to let that deter me, I decided to work on a pair of little red boots for Ten Ping, from my recliner… using my hands!! :o)
I had this little guy…(I have no idea what character he is or what show he might be from…(I forgot to take a picture of him before I sliced off his legs) but I was pretty sure the feet part might work like a shoe last for Ten Ping.
I have them wet molding on my make shift dolly feet and hope in the morning they’ll be dry and I can try them on Ten Ping… and hopefully they’ll fit.
Here is the other one…
I also had started a pair of brown leather boots a while back for the Ruby Red Fashion Friends but never finished the finish on the soles. I decided to paint the edges with a satin varnish I had once used on some doll lips. I think it makes them look less dry and prettier…
So that’s what I accomplished without using my foot! :o)
Sissy sent me the sweetest pictures of some outfits she made for someone and I’ll show them tomorrow… so don’t miss them.
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
It is interesting to see how you do the sewing first before cutting off the material. Both pairs of boots look really nice. I hope your ankle and foot feels better soon! 🙁
Oh, Jeanne, they are so so CUTE! I love tiny things and these are so dear. At MDCC I put lots of my raffle tickets in the 2 Ten Ping boxes but to no avail. Sniff! I really love yours.
So glad you found something to do. I know what it is like to be chair bound, when I had 6 weeks of terrible shingles. By the way, If anyone who has not had the shingles vaccines, there are 2, GET THEM NOW! If you have had chicken pox, you have the virus in you.
Hi Sissy,
Thank you for your sweet message the other day. I very much appreciate your prayers for my hubby as he prepares for surgery. He’s very nervous and rightfully so no one likes surgery.
Praying you your family are safe and out of harm’s way. I see that you may get touched by Milton as it crosses the Florida peninsula. Stay safe!
hugs
Ingrid
These little red shoes are so adorable. I am glad you could get some hand sewing done. The black boots are charming as well.
I am just imagining … looking for appropriate feet and shoe forms.
Rummaging at a garage sale and finding some silly doll with a huge head and ginormous eyes. LOL. I am the same way, sort of, We have something we are looking for and discovered the source. You are productive, that is making you content. I understand that. I sat in the glaucoma doctors office for over an hour (no big deal for me) and finished well almost finished binding a huge quilt. Hubbs had eye surgery weeks ago and had some stitches checked, and the visit was long.
Anyway,. we have our machine dependent projects and our sitting sewing projects.
I am glad you could accomplish these beauties
Happy Wednesday everyone. We have the heat on this morning in Northern Virginia. only 48º outside but not horrible in the house….
Normally we would not but cornish rex kitties refuse to leave their upstairs heated bed overnight paradise rooms. 😂🐱🐱
I like the boots for the RRFF group. It looks like the soles are cut closer to the stitching which looks nice. Good job working on something while relaxing. 🙂 However, if you don’t have an appointment with a doctor to follow up on your last visit, it appears that you should as I’m not seeing any improvement in the swelling. Maybe you need more than aspirin? Take care.
So happy that we have fog this morning. And much cooler. Now, we have no excuse not to work on that deck once again. 🙂 And a good thing that we didn’t need the windows open last night as Mr. Skunk decided to visit once again. Ugh
What are you doing to your deck? We had a skunk experience once ourselves and it was pretty bad. David and I used to go to a BnB in Belllville each year for our anniversary. The inn was over 100 years old. We rented the suite with a sitting room, private bath and bedroom with a kingsize canopy bed. It was the suite where many important people passing through Texas would stay so it had a great history. One night I woke up to David laughing. There was a skunk downstairs probably by the garbage cans and he said I pulled the blankets up over my nose in my sleep. Believe me it didn’t really help and I think the skunk was there most of the night.
Oh, your experience is worse than ours. At least we weren’t at a fancy hotel. 🙂 Funny, but this morning when I opened the slider blinds, I could smell skunk. The odor must have been trapped behind them somehow. Can’t smell it any more though. Hope he/she doesn’t travel this way again tonight. 🙂
Finally here, but read the blog earlier. I needed to run to Hobby Lobby to get a stand for my new Sara. Since I have all of my dolls out all the time, I just do ‘ trust them to stand without tumbling over, and then someone else tumbles and on and on! also I want to thank all of you who commented on Sara. She is fitting right in, and I have been trying different clothes on her to see what fits and what doesn’t.
While at Hobby Lobby, this week they are having a 50% off sale on Christmas items, which I do not need any of! However, I did cave in and bought a few little things, again, nothing I needed!
So sorry Jeanne, that you can’t get around to sewing, but those shoes are amazing! Those little red ones, are so cute, and when you show them in your hand, I can’t believe how you manage to get them so perfect! Your eyesight must be better than 20/20!
I have all my dolls out all the time too and they are on stands. It seems like I’m constantly buying stands even when I buy ahead anticipating a new doll. I thought I was up-to-date but when I went to move a few dolls yesterday to add Sassy Sage to the group, Siblie Callie fell out of her stand which I then noticed was really a stand for a Barbie doll that I was using temporarily and would only go around her neck loosely. I forgot to order her a new stand when I ordered the one for Sage. The domino effect of dolls falling over happened so often when I was trying to do a photo shoot without stands that I now use stands if I can’t lean them against something. Many dolls will stand on their own these days but I don’t depend on that, especially if there are more than one of them in the picture.
I wish we had a HL around here, but no. I did find some cute things at WMart though. I think Michael’s is having sales too, but we don’t get down that way often. I love how some of the ornaments can be used for dolls. 🙂
Jeanne, LOVE your “nothing can stop me” attitude! Hope your foot heals quickly!
It is always good to have more than one way to enjoy creative passions. Cobblering seems to be a good way for you. Hope your foot and leg start feeling better soon and the swelling goes down once and for all.
I went to the Fall Festival Saturday at the church where we used to belong. The woman who makes the 18″ doll clothes totally by hand was there. I’m glad I went because she said this would be her last year doing the show. She said she is 85 and started making the doll clothes by hand when she could no longer sit comfortably at her sewing machine. She said she never thought she’d make money doing it but every time I’ve visited with her I had to cut it short because she always had customers to tend to. She’s not giving up creating though. She said she used to do a lot of quilting and wants to get back to that, I’m sure totally by hand. I bought a couple things from her Saturday. I bought a dress for my 18″ Druanne and a summer two-piece outfit that will work for my Gotz Hannah since the bottoms are capris and the top is separate and has cascading ruffles so even if the top is shorter on Hannah it should still be fine.
I’m hoping to remedy my situation of not being able to sit too long sewing or at the piano. I’ll be leaving in a minute for an appointment with the chiropractor Sean has been using. He thinks he’s great. He is a distance away but sounds like he’s worth it.
The one I’ve been going to the past few months seems to be attributing my problems to my age so he doesn’t really take what I’m telling him seriously. My problems began after I tripped over my dog awhile back and twisted my body to try to keep from hurting her too much. I feel I’m more out of alignment than out of adjustment. Sean said his chiropractor listens and is a big help. I’m still having trouble standing for long periods like I need to when I sing in the Chorale. I really feel he can help and Sean said he is a great guy and has a great bedside manner which my two previous chiropractors have not. Nothing ventured, nothing gained so I’m off.
Dear Barbara, hello. I sent through the email about my Gotz girls again. I hope it goes through this time.
Hope your new chiropractor works for you. Finding the right one is so important. Our son in law is a chiropractor and has a great practice. He knew immediately that grand had an ACL injury when he had his soccer accident. Was able to get him right in for an MRI too. I’m sure the new doctor will be helpful especially since your son likes him.
Very important to find the right one and I sure have. In spite of the fact that I have a few aches and pains from my adjustment-plus today, I feel he really listened to me. When he did the evaluation he had to admit my body was twisted and he would help untwist it. Since I twisted to one side the two sides of my body are not even so I can reach down and touch my toes on the right side I don’t come close on the left. He was great about understanding that I lived pretty far away so he told me some things I could do in between adjustments. I would like to go twice a week but my schedule and his won’t allow it right now. He’s not open Friday and Thursday is out for me until Chorale rehearsals are over. And I can’t do Monday and Wednesday because I need more than one day in between. But even with just one visit some of the minor issues seem better. I actually used to work on the north side of the freeway from where he is and I drove from here so it wasn’t too bad. I actually made it in about 40 minutes and that’s in Houston traffic. The problem is the cost of the gas to get there and back. But I do intend to see him at least once a week for a few weeks and once things are further along I could probably do two days a week a day apart. Right now I know I’ve been worked on so I’ll see how I feel the next couple days. Sean was right. This chiropractor is the best and he has a great bedside manner. Glad Sean put me on to him.
Dear Jeanne, you are so “crafty” at being crafty! I love that you just keep moving forward.
I am with Joy in hoping you get a medical opinion for the foot swelling.
Joy, so happy to hear you are finally cooling down. I thought the south was the only place it was hot in October. Sorry you got “busted” this week. Last week 3 doll sized boxes arrived at my house. I got caught on the largest of the three! Zora was one of them. Did you buy her? Maybe that is why I quit sewing, the brain power just wouldn’t make all the way to the foot! 😂
Linda, I love your Sara! She was my first RRFF too. Watch out they can be addictive. Thank you for the warning about Christmas at Hobby Lobby. I will stay out of there. This is the year I am supposed to downsize the Christmas decorations.
I’m glad you have Zora, she is lovely, and at least you were able to get the other two boxes inside unnoticed. 🙂 I didn’t get her, but I did have success today in getting the latest Siblie carnival girl inside this morning. Thought other person would be there to grab the mail, but when I heard the mailbox lid clank, I hurried to the door, hoping that I could get outside first and kick the box under the bench, but other person was in the office and didn’t hear the mail. Lucky me because I was able to bring in the box and put it in a safe place before other person appeared. 🙂 I still have a few brain cells left for sewing, hopefully, as I went to Joann’s recently and came home with a bunch of carnival colored fabrics. Hoping to make some outfits for the Ruby Red kids soon. Just what I need, more fabric. Ha ha
Sounds like great fun! I need a hobby to compliment my hobby of purchasing dolls.
Oh nooo dear Jeanne… you poor thing you’re still not better. I must say you are very good at thinking outside the box. Its great you can do chair crafts while your leg it elevated. Such sweet little boots too. All dolly’s need a pair of red shoes imho.
Prayers continue for a quick recovery.
Hugs
Ingrid