Doll accessories

So I have a friend who used my embroidery machine to embroider lots of things that will be made into doll clothes.

Yeah, she's a bit obsessed with dressing up the dolls and taking pictures of them. 

One outfit is an Elf Princess dress so another friend and I worked together to make the doll a circlet

After making the monster stuffy, I realized that it would be pretty easy to make a teddy bear for her dolls too.  I digitized an In the hoop design. 

Not stopping there, it was time to make a little in the hoop doll for the dolls as well

Chainmaille pendants

I've spent the last day making chainmaille pendants since someone is using my embroidery machine.  

First up is called Victorian snowflake with a crystal centre

The next one I made is called Celtic Chrysanthemum.  

The next one I made is Sunburst.  I took the opportunity to add some colour. 

The last one is called Grandma's Rose.  I can add colour in the centre or around the edge.  I might try smaller earrings in this one next

Byzantine

I'm currently on a bit of a mission to try out more weaves.  In the meantime, I thought I would post about the weaves I have tried.

I'll start with byzantine as it was the first one I learned and also is a great starting weave.  It looks much harder than it is and can be combined with other bits of weaves to make more interesting designs

AR:  3.5

In 18g 5/32" is my usual, but can use 3/16"

In 20g 7/64" or 1/8"

In 18g square rings I use 3/16"

For information on the weave and links to instructions

http://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/weavedisplay.php?key=13

In square rings it can look different

It can be combined with beads

Using only a small bit of byz can be an interesting look

Snowflakes of another kind

So the group snowflake card making session worked out well.  This weekend I worked on snowflakes of another kind. 

I made a chainmaille snowflake ornament and a smaller version for an earring.