Judi A's "Spirit of the Dance"

Today I worked on Judi A's Flat Stanley doll. She named her 'Spirit of the Dance'. With 18 of us working on these dolls you can't do much or else the gals at the end will have a heck of a time finding room to embellish. So today I gave her ballet shoes.

Nice shiny ballet shoes! First she had orange shoes, courtesy of Tsukineko all-purpose inks, to which I added blue polka-dots. Not bad. Next I added the teal ribbon with the orangey eyelash yarn. Then I decided her shoes weren't bright enough so I got out the Dye-na-flow and painted them red. Whoops. Really clashed with the teal and orange ties. Next up - Stuart Gill fabric paints. First a purple coat, then a mint green coat, then a blue coat, and finally back to the orange with streaks of Tsukineko inks. Those shoes aren't going anywhere! And if the paint gets scratched during the journey she'll just look like a hard working dancer!

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She borrowed some ribbons to wear about her head - she didn't want her picture being taken while she was bald. Or naked for that matter.