2 More Bats

So last week I made this bat and last night I finished making two more smaller ones. The pattern came with a big bat and a little bat. As I was reading the directions again, I realized I forgot one step! I didn't add glue to the paint or dab any excess off. Last time I also didn't sew the wings to the body until they were already painted and baked (yes baked) and it was a pain in the butt because they were very stiff and hard to get the needle through. This time I sewed everything together first, then coffee stained and painted them. The only thing I don't like about doing it this way is that the wings don't move, they're stuck sticking out straight, the big ones wings move. This time I also hand stitched all the top stitching to make them look more "primitive", I like how that part turned out better than the first.
I also hot glued them to these old candle sticks I found at the thrift store last week.
I really love these primitive dolls, once I can make some more things for myself (after September) I am going to get that Raven pattern I posted a few Wednesdays ago and attempt him!!

Here they are....another black one and the illusive Allentownian Albino...Oooo!!



And here is where they live on one of the shelves above my chaise futon and snake tank. I really like how they look up there but now I really have to get a new frame so I can hang the "Imagine" ring painting I did in 2D class years ago. (stupid frame broke in the move.)



Happy Thursday!

Primitive Bat!

So I bought this pattern to make a primitive bat doll.
I have never made anything like this before but when I saw these bats, I knew I wanted my own! It was actually alot easier than I had thought it would be. In the future, I would change some of the way this was put together, mostly with the sewing parts. It was also the smelliest project I've ever done I think! I had to use coffee to stain the bat and then used cinnamon in the paint to gunk it up a bit, it was nice having my apartment filled with those scents though.
Now that I look at the pattern again, my bat isn't nearly as beat up as the original =(
I still like him alot and he was very easy to make. This is the big one and I plan on making two little ones next!
He already has a lovely home in the nook above my tv stand. The little ones I think I want to put on candlesticks or something and put them somewhere else in my apartment. I'll worry about that when the time comes though.





In his new home...(please ignore the chair, that was just there to stand on to get him up there)