CoraMaezy

Once upon a time… In the Fairy Forest…There was a suitcase…

CoraMaezy, doll, making things, Uncategorized

This suitcase. Spotted on Facebook Marketplace.  Crazy. I have a ton of older suitcases, interesting cases, but this one… So off I went.

A beauty? Are you inspired?
Inspired now? Oh. My. Someone had already pulled out all the innards
from Come Follow Me by Gyo Fujikawa, one of my favorite illustrators . . .
Building an insert out of cardboard . . .
My assistants helping me figure out how to line the case with burlap. . .
Building the first tree out of cardboard . . .
Building the tree trunk, more cardboard fun. Paper mache soon to be removed….
Painting…
Adding greenery
Making the base tile
Hmmm. Not quite right yet.
More fairies from Gyo Fujikawa . . .
Made a stump, in case CM needs to sit…
Once upon a Fairy Forest.. CoraMaezy was telling the story of Puppers and Mouse to her friend Mouse-Mouse.
We hope you like our Fairy Forest suitcase world.

Working on adjusting The Coat

doll, sewing

I’ve been working on a version of Amanda Gorman’s Gucci cost that she wore on inauguration day.

Here Opal is trying on my first attempt:

So I’m working on another try. I’ve adjusted my patterns and cut them out of these old cloth napkins I picked up at the thrift. You can’t beat old linens!

Working on the lining, with help from Maria
Just started hemming. Hopefully tomorrow after it’s ironed it will look good

Definitely wish I could go over to Mom’s and ask her to iron it for me. My patience for ironing is low but it makes such a difference. It’s the kind of thing I’d do with love for someone else but for my projects…I feel so meh about it. Sigh. I think mom would like this one. It’s so much fun to work with a border print.