Patrice's Creations: Suspense, that takes you a different direction

Hello I am a little late this week, but with sick kids, a mom has to do what a mom has to do. My plan has completely changed from last weeks idea. I wasn't satisfied with the materials I had to make the ship so, she is going to have to wait.

It kind of happened organically, perfect for this weeks Illustration Friday word, Suspense. When I started making her I said, "I will make her look like she is in suspense". Well she sure is she's pregnant! I think Gregory's the father. I don't have a name for her yet, so if you have a suggestion let me know in the comments!

So here I go to lead you through the process of making her.

I am getting the eyes and horn fixed into the head nice and sucre.

After everything is all lined up in the head I put on to eyelids.

I am experimenting with this character to see if wet felting some parts makes things alittle faster.

Wet felting is when you use hot and cold water and soap to shock the wool into felting.

I pre-needle felted the legs loosely before I wet felted them.

As I was sitting in my chaotic house (bitting my lip) wishing the camera would work, my amazing husband got it working for me! The rest of the pictures are a little better!

I am adding some lips and nostrils.

I wet felted the palms for the hands.

Then I needle felted the rest of the hand around them.

I found that if you start by needle felting a flat piece then putting it on the piece and felting it into place it made things easier than loose fibers.