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WIP Progress picture for @spoomed: Mini-Simcoe 2 A little update for @spoomed ,@detectiverickitubbs, @rapid-apathy, and everyone else who voted on Mini-Simcoe 2’s new hair colour. There was an overwhelming vote in favour of proper, blazing, fiery red - and here we are! (Are we sure that’s Simcoe? not Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson in disguise as a Queens Ranger?) Speaking of Hamilton, he does look rather like a back-up dancer from the musical with those bare arms. But he’s very nearly finished, aside from a very small green coat and hat. And just in time for Christmas, too...

Mini-Lola: Christmas gift for @rapid-apathy!

It’s that time of year again - in addition to working on MiniCoe 2 for the lovely @spoomed, I’ve also had another little Turn character in the works - Miss Lola, from that one episode of Season 4. I know, I know, she’s a little known side character from barely two scenes. But hey, why shouldn’t a Holy Ground lady of ill repute get her own action figure? There’s few enough female characters in Turn as it is. And I loved the dusky pinks in her costume enough to try and recreate it.

Mini!Lola looks far too happy for her humble (and probably NSFW) lot in life, but she turned out rather nicely, and I really enjoyed trying new techniques for getting Lola to look appropriately down at heel.

I copied her costume from the picture above from Rianne Steele’s Twitter

Her petticoats are tea-dyed, to give them a weathered, distressed look, as was the polka-dot net on her corset, to match the colours of the actual gown.  (which was fun, but used about three teabags and made a mess of my kitchen sink for a bit)

Her teensy lace mittens are actually removable! Mini-Lola also has painted stockings and garters, as well as some dainty slippers in black silk clay -that I forgot to take photos of once she was fully dressed. Silly me.

I am definitely proud of her hair. I’m getting better at hair the more I practice, ang Mini!Lola has a recognisable style! Even better, little ringlets and loose curls - which I really struggled with for mini-Anna.

Materials:

Stay tuned (or should that be Turn-ed?) for more in the obscure fandom arts and crafts line!

So, apologies for being absent without leave, people! I've recently moved apartments again, and I'm not due to get Internet until the 25th, so it's been rather dark and 'data limit'-y this week. I'm lucky my hotel has wifi this weekend! But I couldn't go off into reenactment land without sharing my latest project! This is all @mercurygray and @calamity-bean's fault, by the way. Merc had to go and write La Fille de Regiment, with the lovely Margaret Frances, 18th century laundress - and then @calamity-bean had to go and do some absolutely AMAZING fanart of Margaret, wearing such a cute little short jacket with a gorgeous print of columbine flowers all over it. So, when I saw this verrrry similar floral cotton print in my local fabric shop - well, 18th century sewing happens. I did my own take on Margaret's gorgeous swallowtail jacket in the picture, with ribbon and blue front lacing. Once I've made a blue petticoat and apron, this baby is going to @mercurygray to have fun with as she pleases...

So, apologies for being absent without leave, people! I've recently moved apartments again, and I'm not due to get Internet until the 25th, so it's been rather dark and 'data limit'-y this week. I'm lucky my hotel has wifi this weekend! But I couldn't go off into reenactment land without sharing my latest project! This is all @mercurygray and @calamity-bean's fault, by the way. Merc had to go and write La Fille de Regiment, with the lovely Margaret Frances, 18th century laundress - and then @calamity-bean had to go and do some absolutely AMAZING fanart of Margaret, wearing such a cute little short jacket with a gorgeous print of columbine flowers all over it. So, when I saw this verrrry similar floral cotton print in my local fabric shop - well, 18th century sewing happens. I did my own take on Margaret's gorgeous swallowtail jacket in the picture, with ribbon and blue front lacing. Once I've made a blue petticoat and apron, this baby is going to @mercurygray to have fun with as she pleases...

So, apologies for being absent without leave, people! I've recently moved apartments again, and I'm not due to get Internet until the 25th, so it's been rather dark and 'data limit'-y this week. I'm lucky my hotel has wifi this weekend! But I couldn't go off into reenactment land without sharing my latest project! This is all @mercurygray and @calamity-bean's fault, by the way. Merc had to go and write La Fille de Regiment, with the lovely Margaret Frances, 18th century laundress - and then @calamity-bean had to go and do some absolutely AMAZING fanart of Margaret, wearing such a cute little short jacket with a gorgeous print of columbine flowers all over it. So, when I saw this verrrry similar floral cotton print in my local fabric shop - well, 18th century sewing happens. I did my own take on Margaret's gorgeous swallowtail jacket in the picture, with ribbon and blue front lacing. Once I've made a blue petticoat and apron, this baby is going to @mercurygray to have fun with as she pleases...

So, apologies for being absent without leave, people! I've recently moved apartments again, and I'm not due to get Internet until the 25th, so it's been rather dark and 'data limit'-y this week. I'm lucky my hotel has wifi this weekend! But I couldn't go off into reenactment land without sharing my latest project! This is all @mercurygray and @calamity-bean's fault, by the way. Merc had to go and write La Fille de Regiment, with the lovely Margaret Frances, 18th century laundress - and then @calamity-bean had to go and do some absolutely AMAZING fanart of Margaret, wearing such a cute little short jacket with a gorgeous print of columbine flowers all over it. So, when I saw this verrrry similar floral cotton print in my local fabric shop - well, 18th century sewing happens. I did my own take on Margaret's gorgeous swallowtail jacket in the picture, with ribbon and blue front lacing. Once I've made a blue petticoat and apron, this baby is going to @mercurygray to have fun with as she pleases...

Also known as the super teeny-weeny Major Edmund Hewlett post - and FINALLY completed! I originally started making tiny Hewlett and Anna dolls for the ever-wonderful @calamity-bean way back at Christmas-time, as a little thank you, but with one thing and another, it's ended up as a sort-of Easter present. Sorry, @calamity-bean! But at least you should get him (and the lovely Mrs Strong) by the end of April. Call it a token of my respect and friendship. Well, Mini-Hewlett here went together much better than Anna did, possibly because I'd already worked out the logistics of making men's uniforms from @rapid-apathy's Mini-Simcoe. Being smaller, though, the major got much less pretty braid and silver lace sewn on his uniform - something Simcoe would probably be insufferably smug about. But Mini- Hewlett has got a Mini-Anna, dude. I wouldn't gloat too much. I think my favourite part of making the major was probably his tiny riding boots, made out of a small piece of leather stitched in a tube with his painted feet. The dark red sash is a tiny piece of ribbon - and his brass buttons are those little stick-on dots you can find in craft shops sewn down ! Sadly the facings are a bit uneven, so he looks a bit absent-minded - and dishevelled. (Personally, I think Anna may be to blame for that one, hehe) But gosh, his HAIR! That was my favourite part, because it was so simple! I'd struggled for ages trying to make a tiny removable white wig, and initially I was just going to paint on his dark hair - but I eventually discarded that idea as being overly- complicated for such a small project. I found some some soft black 'cuddle fleece fabric', and simply glued a scalp shaped piece onto Mini-Hews scalp. IT gives him adorable rumpled black hair, that is also rather nice to pet, should you be in the mood! @calamity-bean - maybe you should practice Annlett voodoo with these to ensure a happy season 4 outcome.

Friendship 18th century mitten design I’m making for @mercurygray (possibly with bonus secret message inside flap. Because I’m a nerd, that’s why!