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Enjoying the new body

12/2/2017

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Fantasia sleepy Vivian on her new EID body. I wish I could upgrade my body as easily!
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​The little telephone is a clock!
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Sweet violets

12/2/2017

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This top took me ages, and one reason was that I kept changing my mind about what I wanted to do.

I'd just bought half a dozen Zhurnal Mod and Duplet crochet magazines, and was absolutely dazzled by the creativity and artistry of the new free-style crochet fashions.  If you are unfamiliar with this, do an internet search on these magazines, and prepare to be amazed!

So I spent the next few weeks trying out different mofits - roses, violets, butterflies. leaves - and getting myself thoroughly muddled about what I was actually trying to create.

It was still a good exercise though, as some of the motifs I tried were really too big for the 1/3rd scale of the doll I was crocheting for.  In the end, I put together what I thought was a rather nice layout on a black template - intending to duplicate it on net later.  As it happens, when I re-fitted the template to Fantasia Vivian, I slimmed the top down so this arrangement didn't fit anymore.  
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So the top eventually ended up looking like this; the motifs are sewn to the net, which is lined with crepe in a pretty lilac colour.
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The motifs continue around the back.  The top is teamed with a flounced chiffon skirt in pretty Spring colours.

Fantasia Sleepy Vivian can be seen in the background.
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And that's another thing I did over the Spring - I got an Iplehouse body for sleepy Vivian and rounded the top of the neck off with a hobby dremel, resulting in a pretty decent fit for her head.  So now sleepy Vivian has her own body!  As you can see, she really suits it - I love the curves and the long swan neck.  Although the resin is pinker than that of Fantasia's normal skin, her face-up has plenty of blushing and the overall effect is a nice match between head and body.  Her lovely face-up (like that of open-eyed Vivian) is by Angel Toast. 

I quickly knitted her a top in pretty pastel colours and matched them with silver earrings by Lyanne.  Perfect! And now I really feel that Spring has arrived :)
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    About Ellen:

    Based in New Zealand, I've been a collector of ball-jointed dolls since 2011.
    Like so many B.J.D. collectors, I only meant to get one...

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