My First Day of Not Thrifting

While looking out of the window, drinking coffee, and watching it snow (and snow and snow and snow) I got my drawing pad out and did a self portrait.

I remembered that I had a transfer pen, so I found that (i FOUND it, i'd never used it, bought it years ago, and i FOUND it, right where i had put it). I went over my drawing with the transfer pen and ironed it on to a thrifted khaki-colored napkin.

The transfer pen worked wonderfully. The fabric? That seemed to have too much 'give'. I tried to give myself my usual look of glasses down on my nose, but I couldn't get that right. So, I had to pull out a bunch of stitches which really stretched the fabric around my face. I'll know better next time.

Anyway, I got my hair exactly right. Brown, grey and thinning, with frizz.

Sadly, I actually have this outfit. I wear it exactly twice each year. Memorial Day and Independence Day.

I might just have to do a series of faceless dolls. I can get the body to look right, but not the face. Faces are hard to do.

Not bad for a first try, I say.