Thursday, October 31, 2013

Listen up, maggots.


It's Halloween, and I thought I'd do a little bit of not-so-cutesy sewing. I tried something new and made something 3D, dolls from a Raggedy Ann and Andy pattern. But these aren't your grandma's ragdolls - I give you "Maggoty" Ann and Andy.


I also tried out batiks for the first time. I don't think I'd use a batik for a regular project, but look how amazing it works out for bruised and rotten skin tone.


Maggoty Ann wears a brown checked dress, gray striped tights, and a shredded apron. She has a worm in her empty eye socket and an arm hanging off her body by a string.

 

She also has a cracked open skull with an exposed brain made from pink yarn. (Pictured here before she got painted with blood.)

  

Both of these guys have white X-shaped buttons for eyes, and their blood is made from layers of fabric paint and brushed-on puffy paint.



 I don't have much to say about Maggoty Ann, because like Little Babe here, Maggoty Andy wins the day for me.


Andy much more closely matches my vision of this project. Maybe because I made Ann first and was still learning, or maybe because Ann's poky brain and missing eye are giving her a weird face altogether. This guy is super-cute.


A friend gave me the leftover yarn from the beautiful baby blanket she knitted for Little Babe. Otto was horrified that I used really nice, expensive, yarn-snob-approved yarn to make Andy's hair.


I get that traditional Raggedies are supposed to be children, but I don't like Raggedy Andy's little boy sailor suit. Living in a zombie infested hellscape will make a man out of the raggediest boy, so I decided that he needed cargo pants (with tiny faux pockets), a web belt, a t-shirt, and a baseball cap.


Andy has a ripped open cheek, exposed ribs, a shredded shirt, and a bitten-off leg.

These are going to Massachusetts, so I'm not able to check another state off the list.I'm mailing these off today - and since today is Halloween, and Christmas creep starts tomorrow, I hope the couple who receives them will love seeing them year-round.

4 comments:

  1. Serrriously?
    How mucha wanna betcha
    THAT has Satan written
    ALL - OVER - IT, dear.
    his filthy occult/witchcraft?
    Dont fall into that trap.
    Wiseabove.
    Go beyond.
    trustNjesus, lil one.
    Dont lead your precious
    kiddos down to Hellfire
    as you're doing withose
    EdwardScissorhandDolls.
    That's totally filthy
    and nefarious.
    Worship only Jesus.
    That's all you need
    to make it to where the
    Sonshines, lil one.

    trustNjesus.
    ALWAYS.
    God bless your indelible souls.

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    1. I'm an NDE.
      Wanna hear about it?
      Let this be your catalyst to Seventh-Heaven:

      'The more you shall honor Me,
      the more I shall bless you'
      -the Infant Jesus of Prague
      (<- Czech Republic, next to Russia)

      Love him or leave him...
      better lissen to the Don:
      if you deny o'er-the-Hillary's evil,
      which most whorizontalites do,
      you cannot deny Hellfire
      which YOU send YOURSELF to.

      Yes, earthling, I was an NDE:
      the sights were beyond extreme.
      Choose Jesus.
      You'll be most happy you did.
      God bless your indelible soul.

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  3. No, you aint ready to have children.
    Grow-up first.
    Seriously.

    Make Your Choice -SAW

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