Arley Berryhill taught a mermaid class this past weekend. It was hosted by the San Jose Gals and Dolls club and held at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Wow, what a fun time! I'm not finished yet (of course not) but I do have the doll pinned together so that you can take a look see.
First, we arrived at the museum on Saturday with a bit of homework .. a sewn and stuffed head, torso and arms:
Then we promptly got out the Dye-na-Flow inks and went to town on painting this lovely and a bit of lace:
Next we moved on to sewing a tail, fins and some funky hair pieces:
A little bit of sewing to attach the tail and then I just had to pin her hair and arms on. The class was over very quickly and I expect that it'll take a few weeks just to get all the beads and trim sewn on this fun mermaid.
Her poor nose split when I was doing the face painting so I had to do a quick repair. I'll have to add something to it during the embellishment phase, perhaps rhinestones and/or glitter. When she's all done, hopefully she'll be as fabulous as Arley's demonstration doll:
Arley is a fantastic teacher and quite a bit of fun to be around. My thanks to him for flying out to California to teach a wonderful class. And thanks to the Gals and Dolls for finding such a beautiful location for the class. At lunch time I had to walk around the quilt exhibit. It's simply divine .. lots of modern quilts that I've only seen online. Pictures just don't do these artworks justice. It was also fun running into a quilt blogger that I've met a few times before, Julie of Floribunda. I hope you enjoyed the exhibit too.
