Meet Genevieve - She is ALMOST finished!!!

I really wanted to have Genevieve completed for you today, but... alas, I have come to a bit of a snag. She is done, but her outfit is, well, not quite there yet. I need help! LOL!








THIS, my friends, is Genevieve. She is a modern, classic, trendy sort of girl with a lot of spunk and a lot of questions. She has a lot of things in her life that make her incredibly happy. She has a wonderful family and people who love her, she has hobbies that keep her mind traveling to wonderful places and allow her to use her imagination to keep a flame ignited inside of her that drives her day in and day out. She is creative and energetic. But, something is missing. The thing is, Genevieve has a strong spirit and won't let that one thing blind her from all that is so wonderful around her. No, she will just keep on going, keep on creating, and keep on loving and being loved until she finds that piece and then she will know that all is well, at least for that moment.








I really had a wonderful time creating Genevieve's outfit! Her little Courduroy skirt, white t-shirt, and denim jacket are all created from thrifted fabrics or my own old clothes (like jeans that couldn't be thrifted because they have a hole in the butt. Just say'n.) She even has adorable little mary janes!!!! I {heart} shoes!!!!








I chose to use the bottom of a leg of the jeans because it had a seriously fabulous fray going on that just HAD to be the bottom of her jacket. Don't you love that???!!! I love that!








She is made from muslin with a paper clay head. I painted the fabric and the clay with multiple layers. I did a little experiment on her, too. I actually painted a coat of crackle medium over her painted surface and then, instead of paint, I layered a clear glaze as the top coat. Well, lesson learned. Glaze doesn't crackle! HA! But that's totally okay, because I did it for the purpose of learning and figured I'd design with whatever the result happened to be!








BUT...here is my dilemma! I can't quite figure out how to do the collar on the jacket! Now, understand, I don't sew. I mean, yes, I constructed her clothes and hand stitched them all, and I made her body from scratch and hand stitched that, and I'm happy with them, but, I am a hack and have no clue what I am doing! HA! I am totally stumped on this collar thing! I have a couple of theoretical ideas, but if you happen to know how to do them, feel free to toss your thoughts out for me to consider! PLEASE!!!








After I give her the proper collar, I want to add a necklace of some sort and I've been bouncing around the idea of a hair accessory, but I think I'm leaning away from that at the moment. Then again, this is me, so I could change my mind by tomorrow. Just say'n!

So....what do you think of Genevieve? Isn't she lovely? I think she is lovely. And she is hopeful and that is SO important. She knows there is something out there, she just needs to figure out what it is. Who knows...maybe it is somewhere in South Africa. Maybe.

EDITED TO ADD: Thank you all for the great ideas! Here she is totally finished! She makes me SOOO happy!



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