wiseheart: (Uhura_tribble)
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Once upon a time, that is some 30+ years ago, I met a Japanese lady in Germany. For some reasons he liked me and gave me a paper doll bookmark as a farewell gift. I've kept it because I found it pretty, but never really used for anything.

Now that we're having our charity ball on February 2 - the one where we're going to sing a Japanese folk song and the humming chorus from Puccini's Madame Butterfly - I got the idea to make similar dolls for the choir members, as the theme of the ball is Japan. So I vivisected the poor doll that has lost all of its colours in the decades in-between, to see how it was folded, and gave the project a try.

Here are the first 8 dolls - only 18 more to make. The idea was that they ought to look identical, or at least very similar... well, as you can see that isn't the case. I couldn't make two identical items if my life depended on it. But they're pretty enough, I think.

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Date: 2019-01-18 07:52 pm (UTC)
meathiel: (Winter Kitty Snow)
From: [personal profile] meathiel
Oooh ... lovely!

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Date: 2019-01-18 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Aside from being asymmetrical, cross-eyed and a bit crooked? *g*

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Date: 2019-01-18 08:16 pm (UTC)
meathiel: (Winter Kitty Snow)
From: [personal profile] meathiel
They have character! 😉

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Date: 2019-01-18 08:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
That is one way to put it... *g*

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Date: 2019-01-18 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spikesgirl58.livejournal.com
How lovely. Will you be posting the how to on your Pinterest site? I'd loved to make some of these for Chinese New Years

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Date: 2019-01-18 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Is it okay if I post it here? I'm not sure how to post documents on Pinterest. I'll also link a different one with tutorial for you, assuming I find it again.

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Date: 2019-01-19 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spikesgirl58.livejournal.com
It's absolutely okay - better, in fact. :D

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Date: 2019-01-19 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Check out the next entry then I hope it will be useful.

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Date: 2019-01-20 12:17 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2019-01-18 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com
Wow, those look great!

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Date: 2019-01-19 09:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Thanks. :)

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Date: 2019-01-19 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mirasaui.livejournal.com
Ooh, I love them! Would love to see the instructions and try my hand a making a set.

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Date: 2019-01-19 09:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I'll try to put together the instructions. The dolls are fairly easy to make, the problem is the lack of English vocabulary on my part, but I will try my best.

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Date: 2019-01-19 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] motodraconis.livejournal.com
What a great idea, and they are all individuals! :D

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Date: 2019-01-19 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Which wasn't necessarily the original plan. *g*

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Date: 2019-01-19 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elwenlj.livejournal.com
They're absolutely adorable and I think your friends will be very pleased with them.

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Date: 2019-01-19 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I certainly hope so. :)

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Date: 2019-01-20 12:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lindahoyland.livejournal.com
They are very cute.

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Date: 2019-01-20 04:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Thank you. I've learned that they are usually made as bookmarks, although mine probably won't serve well in that area. The decoration isn't flat enough for that.

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Date: 2019-01-20 02:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ghost-light.livejournal.com
They are so beautiful!

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Date: 2019-01-20 09:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ghost-light.livejournal.com
You're very welcome (:
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