Hearts Completed: 144
With these last 23 hearts featuring the names of volunteers at The Giving Heart , this project is DONE! I've taken pictures, now I just have to box up all the 144 completed hearts so they will be ready to mail first thing Monday morning. I plan to write about it and include more pictures on my other blog, Leslie's Art and Sew on Monday.
Now that the year is coming to an end, and I reached my goal of sewing 365 hearts long ago, my friend and reader Kay asked if I will be starting a new challenge in 2013. The answer is, YES!
I plan to do another "365" challenge, this time revolving around my new interest in Blythe dolls. I want to post at least one new picture of a Blythe every day. This time around, I want it to be more of a "true" 365 challenge--no working ahead like I did with the hearts!
Some of the pictures will include clothes or accessories I've made for the dolls, and some will be interesting pictures of dolls "out and about". There are actually quite a few Blythe blogs, and I really enjoy seeing how the bloggers pose the dolls so they appear lifelike, and I especially like it when the pictures are accompanied by a narrative telling the story of what the dollies were up to that day. I hope to make most of my posts the story-telling kind.
I know this new blog won't appeal to all readers, but that's okay--I'm doing it for myself, to expand my horizons with photography, and to have fun making things for my dolls. I still love hearts, and I will show you any hearts I make after December 31 on Leslie's Art and Sew. In the meantime, there are still 44 days left in 2012, so I'm sure there will be at least a few more posts here on 365 Sewn Hearts before the end of the year!
1 comment:
Well done!! You should be very proud of yourself as making that huge pile of hearts in such a short time is a massive achievement. I am sure they will love their tree.
A Blythe year will be fun. I don't know anyone that has them in England but they do appear quite a bit on Australian blogs. My favourite australian blog is The Janelle Wind Collection, she is a designer but loves Blythe dolls too so they often feature.
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