Ginger was on loan for the Christmas season, so is not finished. My sewing room gets turned into the "move this stuff out of the way in case my sister brings extra stuff" room at Christmas.
My first spice thought was just to embellish a photo of the three shelves in my spice cupboard, but I decided against it as being far too labour-intensive!
My inspiration for Ginger began with a picture that had nothing to do with gingerbread, Christmas, or quilts. Once I decided on the gingerbread thing, I found a recipe on-line that called for lots of gingerbready spices. (More about the recipe when Ginger is baked!)
I altered an outline drawing of a gingerbread man and cut out two from gingerbread-coloured cotton and layered some Timtex between to give Ginger a gingerbready appearance. Ginger is trimmed in with some twisted cord I made, Kreinik braid, metallic threads, mica flakes, glitter, and puff paint - all in gingerbread-spice colours.
Ginger will be going back in the oven for a bit!
Happy 2016 everyone!
What a cutie! You really have some bling going on here Dale. He looks like he should be hanging on a Christmas tree. Love it!
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