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Gabi Fventes Fiber Artist’s 100 Dolls and More

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Gabi lives in monterrey, mexico where she created her stunning 100 dolls series which is her final thesis for her major in art.  I discovered Gabi on Flickr CarftGossip.com Crafty Reviews.  I instantly fell in love with all her fascinating dolls and all her art.  We became friends on Facebook and she is a charming young lady.  The expressions on her dolls faces are captivating.  Gabi creates her doll’s faces from polymer clay and all the clothing is created from recycled fabrics and odds and ends of vintage jewelry.  She not only makes her dolls but does amazing paintings and drawings, t-shirts, photography and creates fabulous purses out of old vinyl records.   She has a clothes brand, mostly t-shirts and handmade toys she  calls them Botargas and the brands name is Sintantosmodales.  Let’s all welcome Gab art to the US and go to Flickr and leave some comments or join her on Facebook.  She also has a MySpace blog if you would like to visit and see her art.

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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]