Here she is folks! All set for Halloween. My latest Dikke Dame (Fat Lady) doll. A fat witch. She is a lot like the one I made for my darling cousin Alice, but a little bit different. No cape – instead, she has long sleeves, a frilly contrasting underskirt (purple petticoat with black frill) and…
Approximately two weeks in the making. (Whew.) Her skirt and hat are snowflakes. Adorned with sparkly snow flake buttons. Fluffy white hair and icy blue eyes. She has white lacy trim on her panties. Pearl earrings. And huge sparkly white wings. She is simply gorgeous. I had made (and sold) a snow fairy before. Looking…
Does she look familiar? I hope so. She’s a fat version (a tribute, if you will) of a popular doll from my childhood. You can see that she has a version of the gold hoop earrings. And yes, I fucking crocheted sunglasses. And let me tell you, there are no patterns for crocheted sunglasses for…
I’ve been busy. I have two new Dikke Dame (fat lady) dolls. I finished the fat cheerleader first, but she needed pom-poms! My first try was a complete failure; but I think I finally got it – at least, I got it the way I want it. I made a little turtleneck for her sweater,…
I finished this Dikke Dame (fat lady) doll a few days ago, but I had to wait for the finishing touch – her broom. In case you are not a fan of (the book and/or the musical) Wicked, Elphaba is the first name of the Wicked Witch of the West. And you can’t have the…
You want to know the hardest part of making my little Dikke Dame (fat lady) dolls? It’s sewing the f*cking crocheted eyes on – because I have to use a thread that won’t show. So I use clear plastic thread. This stuff is so useful, but it is a f*cking nightmare to work with. First…
My latest Dikke Dame Doll – Razzy (so called because of her raspberry hair). And as you can see the carpet and drapes do match. (And yes she has hair under her arms too, because that’s just the kind of gal Razzy is.)
As I’ve mentioned before “Dikke Dame” means Fat Lady. I love my little Dikke Dame dolls. As a fat person, I think it is important to surround myself with joyful and beautiful fat images, to remind myself that we are all beautiful and our bodies are all worthy of love. This one is a “repeat”…
I have been wanting to make this doll for some time. I made the body, head, and arms while we were on vacation at Angel Camp. Then she languished in a zip lock bag for many months while life went on. And then, of course, I had to finish Tinsel, my Christmas Dikke Dame Doll…
I have not been working on my Dikke Dame (Fat Lady) dolls for a long time. One reason is because I had not finished the last one I made. I hadn’t finished her because it was going to require a lot of hand work for decorating her. But I finally buckled down and finished her…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 