{"id":2823,"date":"2012-12-29T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2015-06-22T13:26:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:26:08","slug":"further-fur-wig-experiments-with-mellifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2012\/12\/29\/further-fur-wig-experiments-with-mellifer\/","title":{"rendered":"Further fur wig experiments with Mellifer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After successfully working with some of my faux fur [gluing it to Peter and Anna&#8217;s heads], I returned to making a wig for Mellifer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I trashed my <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1419286.html\">original<\/a> attempt at a mockup and made another by tracing his head from the side and cutting out two semicircles. Then I sewed them together. The result was laughably minuscule.<\/li>\n<li>I revised the pattern by putting a central strip [like a mohawk] between the two semicircles. The mohawk bit was too wide.<\/li>\n<li>I narrowed the mohawk bit and achieved a relatively good fit in the felt mockup. I reproduced it in faux fur, hot gluing the pieces together because it was easier than sewing. Too small!<\/li>\n<li>I lengthened the mohawk strip and the ends of the semicircles, essentially making the wig deeper. I tried again with faux fur. It was still too big, but I reduced the size by trimming around the circumference and also turning under the raw edges a bit [and securing with hot glue, of course].<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So here&#8217;s the result. As you can see, the wig is still too large, especially around the ears. I may try tacking the edges under more or remaking it with what fur I have left. It suffices for now, though, and Mellifer is quite pleased that he has hair!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/dolls\/mellifer\/wig2\/wig2-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/dolls\/mellifer\/wig2\/wig2-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/dolls\/mellifer\/wig2\/wig2-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">This entry was originally posted at <a href = \"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1433439.html\">http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1433439.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I&#8217;d prefer it if you&#8217;d <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1433439.html?mode=reply\">comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After successfully working with some of my faux fur [gluing it to Peter and Anna&#8217;s heads], I returned to making a wig for Mellifer. I trashed my original attempt at a mockup and made another by tracing his head from the side and cutting out two semicircles. Then I sewed them together. The result was&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2012\/12\/29\/further-fur-wig-experiments-with-mellifer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Further fur wig experiments with Mellifer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[651,728],"class_list":["post-2823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hair","tag-mellifer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5056,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions\/5056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}