Sam in my garden by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Challenge:
Format: Art
Genre: Craft (sewing, doll-making)
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Samwise Gamgee
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Sam gives me a hand in the garden.
Author's Note: Sam is posed in one of my yet to be planted garden beds. I do hope he's sprinkled a little of Galadriel's gift there!
Prompt: Write or create art in which a character plants something. (What she or he plants can be literal or metaphorical!)


Sam in My Garden









A few years ago, I made a Sam sock doll as a gift for the_arc5. I had always intended to make another (as well as the other three hobbits.) for myself. So I started with Sam again, as I'd made him once before. He is made from a ladies cotton sock, has brown button eyes, embroidered eyebrows and mouth, and has synthetic curly doll hair on head and feet. (My original Sam doll had embroidered hair, which was entirely too time-consuming!) He stands about 8" from the soles of his furry feet to the top of his curly head.

The pattern for the hobbit sock doll can be found at How to make a HOBBIT Sock Doll by Lobelia at TORN, though I tweaked it a little, especially in the methods of sculpting the face, and in some major adjustments to the clothing. Sam also has a jacket and a Lorien cloak, but he wouldn't be wearing those in the garden!

Sam's little trowel was made from this pattern.

The captions on the pictures come from "The Garden Song" by David Mallett and made famous by Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary and Arlo Guthrie among other well-known folksingers.

Here's a link to the song.

I hope that Sam will quickly be joined by Frodo, Merry and Pippin!

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

This just adorable. I love it!

[addie71.livejournal.com]

So cute!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

He's adorable!

[greatandgrey]

Dolls! As someone who loves doll-making (see icon), I absolutely adore this! Very adorable and sweet Sam! I will need to check out that link. :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

He is absolutely brilliant!

[shirebound]

Dear Sam! He's absolutely adorable.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

That is an adorable Sam! Oh his hair and foot fur! (-:

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, is there anything you cannot do! I think you are the most creative person I know. Fantastic!

[kittotter.livejournal.com]

He is adorable! I am very impressed with the curls and the little toes and fingers. Nice!

[tanis2014.livejournal.com]

Oh oh oh! So adorably hobbity is your little Sam from the crown of his curly little head to the bottoms of his hairy little feet! I haven't heard the Garden Song in years, but it's always been one of my favorites and works SO perfectly with these pictures of Sam getting ready, with this trowel, to do some planting.

I hope you will share pictures when Frodo, Merry and Pippin join Sam too!

[astris-eldalie.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, this is absolutely adorable! I love the expression on his little face :)

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I admire your work :)

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

This is so cute! Makes me just want to cuddle him. :-)

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

Sam-doll is marvelous, DF! I love his hair on head and feet. What a great (and creative) response to the prompt!

[angelica-ramses.livejournal.com]

So adorable and original!

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, but I am going to have to find that pattern! How lovely! And how appropriate!

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Gosh, so much work! And he is absolutely gorgeous and very hobbity. What a lovely idea.

[rhymer23.livejournal.com]

Ah, cute! I do love his pink cheeks and his lovely little furry feet!

[ysilme]

He is adorable! ♥ What a great idea, and how lovely you made him. That foot fur is brilliant, and I love his expression, it's just so - so Sam. :o)
(I even knew the song, for once, but sung by somebody else. John Denver, if I'm not mistaken. It's just the perfect song for Sam. )

[hhimring]

How lovely! I'm sure that, with such a gardener to help you, your garden will flourish!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Sam is adorable!
He makes me think of Ginger's Pippin and Boromir for Scotmoot, remember them? I wonder if she ever finished creating the Fellowship?

Your Sam is so sweet! It also makes me think of your little polymer Frodo.

I look forward to seeing all of your hobbits when you've completed them.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Those are terrific! I love photos. His poses are a perfect match for the song.

[elliska.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh! That is the cutest thing ever! What a brilliant idea for the prompt. I hope you make the other hobbits too!

[kgreen20.livejournal.com]

Aww, how cute! Tell me, have the other hobbits joined him in your garden yet? =)

[independence1776]

He's adorable!