Making things is magical

I can hear the HP theme already....

So I made a Dumbledore. In the end, that person, who had already ordered a Snape (I finished that a while back), I gave her the Harry Potter I made aaaaaaages ago as the person who ordered that  was an ex colleague, and wasn't paying for the privilege and was never going to visit again to collect him so I figured he was mine to pass on to a loving home. That makes a nice trio to have.

Dumbledore has had 2 incarnations in the movie, who dress very differently depending on the actor playing him.

I gotta say the second guy Michael Gambon may have been fun to watch but his outfit was not all that thrilling and he somehow came off to me as more of a Gandalf type with all the greys.

I did debate making him but with the customer's permission I went ahead with a more Richard Harris influenced creation.

A lovely reds and brocade look.

I didn't quite have brocade but I had some reddish, if not maroon coloured fabric.
The first stage involved the basic body of the plushie and the under fabric for the hair, which I planned to add to with wool. I decided his legs should be grey for want of any other better choice.

 Next stage was adding on some proper hair and I decided to go all out and give him lots and lots. It's a thin white wool if you're interested.

At this point I needed to sew on the bottom of his robes so he had to have his hair tied out of the way. I'm sure NORMAL people would have done this before the hair, but no-one ever called me normal!!

 Next stage was his robes. This is a sort of rich red velvet.

 I added a little bit of detailing by backing some lace ribbon with some yellow ribbon and adding it to the edge.

 I did a similar process to make the edge of the hat.

 I did debate cutting down his hair and then decided I liked it long. Fortunately, so did the customer!