Doll

recommendations for replacement?

This is some of what I was working on yesterday- bows for Autumn’s hair and signing her. The bows are hard! I need to make 9 and sew them on. I am half done.

We like to go out and walk in the woods and use mushroom hunting as an excuse. It was a beautiful day today and we stopped in Sudbury and went walking. I saw this about 20 feet from the path- we weren’t sure it wasn’t a soccer ball! It is a giant puff ball- apparently this is a small specimen! We were amazed though. BTW- it is edible, but didn’t taste good according to Ben.

doll club yesterday…

something was broken with our site- now hopefully everything is back to working order…

The 2 pairs of shoes are just about finished. I am gluing down the threads I used to sew on the buckles.
I am gluing on Autumn’s wig- always a scary step. If the doll’s hair doesn’t look right, the whole doll looks off. Tomorrow is doll club and I want to bring these 2 dolls, as close to finished as possible.
I am disatisfied somehow with Golden Baby. It is odd- I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do with him and I’ve done it, but he seems to be missing something. I liked him best with no clothes on.
With Autumn, I started out with only the idea that I wanted to make a braided hair wig. When the wig was done, I went through my fabrics, pulling out colors, textures and patterns that seemed to go together. From there I figured out what kind of clothes she would wear, never having more then a vague idea in my head where I was going with it. I am really happy with the way she has turned out. I am wondering, if I look back at the dolls I have been most happy with, will I have gone a similar route?

Today I was a shoemaker. The picture is of Autumn’s shoe in progress, sitting on the Dr. Who scarf.

I am falling in love with this doll. I’ve named her Autumn. Her head and body shape feel just right and there is something in her face that speaks to me. I have got her clothes mostly finished and am working on the details- hems and buttonholes. I still need to make her shoes. I got a beautiful piece of soft brown leather at the fabric/yarn store on Saturday. It should be enough leather for all the dolls I ever make!
In this picture, her wig is pinned on. I finished it, but sewing the cornrows onto the felt, pulled it in enough that I have wet the wig cap again and am stretching it back into shape.
I am still doing little things on Golden Baby- gluing the wig on has been a pain. Also the shoes are giving me some trouble… soon though, I’ll be done enough to post pictures.

On Saturday, Peter and I went and bought the yarn colors that I didn’t already have in my stash and I’ve started the Dr. Who scarf. I wonder how far I’ll get by Halloween? I’ve got a lot going on in the next month.