The girls are coming along. I’ve got 8 that I’m working on. They now all have faces, hair, and stitched fingers. Next comes clothes or whatever extras they each need.
faces-
this is the round head style-
and this is the VERY round head style!
This is a photo of my worktable today- I love the pile of dolls-
The one on the far right was the last to get hair so she isn’t in any of the other photos. Actually, she had hair but I wasn’t satisfied so I redid it. My challenge on these dolls (so far) has been the hair. I wanted to make fabric (wool knit) hair and I was able to come up with a pattern/style that I’m very happy with. It is flexible enough that I can make different hair styles, but still use the same basic idea to cut out the fabric and attach it to the dolls head.
It is so wonderful to see someone else’s table that looks like mine when I am working!! I really love these girls and the way you do their hair is great! I love their faces too. Cant wait to see them finished.
I’ve been stopping by to admire your work (gorgeous!) and was delighted to see that you live in the Boston area; I’m in Upton, which is the next town west of Hopkinton. It’s somehow encouraging to find artists working right near by, and to think of a fellow blogger dealing with the same weather and ins and outs of the city. Hello to you, here’s to spring for both of us, and thank you for sharing your work.
Brilliant dolls Mimi! Can’t wait to see how they turn out. They look nice and warm and cozy to the touch. It must be fun to sew with that fabric. I love how your work table looks. It’s just as it should be in the midst of a creative blast. :-)
I subscribe to many blogs, but yours is my favorite! I look forward to opening each entry.
Shelley
Your girlies are lovely. I also enjoy seeing that I’m not the only person with scissors everywhere. ;-)
Gorgeous dolls.
i love seeing your works in progress and the jumble the produces such beautiful work.
wow mimi, the dolls are lovely! brilliant work, i really love it.
beautiful girls.
very nice work.
Mimi I just think those little girls are adorable. It is surprising to see the varietion in sizes of the girls. Seeing is believing though. I think a pattern designer should note in the pattern directions that fabrics stretch differently depending on how they are cut and how they are stuffed, so the crafter should make the doll and then measure before they make the clothes. I love how you did their hair. Are you going to sell a pattern?
you do wonderful work! i’d write more…but now i have to go start sewing and it’s all your fault! lol!