Doll

I hope you aren’t getting tired of these little girls because I am still having fun with them. Here is another little witch… or maybe a Jane Eyre sort of girl.

She has a black undersuit, so her arms are black. Her dress is purple cashmere with a silk ribbon closure. It is hard to get the photos right when the colors are so dark.

I am excited about her hair-

I used the felt beads (I dyed them all black) again. 5 small ones for bangs, 5 big ones in the back.

Here is her scarf, off. I was very nervous about doing the hand-stitched button holes when I was dressing Marigold. I seem to have gotten over it and am having fun with them now!

The dress is made from the arms of a cashmere sweater, cut at about elbow length- 2 arms, cut open, pinned together, sewed up the sides to where the cuff starts.  Then sewing in at the top of the cuffs, about 1 inch on each side for shoulder seams. The cuffs are the bodice. Close zigzag at bottom edge for the ruffle. Add ribbon to gather.

with orange hair.

Her cape fastens with an antique button.

and it is removable-

I made a “jelly roll” of 2 colors of wool for her hair curl.

and in these over-exposed photos, you can actually see the details in the black cashmere clothes-

the girl gang-

I love all the different shapes, even though they are all from the same basic pattern. I will be putting them up on Etsy tomorrow (Tuesday).

And I’ve got some more in the works-