I guess I’m fickle. I think I have a new favorite… not such a bad thing really- what I have just finished is often my favorite. This is Trillium. She is 19 1/2 inches tall. She is made of wool knit with wool flowers and leaves appliqued onto her torso. Her skirt is made of cotton organdy and scrim with some vintage rayon tape for a bow-
I would have finished this doll yesterday morning, but I got sidetracked with the skirt. I wanted a certain texture and color and ended up spending time playing with dyes and paint- fun!
I took various sheer fabrics and any red dye I could find in my stash and experimented. The fabric I ended up used is organdy and started out orange. I over-dyed it with dye labeled scarlet. Then I painted it with washes of acrylic paint. Stripes and dots. The skirt is 3 layers- on top is the painted organdy, then a bronze sort of color scrim and, on the bottom, a dark purple scrim.
This is a view of her back-
and a close-up of her face-
she’s beautiful! her skirt was worth the extra effort, it is lovely.
Great colors! Really vibrant and alive.
Her skirt is amazing!
i love her! i think she’s my favorite, too!
I love it all, but especially what you did with the ribbon/belt around her waist. Sort of couching to look like a braid or challah bread. The skirt is so subtle and perfect. And those lips! I think she is my favorite.
I love it all, but especially what you did with the ribbon/belt around her waist. Sort of couching to look like a braid or challah bread. The skirt is so subtle and perfect. And those lips! I think she is my favorite.
Skirt.
Waistband.
Inspirational.
She is gorgeous! Wonderful work!
Oh Mimi,
She is a beauty. You can see the love in each detail. Like our own CREATOR! I still love the lavender girl the best. I could adopt them all and love them equally! :)
Shelley
Haven’t had the chance to stop by for what must be ages and wow how busy you have been. Your girls are really lovely.
where have i been?? i saw her as a WIP, but not finished. she’s lovely. thanks for sharing how you accomplished the skirt patterning, the extra work was worth is. she is added to my list of mimi favs too.