I had so much fun putting these fabrics together!
The hair on her head is wool ribbing, the braids are wool roving.
Here she is, keeping me company in my studio.
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red-and-white-sweater girl
I am having so much fun dressing these girls. This awesome girl has a side-buttoning skirt made from scraps from a shirt I made a few years ago. Her shirt is a Liberty lawn and her cardigan is made from a repurposed thrifted sweater.
Her hair made from a wool knit (another repurposed thrifted sweater).
And silk ribbons for a little fancy.
So many bows Girl
I saw this pale pink fabric with castles and birds and I knew I needed to make this girl to wear it.
Here is a close-up of her hair in back.
I’m off on a walk Girl
This girl has got it all together and she is off to do her thing. Which happens to maybe? involve a sketch book and pencil that is in her backpack.
A little bit closer-
Here she is with her things- I took her shirt off so you can see the top part of her “underwear”.
The shirt buttons up the front but it can be hard to see.
little girl with a unicorn dress
These little girls are my most labor-intensive dolls. January is a good time to get back to them, when all the Holiday madness is finished and the cold weather keeps me in the house. This first little one has a lovely double-gauze dress with Heather Ross illustration- Unicorns! ♥
Her sweater is a soft angora blend.Her hair is cashmere knit.
The bottom section is sweater ribbing.
She is 19″ tall (48cm). Her body is all wool. This is how the girls look before dressing- they have sewed on underwear, socks,and shoes.
Green Man
Not exactly green man weather around here but it gives me hope for Spring.
Variegated green laces-
Merman
I am trying not to think that he looks cold… brrr.
Octopi-
#2- 2018
This fellow is made from some crazy toile! Looks pretty standard on first glance…
but I’ve never found another toile bit that had something like this on it- so funny!
I bought the fabric at a vintage/antique store and it was just a sample piece so only one doll.
And now some dolls for 2018
I have started off the year by working on some of the partially finished dolls that are lying around my space. So many piles, so much mess!
And this is who got finished!
This is the first finished doll with this toile- I was interested to see how it would look. Very Handsome indeed!
2017 what-I-made review!
I went through all the photos today. I already knew the total- 134 dolls, but it is a whole different thing to see them all together.
By the time I finished making dolls for the year, I’d made-
21 foxes and 7 pugs-
11 Owls and 13 Kitties-
7 Lumberjacks, 6 Mermen, and 32 Tattooed Men-
7 Babies and 8 Tattooed Ladies-
And 22 Fresh Fish pillows-
In addition, I made 20 Tiny World Pincushions.
I was surprised to see how close I was to last year with only a slightly different mix. Onward into the new year!