I am back from the college trip to Philadelphia- I’m exhausted. I took lots of stuff to work on and got to work on some of it. Here are mini-doll bodies on the hotel bed…
Here they are, back home and getting some clothes.
Category Archives: progress report
production work
This is the next item for my holiday production… little dolls for Christmas trees or hanging around all year long. Here are some piles of doll parts-
I am trying to get a stockpile of items to work on for my trip to Philadelphia. I need to do the parts that need the sewing machine while I am here, and then make sure I have all the other tools and materials with me for evenings sitting around in a hotel. I am hoping to bring a bunch of these dolls and also unfinished bug pins and my knitting.
Also, I refreshed my links… I hope they’re all working properly.
and now…
Now that I’ve finished Autumn, I have gone to work on what I feel I ought to do instead of what I want to do- that means make some stuff that is likely to sell during the holiday season. I have to support my bad habits after all! So, I am starting with the bug pins. I want to have a bunch for Open Studios this week-end.
Even though I’ve been really busy the last few days I haven’t been neglecting my blog reading… although I have been neglecting answering my email and it’s piling up… well, anyway, I got a very nice comment from Michelle at Another Knitting Blog. I had a great time checking out her knitting projects. I especially loved these bears! I have always liked knitted toys, though I haven’t done much. I am always looking out for examples and patterns. Below are 2 projects from the past. The dog was something for one of the dolls to hold- didn’t actually work out too well, and the other was a little purse/necklace I made for my daughter when she was almost 4 (1988) and having a bad time at nursery school. It is a floppy princess that holds a Chapstick.
scarf progress
Autumn report
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.
thoughts on 2 dolls
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?
progress on scarf and shoes
Today I was a shoemaker. The picture is of Autumn’s shoe in progress, sitting on the Dr. Who scarf.
Autumn
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.
Dr. Who?
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.
Favorite colors!
My favorite colors are showing again!