She is dressed for Spring even though the calendar and the weather are not there yet.
Her dress is one of my favorite Liberty cotton prints.
I was just going to put a bow at her ear but then changed my mind and gave her a pill box hat.
Finally, I can start my flickr set of dolls 2012!
Come out to the SOWA Holiday Market and see me this Saturday- yes, that is tomorrow!
One more girl fox.
I’m having fun with the picture taking! They look like friends, right?
When I took off the coat to photograph the dress, oops! Guess she isn’t quite as finished as I thought!
I love picking out just the right fabric for the clothes that the dolls’ wear. This forest fabric seems like just the kind of design a sweet shy fox girl would wear.
Isn’t this hedgehog fabric adorable? It is by Lizzy House and part of her Outfoxed line.
I love when I can find a perfect button in my stash-
The skirt is open in the back for her tail.
I love rick-rack. Everyone needs some.
And isn’t that Liberty fabric of her skirt beautiful! She has a cashmere sweater and a little felt purse , sewn with variegated thread.
I think her smaller mouth makes her look a bit shy.
The couple.
We had some snow last night. More is predicted for tomorrow. I am really not ready for winter yet.
The weather has been bad enough to keep me from taking photos so now I have a bit of a backlog. That is always nice. Here is the latest school girl. I got stuck on whether to make her a purse or a coat or … I decided on a backpack. She looks like a serious student kind of girl, not a girly-purse kind of girl. She needs a pack to carry all her books because she has a lot.
More Liberty fabric for the skirt. I got that fabric at the Liberty store in London back in 2008.
now this one is Northern Hemisphere October.
My favorite red/green combination. I want a corduroy jacket like this.
Her skirt has a ribbon that ties in the back with a bow. Unfortunately it is covered up by her jacket.
And Mango in the sun.
I started making a group of girls back in August before I went to Chicago. I actually thought 2 of them were finished- enough to take them to Chicago with me. But, really, they didn’t feel done. I brought them home and they’ve been sitting in my studio, waiting for a little love.
Finally a sweetie that I am calling Spring girl… even though I know it is October. Maybe she is Australian!
She looks like she is dressed for the first lovely day in Spring when it is so sunny but actually still pretty darn cold.
Her skirt is made from some of my favorite Liberty fabric.
She has a tiny blank sketchbook in her bag.
My favorite color combination, once again- red and green.
She has a removable bow and a spiderweb shawl.
I love this face!
I put a hook on the basket and stitches a loop on her hand. I did the same for this one. Now they can carry their baskets properly.
One more fox to finish and then onto the next thing.
It is not feeling at all summery around here yet. It has been cold and rainy this week. The one plus to that is the dogwoods are staying so beautiful! I think dogwood is one of my favorite flowers and they seemed especially nice this year- our reward for all that snow last winter.
But this little fox is dressed for summer. Her dress is made from the Heather Ross Far, Far Away fabric of cotton double gauze. It is such a sweet fabric and is just the right weight for this scale.
Her little felt flower is sewed on a pin so it can come off or move to another place on her outfit.
This is a profile- I knew you wanted to see.
I love how she turned out, but honestly, that dress was a REAL challenge!
Her dress is green wool with some ribbon I’ve been saving forever. And some cotton rick rack.
She has a wool shawl made from an Eileen Fisher sweater, found at the thrift store a long while ago. It is an amazing woven pattern knit and it didn’t shrink at all so it has been waiting a long time to find it’s place.
She has a very fuzzy (wool/angora blend) nose.
I felt she needed a basket, even though she doesn’t have hands to hold it. It will stay if I slip it onto her arm, but at a funny angle. You can see it in the first photo.
Her apron is made from a vintage (or maybe antique) handkerchief. I originally made the ties out of the top of the hankie but the fabric is weak and when I tried to tie the bow, it shred- so sad! I replaced them with a newer, stronger piece of white cotton lawn.
I like dolls whose clothes can be taken off. These clothes could theoretically come off but it takes a bit of doll acrobatics. So I left everything in place for the photos.