I’ve been thinking about doing a face from a different angle for a while, wanting to see if I could make it work on the same doll design. Here is my 3/4 view face-
Of course I needed a little push to go from thinking about it to actually doing it. This was that push-
That blue on the side of the eye. And this is how that ended up there.
There are many challenges in putting together a tattooed fellow. One is that I need a toile fabric for the tattooed parts and a plain fabric for the head and hands. The fabrics are over-dyed so the color needs to match, and to a lesser degree, the weave texture. If there is a section of the toile fabric that is plain, Hurray! I can cut my parts out of that. Sometimes I have to squeeeeeze and I’m thinking as I cut it, I’ll make this work somehow. Maybe I was thinking that I’d sew the little part of print on the inside. Or fiddle with the seam allowance. But then, later, probably many months later, when I sewed it up, I’d forgotten all about that. And when I stuffed him, there it was. And another blue print section on the other side of his face, now covered with hair. Because obviously, this was an opportunity for creative problem solving.
And I am so glad I made that little goof-up because who knows how long I would have waited to try this 3/4 view and I love it!
You can see that the ear is not sewed at the side seam as I usually do. And the other ear is right around on the (usually) back of the head.
Other details include another toile with a castle- I’m seeing a trend here. Also, a great old brass button and some very vintage white ric rac.
