Dolls

I’ve taken a new direction with my dolls, and here is the result of the first new design. I like a lot of aspects about waldorf dolls, but wanted to make them in my own style. I absoloutely love working with the natural materials and hope to make a lot more. Jen is going into my Etsy shop.

I made this little cutie for youngest daughter today to prevent her carrying off (and chewing upon) her sister’s new doll. This one should be better for chewing, more sturdy and the hair won’t pull out. I was given the lovely velvet fabric by someone who didn’t want it anymore. Its wonderfully soft. I couldn’t get a good photo, but you get the idea…

Just had to post my first project with my new materials, which I loved using! Pure wool is like a dream after using polyfill for so long! I haven’t made a doll like this before but I enjoyed it and plan to make more, though I’ll probably be tweaking my pattern for a while to get it the way I want it. She’s 8 inches tall.

Just finished this one today, its amazing how long one doll can take! Her face is hand embroidered, the dress is partly lined, and her hair style took a bit of fiddling!

Its a rewarding pastime though 🙂

I’ve been having a bit of a break from the computer to spend more time on other pursuits, dial up connection is so slow!!
Anyway, I’ve made a gift for one of my nieces confirmation on the weekend, yes its a doll!
Its very hard to photograph these brown skinned dolls but they look so lovely in reality.

I attended a Catholic homeschoolers parent support night lastnight which was very good. Its wonderful to be around people who share the same goals in life, and there were many ladies I had not met before. I will be trying to attend this meeting every month now.

This doll was requested by my daughter (nearly 3) after she saw the one I made for my other daughter (1). She is the first of my dolls with an embroidered face. I’m fairly happy with how she turned out, and dd took her to bed so she must approve too.

This is Setra! It was hard to get a good photo because of her dark colourings, but in RL she looks beautiful!

And here is the birthday doll, which turned out much better than the last monstrosity!

I’m very pleased to have another lovely lady finished! I’m even more pleased to see I’m getting better with the technical side of making them and my design is working really well. Each one has the same body design, so I make that up first. I don’t plan how she will turn out, but I do the face immediately after the body to give me a feel for how she might turn out. I should have the next one finished over the weekend, she is waiting for hair.

Finished!