Well the market is done and dusted. All in all it was a bit of a quiet night for me. You can never pick things like that I suppose. There wasn’t a complete lack of interest though. I got to chat to some lovely ladies about what it is that I do and why I do it (still trying to justify the time that I waste to my husband though! Poor man). I would have posted a picture of the table and rack all set up….but I forgot to take my camera. What made me think that I could be a good blogger?
Since leaving the market hype behind me I have had a little sit back and a think about what I would ‘like’ to make next instead of what I think I ‘need’ to make next.
The answer is dolls. In so many things in my life…the answer is dolls.
This little girl’s recipe was written over the weekend and she’s the first little lady to come to life from it.
She is only made out of calico. My next doll I will trial in some wool blanketing material.
She has existed in my mind in one form or other for about six months now.
Her legs and feet have been on my work table as a template for weeks now (alright…months). Every now and then catching my eye and crying out to become part of a little doll. I was always finding something else that needed to be done first. I think they call that avoidance…or maybe a fear of failure….
She has all of the things that I wanted her to have. I love the shape of her feet (they were the thing that my husband was the least sure of).
I finally had a chance to try a felt ‘wig’ for a doll. I hope that I have managed to retain the ‘rag doll-ness’ that I needed her to have so that she could meet my expectations. You see I was raised with the ultimate rag doll, Jemima from ABC Play School.
That might explain the choice of facial features that I made! I think my doll needs a smaller mouth now that I have had a bit more of a think about her.
I have to say though, the hardest part of her was her hair. I have never had any experience of making hair using felt like this. It was a pretty hit and miss affair until I remembered Kathy from Lizzie Jane giving me some advice back when I posted about ‘how a design comes about’. She said that she cuts her patterns out of fabric and begins creating on a bit of a wing and a prayer….fair enough. She makes some beautiful little creations so there must be merit in her method. With calico in hand I began wrapping it and moulding it around her head until I had the size, dart placement and shape the way I wanted.
It worked a treat. There is so much value in sharing your knowledge with others.
Her frock was made with some vintage fabric my girlfriend Nat gave me for my birthday and some lime homespun. The finishing touch came from The Little Bush Princess. One of her little Koala drawings embroidered into the skirt.
Can’t wait to make more!
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