i sewed and stuffed her body after embroidering the face. then the fun began, starting on the clothing. it's been a few years since i've made myself anything with sleeves (i generally make myself skirts with elastic or snaps) and i had forgotten how (annoyingly) difficult they can be. let alone how difficult they might me for a doll less than a foot tall. the rest of it was not as frustrating. i hand tied each of the hair strands and for the leggings i dyed lace and wrapped it around her legs. like i said, she love it. it took her a few day though. she saw it all naked and hairless when i first started on it and played with it for an entire day. after i finished it and gave it to her she looked at it like, "what did you do to her?" that's the fun of children- "i'd rather play with a hairless, naked doll" is just like the old "i'd rather play with the box that the expensive toy came in" situation. now that a few weeks have passed i'm thinking of making some more and putting them on my etsy store. we'll see. i'm busy photographing my sculptures to put up there tonight and tomorrow. check it out come march!
