Today I set off with all good intentions to try and clear my ironing mountain but then found myself distracted by a piece of tea dyed muslin in my stash.
After drawing out the pattern in pencil I machined over the line on the body...
and around the arms and legs.
She was then stuffed with rags and bits of leftover calico. This gives a heavy and bumpy feel to the doll.
Next comes the face carefully stitched and blusher added for some rosy cheeks.
Her 'hat /ears' are an inpiration from my love of Julie Arkell creatures.
Add a button to hide a small mark on the vintage dolly tights.
I have never been able to resist vintage dolly dresses on my travels and have thought for a while how great it would be to make some dolls to fit them. Now complete with her socks she is finished but my ironing sadly is not!
this is amazing!! I bought the book last year (Julie Arkell) for my sister. I got inspired to make a doll too and it took AGES - and it's still not finished. Would love to know how long this took you?!
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(ps thanks for the blog listing and compliment on my work :)
Hi Amelia,
ReplyDeleteA couple of hours for this one but if you use paper mache much longer!
I'm going on a Julie Arkell workshop at the end of this month. I can't wait! I just love all her stuff. I have made some more dolls with Arkell features. I will post photos over the weekend. x
I love it - and I love your blog -especially the motley crew!
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