About a month ago I decided to try my hand at a human-figure cloth doll. My first inclination was to make it up from scratch. A couple of attempts at a head left me at a standstill. I reverted to using a pattern from Patty Medaris Culea‘s book Creative Cloth Doll Faces and got going. I was eventually glad to have picked up some tips from that resource instead of reinventing the wheel. I didn’t really like the idea of painting the cloth face and wanted mine to look different, so features were embroidered free-hand. The dress was inspired by a drawing from a Folkwear pattern catalogue.
The dress is made out of some vintage kimono sleeves that I picked up at the Textile Center garage sale. The tights are an old cut up pair of my own.
I made her a wig out of Colinette Jitterbug (sock yarn, left over from my Clapotis scarf.)
Shoes are old leather scraps with beads as fasteners…
Tiny, tiny fingers. Such a bitch. I made five of these hands before I finally turned one without ripping holes in the fabric.
And a tiny purse full of beans.
Kind of a funny-face.
I’m off in an hour to my friends Eve and Orin’s birthday party. Going to try and enjoy my last two days off before returning to work on Monday. I am glad to have had the time off and I’ve no regrets about the way I’ve spent it. Now to keep up the work when I’m not at “work”…
May 13, 2009 at 9:24 pm |
You are doing such awesome things! What fun. Have you seen the Art Doll Chronicles from Somerset? http://www.stampington.com/html/art_doll_quarterly_subscription.html
Check this out if you don’t.Fun thinks lurk about.