One of my to-do items on my list is to make two cloth dolls for my friend Rachel's two granddaughters. I made them dolls years ago here and now they've requested two new ones. Since they're older now I thought that they should have dolls that are a bit more grown as well. Sadly I didn't really have a good pattern. How hard is it to make my own? Hmm, well I'm taking a stab at it.
First thing was to sketch out what the doll should look like:
Next the first pattern was drawn and cut and sewn. Oops, without stuffing it I can tell that the pieces are just too small:
Second try at pattern drafting and then stuffing the sewn parts:
The second prototype was much better. I'm going to lengthen the legs, add a sole to the foot, fix the hand a bit, make the back of the head 3-D and finally add a flap to the back of the torso so that she'll sit better.
I can't wait to try out the third set of corrections so that I can get to the fun part of dressing the dolls. The deadline is Hanukkah which falls on Thanksgiving this year. Not much time left so I'd best get cracking. What are you working on this week?
