Saturday, December 19, 2020

My first Hitty

I made myself a Hitty doll for a Christmas present.  I sent off for some wood carving blanks, but couldn't wait for them to arrive in the mail.  This is a cloth and paper clay Hitty.  I am not telling her that she isn't made of wood.  She thinks that she is made of wood.

 
I made her exactly 6.5 inches tall.



Helping me celebrate the holidays.  This is her first Christmas.




She already has friends.




Thursday, December 10, 2020

Bonnets

2020 has been a year of doll bonnets for me.
Side view of my sunbonnet girls.
The backs are important too.

Monday, December 7, 2020

Abigail and her children

Here are Abigail and her children, Sally and Katie

Abigail celebrates the season by decorating an outdoor tree.  Abigail and her children are needle felted and needle sculpted dolls.

Katie and Sally are tiny needle felted and needle sculpted poseable dolls with handmade wigs.  Katie's black hair is alpaca wool.  Sally's flaming red hair is crocheted and brushed mohair yarn. 

Katie supervises Sally's examination of a tiny prickly pear cactus.

 

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Zoe, the little zouave doll

Zoe has a zouave jacket and a fez. 
 
She is made of cotton stockinette and wool.

Zoe's hand

Zoe's red boots

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Pumpkin Time!

 

Here are three little Halloween dolls for 2020 - Mr. Pumpkin Head, Black Kitty, and Little Witch.

They wanted to go to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins.



My husband goes the extra mile for a pumpkin patch doll photo.  He took all of the doll photos in this post.

 
My daughter works on an artistic arrangement for my dolls.

Little Witch likes this one.

Pumpkin Head and Black Kitty.


Black Kitty is contemplating a pumpkin.

Friday, September 25, 2020

Emmy

 

Emmy is needle sculpted, needle felted, and embroidered.

I embroidered her hair with yarn.


Relaxing.

Sitting.


Visiting the garden.

Emmy has little felt boots.


Finnegan and his smocked shirt

 

Finn is my newest doll.  He is a needle felted and needle sculpted cloth doll with a flexible armature sewn in.  His hair is embroidered.  I decided to use Finn as my inspiration for learning to smock.  This is the simplest stitch - the cable stitch.  Farmers wore shirts called smock-frocks before modern times.  The smocking is makes the fabric elastic and stretchy.  Comfortable for working and playing.