Gingham Izannah Sisters

 

Gertie, another stockinette doll

Gertie is an all cloth, stockinette doll.  She has wool hair. 

She is stuffed with wool.

Her face is both embroidered and painted.

Her face was needle sculpted with fabric, wool, and thread.

Two soft, cuddly stockinette dolls.

Three cloth heads, before bodies.

I am deeply satisfied with these heads.  I have worked for over a year on figuring out a way to make heads of cloth layers and paste by draping fabric instead of making a plaster mold.  When I made Eydth's heads, I draped and created cloth layers for the face half of the head - the head backs were not made of cloth layers.  These three doll heads have both back and front in cloth and paste layers. They are hollow.  They are so light weight!  They are also very sturdy.  I have no objection to sculpting a fresh head from paper clay.  In fact, that is one of my next projects, after I finish these dolls.  However, to create cloth and paste layered heads in a process that suits me (without using plaster) has been a personal goal of mine.  Goal reached!

I made the large cloth head from Edyth's original sculpey mold.  Rebecca is astonished at the likeness.

Comparing Frederick's profile with his new sister's.  They definitely share DNA.