I often say I'm not a doll maker. And yet, when I look around my sewing room- well- I seem to be a doll maker. This tall girl is my version of "Coralie", an Art Foamies Doll made in an online class with Kecia Deveney. I bought a foam stamp of the doll's face, and then used paints to color her face and features. Her dress is sewn from hand-dyed fabric stamped with decolorant to remove color in the mandala flower shapes. Even her necklace with the scissors charm was crafted from bits and pieces I've collected and kept just for her. She's quite charming, don't you think?
But why stop at one? So Coralie got a twin. Again, stamping and painting; stitching and stuffing with fiberfill and doll beads; and hand-embroidering on her fancy print dress gave this version of the doll her own look. She, too, is wearing a handmade necklace under her lacy collar. These dolls were so much fun to make.
So when our fiber arts group had a challenge to place 10 items in a brown bag and then each draw a bag to see what we'd work with, I made a third doll using all 10 items in the bag. She's the even-taller girl on the right in the photo. I don't think I've shown her on the blog before. And you can see what I mean about maybe being a doll maker! I have a few more than the just five shown here. I've always heard that any more than two of anything is a collection. Would it surprise you to know that yet another doll is underway? This one is also from a class with Kecia titled Southern Sass, so stay tuned.
