things i started: a doll who can sit on her own
By Heather on Monday, June 5th, 2006
the “finish what i started” meme was inevitable! in may, i saw green bean baby post about the ‘unfinished project‘ and now i see via whip-up the “finish what i have” meme at turkey feathers.
in the spirit of these efforts, i am going to try and document all of my unfinished projects. how scary is that going to be? oh no, i don’t think i can. it will take days just to do that! anyway, i will try and set some goals for this week, and post up some things i hope to finish. like this doll.
the nina doll was a good pattern to learn from. but the doll i want to make is jointed like my sister’s old raggedy ann, and has a butt like my old cloth doll- so she can sit up on her own. and when she sits on the edge of a table, her legs dangle down.
so i started making paper patterns, and made one doll. she needs hair and a face tho, it looks kinda sad without one! what i really need to do is keep on trying to make a pattern that works. this one was a pain! i ended up stuffing her through the top of her head. i whip stitched it closed, but i’ll have to rip that before i can give her hair.
you really want to stuff through the back, but i was afraid of the weighted pellets coming out, so i *thought* i’d stuff her through the neck. that is a bad idea! it looks like a big part of developing the pattern is considering how easily it can be put together and the right order in which to do each step.
