New Doll for my sister

The doll

face

 front beading

 beaded cap sleeve

top of tail

pearls-bead stitched on body

waist beading

left arm beading

side view of hair

back view of hair

Whoa Nellie!

I took an online class at aforartistic.com, it was a class by Cindee Moyer and the doll is called Whoa Nellie!

    This doll really spoke to me, it reminded me of a time long ago when I was a little girl.  One of my favorite toys when I was little, was a horse head (not real, it was stuffed) on a stick (like a broom handle). I would ride and ride around the house and in the yard. I don't know how many of those horses I went through, I wore them out. This doll just brought back so many good memories.

She was so much fun to make. I really enjoy making Cindee's dolls, she is so creative. It was an easy doll to make, just fun to create without any hassle. The hardest part of making this doll was applying the horse hair for her hair.

Etta: The Little One

This is a doll I have been wanting to make for about a year and a half, well, life does get in the way sometimes!

This is Etta, designed by Leslie Molen. She is just a very sweet doll. I had bought the hankie for her apron a year and a half ago when I went to Denver with my friend Pam, who has since moved there. We went to take a class with Leslie, her Ling Li Doll and the carry box for the doll. After the class was over Leslie took Pam and I to a few of her favorite shops. One of the shops I found the hankie with the cute lady bugs on it, then in another shop I found ribbon with lady bugs, they were made for each other. I knew immediately that I was going to use them on this doll.

The doll has a face form that is covered in felt. This was the first time that I made a felt face. Leslie painted her face but I didn't have much luck with the paint, so I finally gave up and used gel pens. For me, the pens were much easier, even though I had to keep clipping off the "fuzzies" that kept forming on the felt from the pens. Then I used chalks for her blush and I embroidered her eyebrows. Her hair was fun to make, I wound the yarn around my 2' ruler. That was a lot of yarn to work with, and trying to keep it all straight and even was a chore. All in all, she came out great and a lot of fun to make.