It’s
only taken me getting on for 5 months to produce a follow-up Waldorf Style Doll.
What with Christmas, a personal matter and work as usual getting in the way, it’s
taken a while!
If you’ve
already read the following text on Facebook recently, I apologise for not being
original.
So, here are some photos of my newest doll. She is made (I think her name is Clemie) from the same pattern we used at Ildiko’s workshop in September last year. That said, there are plenty of differences to the end result, which just proves the benefits of having a teacher on hand! I’m reasonably pleased with her, but she’s far from being as good as the original. And why is that? Here’s what I think:
So, here are some photos of my newest doll. She is made (I think her name is Clemie) from the same pattern we used at Ildiko’s workshop in September last year. That said, there are plenty of differences to the end result, which just proves the benefits of having a teacher on hand! I’m reasonably pleased with her, but she’s far from being as good as the original. And why is that? Here’s what I think:
1.
I
used a different doll jersey (what I had in at the time)
2.
Her
arms and legs, for some reason, are too skinny
3.
Her
cheeks aren’t chubby enough and her forehead looks a bit too wide
4.
The
shade of fabric is lighter that the original and next to the white hair, she
looks a bit anaemic – a darker skin would have looked better!
5.
Having
mentioned the hair though, that is the part I am really pleased with. I had a
go at a crocheted wig using mohair yarn especially designed for doll hair. It’s
called Wild Brushable Mohair. I found various tutorials showing the method of
making them, but then you just have to work it out as you go along adjusting
the ‘wig’ to your doll’s head. I then washed it gently (before sewing it on her
head) and let it dry into the lovely curls you see in the picture. There is a downside
to this type of doll wig though. As lovely as it looks with all those curls, it
soon becomes quite matted when handled, so I can’t imagine it staying looking
so nice after being loved, cuddled and played with by a child. Maybe, in time,
I will discover a way of keeping those curls! For now though, as seen in the
other pictures, I’ve re-styled her hair into little bunches in the hope they
will stay in place easier than pretty curls – still quite cute though!
I
hope you’ll enjoy my new journey along with me as I learn the process of making
good quality Waldorf ‘style’ dolls!
