Adventures in Dollcraft

She never turned out quite as fat as I wanted her. Next time I'll be sure to go with a wider back, too.

Pattern adapted from various of Runo Dollmaker's patterns. Plain white fabric for the doll base and a cotton jersey skin dyed with coffee. The nose was constructed, as it turns out, of three balls of pepper and a bit of cotton wool for the bridge. It's what I happened to have on hand!

This guy was done in a bit of a hurry - I had a deadline because it was a present.

The shoes and hat were felt, the rest various fabrics including cotton jersey for the mask (two layers) and cotton yarn for the hair.

I took a long time with these dollies. Both Jack and Stephen also have stretchy white socks under their boots as well as shirts and vests under their jackets. They have neckties and buttons (tiny white beads) in their vests and at the sides of their breeches, and their breeches are clasped at the back. All very historically accurate, though I used snap fasteners for the actual fastening. Stephen also has a wig, but it never worked very well.

The boots and Jack's hat and coat and Stephen's black coat are felt, the rest made of various materials. The faces were drawn by hand on paper, scanned, coloured on computer and printed on iron-on paper and transferred.

You can find Runo's instructions on how to make a mini-doll here. For historical outfits and patterns, there's Sewing Central or Lost Cause, for example,

Not much to add. I wish I could name the materials used but, I dunno, they were fabrics?

Her hair is cotton knitting yarn sewn through the head and unraveled. I never intended her to have so much of it, but this being the first time I used that technique on long hair, I had no idea...

This was done as a part of the Live Long and Marry charity exchange. This was also the first time I used cotton yarn for hair.