experiments

I've had the idea for this doll forever and then had her half finished for another forever. Feels so good to have her done finally. Shoeless, but done.

Back when I was tearing strips for this rag knitting project I had the idea that it would make pretty cool doll hair. I really like how it turned out. Kind of primitive raggedy ann-ish but at the same time, still more polished. She needs a little beret I think. She has beret hair.

The book I was showing yesterday is a Japanese book on embroidery that had some smocking projects in it. I thought I'd smock her dress up all fancy. First time out with smocking and I thought it'd all be made clear after looking at a few diagrams with Japanese explanations. So, yeah, not so much. I had to get out my Guide to Needlework and try the simpliest smocking pattern they had and still.. so hard! I think I'm going to have to actually read the directions or something. piffle.

Oh and about the dress fabric. I'm stumped. I think I got it at a quilt shop in Wisconsin this Summer. I emailed them to see if they had any info on it. I only got a 1/4 yard and it didn't catch any of the selvedge info. I'll post here if I figure it out. I'd like to get more of it myself. Why do I get all cheap at the fabric store and only get quarters!