Again with the dolls

I have doll number two in the works, and she's pretty ambitious. I didn't follow a complete pattern (more like putting together various pieces of separate patterns and modifying from there) and have had to rip apart and redo more times than I care to count. She's had three different sets of legs... poor girl.


This is Harriet (well, prototype #1 of Harriet). I'm not very pleased with her face. It's a fine face, don't get me wrong, but it didn't turn out as I envisioned it would. She's a bit more serious looking than I wanted and her eyes too far apart. (Embroidery on a partially stuffed doll head is hard! You can't just erase the eyes because they're not quite right...) Still, she's a lovely little doll, and I think she deserves some clothes. A pink dress with poufy sleeves and a white pinafore perhaps? Oh, and she'll get a big bow in her hair. That barrette is mine and just to hold things in place for the moment.

Time flies

Miss Kate is officially five months old today. It's been five months? That's crazy.

Her latest favorite thing is the rainforest jumperoo. Her little toes finally touch the ground and now she bounces in that thing for hours. She also enjoys having discussions with the stuffed frog hanging above her...

And sometimes she falls asleep in it...

Introducing Laura

Named for Laura Ingalls Wilder, of course, one of my early idols.


This was only my second attempt at making a doll, and I'm pretty impressed that I managed to wrangle the yarn into something that resembles hair.


Her body, dress, apron, and boots were all made from thrifted pillowcases. I had the embroidery thread and the stuffing. The only things purchased to make her were the eyelet trim and the yarn for her hair (since I wanted her to have brown hair and that's the only color of yarn I don't have lying around). So altogether she probably cost about $3.50 to make. Not too bad.