February Dolls - Briony and Blake

Briony and Blake, created in February and dressed in school uniform.

I had quite a lot of red gingham to make Briony's school dress and just had to buy the ric-rac to trim it. There are tiny tucks on the dress bodice which perhaps aren't clear in the photo. Blake's trousers were made from a scrap I had left over from some school trousers I made for my sons many years ago. I think I rather over stuffed these two dolls as they were a bit chubby and the first shirt and dress bodice that I made were too tight and I had to start again. Blake's clothes follow the patterns from Linda Carr's book but I adapted two patterns to make Briony's dress.
I found the tiny buttons on Gregory Knopp's website. I loved just browsing through all the buttons. I'm sure I'll be buying more.