Pat's Cloth Dolls

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Narcissus - part 1

I'm making two dolls based on characters from Greek myths, Persephone and Narcissus. The following pictures show some of the work done to produce Narcissus. He is GREEN !

1. Stitching the centre seam on the front legs.
2. Joining the front legs to the front body piece.

3. The back of the body with centre seam left open for stuffing and the back of the legs with darts for shaping.

4. Stitching the shoulder seams.
5. Joining the back and front to complete the body.

Monday, 22 August 2011

New dolls coming soon

I'm working on four dolls at the moment. All quite complicated so taking a bit longer than usual. I'm also having computer problems, making updating the blog a bit of a chore.

Friday, 17 June 2011

More Merlin

Merlin in the Garden

Merlin hides in a tree.

Thursday, 16 June 2011

MERLIN

Now he is completed, here is my Merlin Doll.

Merlin Cloth Doll

His scarf was made from a little piece of soft, hand-dyed fabric which I found amongst our vast collection of fabric.

His lovely, scruffy brown jacket was made from an old pair of jogging trousers. His blue shirt was made from a some left over fabric which had been used to cover a cushion made for bobbin lace making. And his woven belt was made from a brown shoelace.

Merlin's trousers were made from a brown pillow case bought in the pound shop!

His little boots are my favourite. I bought some chamios leather. It was lovely and soft and easy to work with. As it was a patchwork square it had the correct homemade look for a servant's boots. However it was bright yellow! So I painted all the pieces with fabric dye before sewing together.

Monday, 13 June 2011

Merlin - Here he is!

We love the TV series Merlin. We now have all three series on DVD and are looking forward to series 4. So here is my Merlin cloth doll. I've been watching the DVDs carefully to take note of his clothes. I plan eventually to make Arthur, Gwen and Morgana.