MERLIN

Merlin has had a bit of an upgrade.

His belt now has a buckle.

He has new trousers made from a heavier weight fabric and a darker colour brown, so a better contrast with his jacket.

His boots have had another coat of dye and now have two little straps and buckles.

We are loving series 4!

Farewell Anya

Anya has gone to a new home! My mother's friend, who is in her nineties, took a liking to her so I have given Anya to her. These are her farewell pictures in the conservatory and with her brother Alex, who I still have.

Narcissus and Persephone

Here is Narcissus completed but without his clothes. I have started making his clothes but not nearly finished.
Here he is again with my other character from Greek myths, Persephone.

Persephone's clothes are at a more advanced stage as you can see in these pictures.

More Narcissus

The following photos show different parts of Narcissus after he had been stuffed.

To help him stand the legs each contain a 15cm 

dowel.

The back was left open for stuffing and then handstitched together.

Narcissus - face and feet!

Before stuffing the feet, I glue a piece of foam inside each sole to give a firmer base to stand on.

I used yellow T-shirt fabric to make his face. Here you can see the beginning of the face painting.

This is the back of the face. I have used small pieces of stuffing to shape the nose and cheeks. Then the whole of the face is backed with lightweight iron-on vilene.

Here is the completed face with golden embroidered eyebrows and eyelashes.
And the whole body waiting to be stuffed.

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.

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.