It seems that whatever I try to do, she is destined to go through a few more hard times before things get better! I put her head on just before my holidays... sighed deeply and decided some serious holiday-time thinking was in order!
She looks, to put it politely, like a pumpkin-headed scarecrow...
Back from holidays and it was obvious that hair was needed. I found a wool called Big Softie, which has a lovely textured and is vari-width. It looked like it could really work to provide body as well as texture, and body will be important in a head this size!
I am sewing a centre parting, directly onto dolly's head. I decided to build the hair by laying long loops across the head, varying the lengths as I did so.
So far, it's not pretty!
Poor Dolly... it's an improvement (dare I say it)
but there is still inspiration to find, and work to be done.
The good news is, the 10 yr old approves!
I feel certain that when you get done, that she'll look outstanding, by seeing what I already see!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lon! She certainly looks better now that I've done some more work on the hair. I haven't been able to stitch for a few days this week, so I've had lots of looking and thinking time :)
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