A Waldorf adventure

These two are thick as thieves. Please notice the hair highlight I gave to the girl on the right! Awesome, no? This is rather small, my second attempt, just about four inch tall. OKAY, they haven't committed any crime. But these two look inseparable, and a wee bit mischievous. I didn't give them away because their hands are way too long. They look all right before I stuffed them. But they grew and grew. I attached them to the body anyway. But in the end, I just couldn't bear it and snipped off a little from the arms of one of the dolls and sewed up the openings later. You can see a little of the raw edges (doll above, left). I left the hands of the other doll gangly because they are just nice for draping over her good friend. You may perhaps noticed that I have progressed to giving my dolls a nose :) Hair is much more manageable now. Peviously, I attached the hair by first creating stitches in concentric circles round the head, and then attaching the hair to

Sue, my first hand-sewn doll, just  about six inch tall. This is the first (successful) doll I've ever made, following a YouTube tutorial. The doll skin was from a little vest that cost about $6. I couldn't find any suitable old t-shirt I could use and I was quite impatient to embark on the project.  The hair was dark brown, wool from Daiso. The stuffing was dug out from an old pillow. Everything was hand stitched as I don't own a sewing machine. The most exciting part was making the head of course. The most difficult part was joining the body to the head. The project took about two evenings. I was really surfing the Internet for instructions on making an interesting paper doll which is not just one dimension. But I chanced upon a lot of materials for making Waldorf -inspired dolls instead. So exciting. I must give it a go. So here it is, my very first.