Waldorf Doll sew-a-long

[jobrush]

Bumping for payments

Sorry I got busy! Off to do it now!

[Kaz]

I thought you were going to pay when you came to sew. Either way is OK with me. Just want to get everyone else's posted.

[jobrush]

I thought you were going to pay when you came to sew. Either way is OK with me. Just want to get everyone else's posted.

Oh well its paid now!
I must get your carrier back to you...I keep waiting for a day to make a lovely dairy and gluten free french chocolate cake as a thank you, but twice now DH and I have eaten the dark choc needed for it

[nova]

oooo! i'm just about to start a doll for my tiny girl's 1st birthday

if anyone in auckland is interested we have a doll making group at our steiner playgroup every week, it's only a small group, and most people are working on dolls for the school to sell at the advent fair, or their own dolls, and people are welcome to pay for a lesson with some of the resident experts too

can't wait to see what everyone makes!!

(i have serious bamboletta envy too)

[Darny]

Kaz did I ever pay you the postage money? I can't remember

I LOVE those bamboletta dolls too Nova, I'd love one for me! (But I know L would flog it, she's so doll mad)

[nova]

started my doll last night

she's only swaddled at the mo, still needs hair & a body lol!! my embroidery skills are a little lacking, but considering my first attempt at a doll head unintentionally looked more like iggle piggle, i'm pretty pleased!!

turns out my big girl having psoriasis actually came in handy.. it turns out tubifast bandage tubes are great for the under-skin

anyone else started??

[Darny]

Not yet, turns out the skin colour I bought is way too dark for what I want to make
I'm supposed to be making L a vintage strawberry shortcake, but pimping the pattern so it's a waldorf style doll - I can't be having with floppy headed dolls anymore. Might be a well tanned SS
Have to finish A's birthday pressies first... priorities.... I'm bored with making fort kits and pirate clothing, maybe I'll start the doll....

I think the embroidery you've done is perfect, you just need to get some yummy curly blond hair onto it

[Kaz]

Shar, I'm pretty sure you paid for postage

Looks fab so far. Have made one doll but waiting to get hold of more wool for stuffing. Will get a photo up if I ever remember

[growingclothie]

I finially started K's hybrid waldorf/ rag doll yesterday, her birthday is next Saturday so I needed to get my butt into gear. I'm just doing her second eye now and really pleased with how her face shaping has worked so far. I've decided to do a full knitted/ knotted wig for her head so her hair can be styled any way you like and still look good, found some great yarn in my stash that was looking for a use. DH and I have been discussing her name over lunch, we can't decide between Stella, Brooke, Wanda, Violet, Whitney, Trixie, Toni, Tita, Sylvie, Esther, ... she's going to have great "hippy" hair when finished so need a name to suit

[nova]

tee hee here's my first proper effort, check out the huge hair lol!!

('scuse the bad photo)


details on my blog

[beccahv]

details on my blog

She's lovely....and the best bit, she's FINISHED !!! Congratulations

[growingclothie]

Cute

I have now completed the head including face details, and done two arms - best not to look too closely at the hands though as my sewing machine packed a spazz about sewing the fingers (spent the last 45mins sewing/ unpicking/ sewing/ unpicking/ grrr)

Here are a couple of progress photos - hair isn't done yet, just laid the yarn behind, and second photo doesn't show as much shape to the face as it has irl




Hoping to get all sewing finished today so I can start on the hair tonight, I think I've finished the worst of the sewing

[nova]

and the best bit, she's FINISHED !!!

yep and even on time!

are you using an online tute bec? you really have nailed a waldorf/rag doll hybrid look there


my 2nd WIP-

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she's a much more traditional baby doll than my first, for our school doll making group... we're going to lay out the advent fair stash next week, so might take a couple of pics

i really like doing this!

[miggs]

Oooooh my Nova they are both gorgeous!!! well done.

Id love a bamboletta doll for E but will have to get brave enough to make my own , bugger your group is on the other side of auckland id so be there especially for doing the head/face which is the hardest part aye, if you muck the body up a bit its covered by clothes but the head .

[growingclothie]

are you using an online tute bec? you really have nailed a waldorf/rag doll hybrid look there

I have a plain rag doll pattern (from an old Aus Women's weekly book) and read a heap of Waldorf doll tutorials, then picked which techniques suited me best, and made up the rest as I went LOL ... she has legs now too, but DH has just gone out to a meeting so between inventing dinner, feeding the kids, and putting them to bed I doubt she will get a body today, I completely forgot about the meeting