Well I decided I needed to jump back into making my dolls. I traced out four dolls at once and began putting them together. The pattern is from Toys to Sew by Claire Garland. She wrote the Knitted Babe series of books. As you can see from my pictures I modified the hand and arm. I shortened the arms and made the hand a better proportion. One of the dolls has an appliqued felt face. The others will be painted. I stuff them while I watch a movie, because I find the stuffing part a little boring, but it is very important.
I am working on my Suzi Blu workshop and I put a link to it below my etsy link. Everyone should check it out. She is a wonderful artist and teacher. I like to watch her videos and she makes great pdf sheets for her workshops.
Today I am going to try baking some cookies. This is the first day of the kids winter break. Yesterday I was wrapping presents like a maniac. I was enjoying it because I love to make the present look beautiful. For me it is part of the joy of receiving a gift. I have a love hate thing for gift bags. They are convenient but not very inspiring. I have to be careful not to get all weird about perfection because it can stop me in my tracks because it is hard to live up to perfectionist standards.
Well I hope everyone is having a great Holiday. Relax. Relax. Relax.
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