Hello Dollmakers, Happy first day of August to you. Gee, the summer is flying away and I have not yet finished my goal of listing 3 new dolls on my Etsy site. It seems that the dolls that were there have found new homes and my shop shelves are bare.
I guess that means I beat the heat and stay in and finish my Gail Wilson New York Doll - the black version. She has locks of springy black cotton chenille hair and an embroidered face. I'm wondering if I need to redo the irises in a darker brown color, which is very easy to do.....what's your two cents worth on the subject?
She has separate fingers with a simple ring. My goal for the day is to make her shoes; everything else is finished - her red red dress of vintage fabric (Thanks Lisa of Stray Threads for the vintage fabric http://quilltr.blogspot.com/), her simple slip with a fringe hem, the pantaloons, her brown socks - it's all finished except to sew her together, dress her, and put on her shoes. I need to get the fuzz off from making her hair - lots of little pieces of yarn sticking to her.
I sanded down her fingers to make her look old, but won't do this on the black version as the stuffing shows through too light.
I guess that means I beat the heat and stay in and finish my Gail Wilson New York Doll - the black version. She has locks of springy black cotton chenille hair and an embroidered face. I'm wondering if I need to redo the irises in a darker brown color, which is very easy to do.....what's your two cents worth on the subject?
She has separate fingers with a simple ring. My goal for the day is to make her shoes; everything else is finished - her red red dress of vintage fabric (Thanks Lisa of Stray Threads for the vintage fabric http://quilltr.blogspot.com/), her simple slip with a fringe hem, the pantaloons, her brown socks - it's all finished except to sew her together, dress her, and put on her shoes. I need to get the fuzz off from making her hair - lots of little pieces of yarn sticking to her.
In case you are interested in the white version, I have one sitting on my chest of drawers and can share some pictures. This one was made during a Gail Wilson online class years ago. I have made quite a few of the NY dolls.
You can see information about Gail Wilson's New York Doll at:
To visit Etsy: www.Etsy.com my shop is Julsie1231
Thanks for stopping by - Julie
ps - next up in my workroom are two black Hitties
