dolly

Did you know that I wanted to call Cissie, Dolly ? I did. I love that name, not least of all because of my fondness for the original Dolly. I can't explain it. It just is. But when I mentioned it to my mum, she said, "What like the sheep ?" And honestly it just didn't feel right after that.
Anyway. I made Cissie a dolly. And here she is.

I made her using this pattern, found on eBay. But as you can see I adjusted it a bit here and there.

It was kind of simple, hard....if you know what I mean. The pattern was quite simple really but it was fiddly and very time consuming to make and you will notice poor Dolly has no shoes or hat (they are still waiting in the sewing basket). But the hair. Good lord, the hair. Well you can see she ended up with rather short hair and the thing is like the other great Dolly I think she is going to need a wig. Does anyone have any tips on how to make hair and sew it on ? or know of any tutorials ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

[Esther]

i love your execution of the pattern ever so much more than the pattern itself! your dolly's face is so sweet and simple and i even quite like her stylish cropped hair! i hear you on the fiddly nature of projects like this- they are for every once in a while if you ask me:)

[kayla_d]

very cute--I love her outfit AND her hair!

[Lil' d]

I thought how cute her hair looked before I read on to where you said you were having problems with it. I saw her and immediately thought that's how I always pictured Ramona Quimby.

[rirral]

house haircut - how could it have been any different?
(ps she's very very cute)

[amandajean]

that doll is adorable!

[The Shopping Sherpa]

I love the hair! If you made her a pink and white stripe dress you could call her Milly Molly Mandy :-)

[Anna]

That doll is way CUTE!