Here is Dolly in clothes. She is just the kind of doll I’ve always wanted, with a dress and an apron.

Here’s the back of her apron. Her clothes have snaps so they’re removeable.

And she even has drawers and a petticoat!

I used garbage fabric for her clothes. I call it garbage fabric because my dad gave it to me. Three garbage bags full of fabric from some closed down factory. I chose the fabric for her petticoat and drawers because of the color. That was a big mistake! It was this slippery nightgown like material, really hard to sew with. That’s not really the best idea when you’re trying to learn something new. I was making shoes for her but I don’t like how they’re turning out so maybe she’ll just be shoeless.

Now back to my own dolls with some fresh ideas of where I want to go.

With each nubby doll I make they evolve a little, my sewing gets better and I learn more. They inspire me to think of new dolly designs. I have sketches of dolls with real clothes instead of wraps and floppy bendy arms. So in my quest to learn more I thought I would try a real dolly pattern instead of one made up in my head. And here she is.

I love her! She was supposed to be completely practice just to get used to some new techniques. I used scrap fabric and I wasn’t planning to finish her at all. She was going to be this faceless hairless practice doll.

But as soon as I saw that curve in her back, I fell in love. She was headless and limbless and I adored her already. Ask Alan. I hugged her to me and told Alan how beautiful she was and she didn’t even look like anything yet. I have to finish her now. The girl needs some clothes!