This poor doll has been sitting on the back burner for weeks and weeks waiting for me to finish her. I thought I had her done, the head I made for her was gorgeous but just didn't suit her and her Edwardian Era personality. It seemed more suited for a Gothic Fairy type of doll. Can you possibly think of anything more unsuitable for her? lol!
I've been busy trying ot get smaller projects finished for the fall round of craft fairs locally but it was driving me crazy seeing her hanging on my wall headless. I finally just put everything else aside and finsihed her. I'm glad I did, she really turned out nicely. I put a LOT more time into her and her details than the other two Era dolls. Her floral swag alone took almost 4 hours by the time I hand dyed the silk ribbons and then made them into flowers. Her hat took several hours too. More hand dyed silk and floral details.
I enjoyed working with the
Treasure Keeper pattern I made them from. I plan to make more dolls from this pattern in the future. It is the type of pattern that is pretty adaptable to any type of doll no matter how wild you want to go with it. I started on the traditional side but I plan to make the next ones REALLY abstract and even more of an "art" doll.
I had originally planned on making them with the word charms and each doll would have her own necklace with its charm. However, they just seemed too modern for what the dolls were so I guess I'll keep holding onto the charms for some future project.
