Tuesday 9 December 2008

My Second Stump Doll

Well, you know what they say, 'Once is never enough'. I thought this one would make a good Christmas Ornament.


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Here's the side view:


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and here's a closeup of the embellishment:


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The 'stump' is covered in black muslin (scrim) needlepunched with green and red dyed wool fleece (roving), then machine quilted to a piece of synthetic felted cloth with pre-programmed machine stitches in red and green thread. The overskirt is commercially produced machine embroidered tulle with a holly pattern. The ruffle around the waist is a red tulle frill and a piece of gathered red nylon lace. Not enough for me, I added some green sequin leaves and red beads. The 'bodice' of the dress was hand needlepunched onto the body, then embellished with novelty knitting yarn, hand embroidery and beads. The usual hand knitted wig and painted face, a little bit more 'bling' and she was done!

2 comments:

Shashi Nayagam said...

She is lovely, a perfect Christmas doll.

Shashi Nayagam said...

Hope your mess clears up soon too. I have to come back to it after the holidays. But for now I will forget about it.
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.