Definitely Day 8 of Soft Sculptured Dolls

Soon I will want to name this lovely creature, for I am sure she has come to life.

I have just finished applying the gesso to her face. I applied several coats each after the other without waiting for them to dry. I will let them dry altogether and then will give a fine sanding and then one more gentle layer of gesso. We can then apply her makeup....the fun part!

Oh and while trying to take some of the first pictures, well actually the first picture I started to take, I dropped the head that was on the stick right on top of my little Sophia :o. Sophia was trying to be nosy as usual and couldnt wait for her chance to jump in the large planter next to my art/sewing desk!lol and in trying to hurry the pictures along, hoping she wouldnt jump in, I dropped it right on her black little face lol. Im still giggling about it as I write. Ok, so I had to stop, grab her, call my husband to help and then wash her down. Fortunately its non toxic paint and she was very good about getting her face washed. I wished I had taken a picture...I was just so concerned that she would start licking it off her face or it would dry and I wouldnt be able to get all of it!.

She's all clean and I have some pictures of the head with gesso. I want to cut out the body pattern tonight and take some pictures of that also. The face will definitely not be ready to be painted until tomorrow or the next, so we're looking at Tues for face painting. But that gives me lots of time to work on the body!

She's coming along just fine, I will be back hope you're enjoying the fun in the making.

Thanks for dropping in, Dulce The Dreamweaver

2nd day of Soft Sculptured Dolls revised!

Hellooooo to all of you who are looking forward to this adventure in making a soft sculptured doll! I know I am.....but lets back track a bit...hmmm.
What Ive decided is that I will make the doll, post it in its complete stage and then let you decide on your venture.

I will start with the doll made and then I will show you step by step how I made it. You can then decide, hmm, do I like the way this doll looks or would I like to wait for another. There will be others!

I will post some of the other dolls that I have made in the past, throughout the years and give you some ideas and maybe some incentive. Doll making really has been a passion of mine for so many years.

My Mother got me excited about dolls when I was very young with all of the many that she would make for myself, my sister and my cousins. She would make these two headed dolls that I absolutely loved! One was awake on one side-with day clothes and the other was asleep with pajamas. My cousin Sandra just reminded me today about this one. Thank you Sandra.

I will get my dolls out of hiding throughout the next few days and polish up the faces and dresses or outfits. They've been in boxes for sometime now, how I've missed seeing them.

So until then I will post a few fun things relating to my dolls and the items that I use and are fond of. And of course we can't forget Ms. Sophia the "nutball" in my life......making every stitch a project in itself. Just trying to cut the material out today was a "stitch