Santa doll head

I started tracing the body pattern onto the fabric today.  I'm using the Elf pattern from the book I posted about yesterday.  I made slight modification to the face and ears.  I rounded off the top of the ear and removed the "elf" point.  On the face, I wanted his nose to look more list a cute pug nose so, I made that much smaller.  Other than that, the rest of the pattern is the same for the body.

The pattern with my pencil lines drawn in to shown what changes I made to it.  I also shortened the chin a little


By the way, I have made the elf pattern before without any changes and I love him.  When I pull out my Christmas stuff from storage, I'll get a picture of him for you.

That's about all I did on the doll today.   I'll be pretty busy tomorrow with other things so my plan is to get the head done over the weekend.  I did play around with some strip quilted ATC's.  I did the back rounds in yellow strips and then did a rustic applique flower on top.  I'm  going to be offering those for trade on the trading sites.  The pink ones I posted a week or so ago are all traded except for one.

Santa Doll??

I joined a Christmas Doll swap and I think I may make a Santa Doll.  I have a certain image in my head of what I want to do but, don't have a pattern for it.  Some of you may know that I'm a big fan of the doll artist Terese Cato.  What I have decided to do is use a combination of ideas from her book called Fanciful Cloth Dolls and then add some slight modifications to the body.  Most of the changes or original patterns will be in the doll clothes though.

For the hair, I found this Curly Crepe Wool Hair that I think I will use.  I hope it's enough.  I think it will be since he will have a hat on therefore less hair is needed for the head.  Also, the package notes that the hair triples in length so, I should be fine.  Before I actually connect it to the doll, I'll test it to make sure.  So, over the next few entries on my blog, please follow along as I make the doll.  I also highly recommend this book for any artist doll sewer.  I have used it quite a bit and it was well worth the price.

I prefer a strong, good quality muslin for my doll face and bodies.  Also, this is the hair I hope to use

Here is the book I keep talking about.  I just love it.  I've made a version of the cover doll in the past.  She is pictured on my Pinerest account

I made photocopies of the pattern pages and keep them in an envelope after I use them.  The next time I use the pattern, it's ready to go.