And sunny days! We finally have some sunshine here, just in time for the summer holidays. So lots of days on the beach ahead which is fab, but having my lovely girls to entertain all day does does not do great things for my work rate!
However, I do have two lovely little girls of the doll variety all ready to go here for you all. And with cool summery clothes just right for this weather.
I’ve had fun going a bit more organic this time. I do use organic fabrics regularly but this time I have created a doll with all organic clothing and she also has hair made from natural undyed yarn, which is just beautiful – I hope you are as happy as I am with the results!
So firstly Susie, a 16″ waldorf inspired doll.
I took inspiration for her outfit from the picture of the three cotton spools that I posted last time – so the orange is not quite so vibrant, but the essence is there I feel.
Susie’s hair is the Jamieson and Smith Shetland yarn, this time blonde, with a cute little fringe.
Her clothes are an organic dress and trousers and a patterned pinny. The dress is pale ivory and has a beautiful embroidered design and the trousers a slightly heavier rust coloured crossweave fabric. Her pinny is a gorgeous retro flower pattern from the Windham Feedsack collection.
And now Lulu another 16″ doll.
I’ve tried to go as natural as possible this time.
Lulu’s hair is again the shetland yarn from Jamieson and Smith but this time I have used an undyed yarn in the natural moorit tone – which is a brown colour. I am really thrilled with how this yarn looks and will be using this a lot more! It has such a beautiful tone and is so soft.
All her clothes are from organic cotton. The trousers and pinny are the from the fairtrade organic cotton range that I use regularly with my dolls, this time in the green and khaki colours and the dress is another print from Cloud9 with a lovely simple flower design.
I think these girls look sweet together, simple and summery.
Hopefully I will be able to work on a few more dolls over the next few weeks, but with holidays to Cornwall and the Lleyn peninsular planned I think I may be away enjoying myself too much.
Happy summer everyone!
Laura,
These are beautiful!
I wanted you to know how much my daughter loves and adores her Milly Molly Mandy doll. She wants to bring her everywhere and will not go to bed without her. You did a beautiful job in creating her, and have made something she and I will treasure for years to come.
Thank you!
I love your dolls. I am looking for a present for my soon to be seven year old and she is desparate for a Waldorf style girl doll. She would love either of these two dolls. I know this is a post from July but is there any chance that one of them might still be available? My daughter’s birthday is November the 23rd. Would that give you enough time to make a new one if it were possible for you at the moment?
please could you tell me where to find pure wool in a pale ginger shade for repairing a steiner doll – I would prefer ‘normal’ wool not mohair which seems to be all I can find in the UK. Many thanks
Hi, sorry it has taken me so long to reply – I have let the blog slide a bit recently. Pale ginger is a colour I have had real trouble finding. My favourite, though it is more of a dark blonde/honey colour is Jamieson and Smiths shade FC45 The colour on their website is not very accurate. It is the yarn I used here on Eva http://buttercupandbird.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/eva-3.jpg . This is a lovely wool, otherwise for something a lot thicker the Aragon Romney wool is lovely too, used here though the colour is not as intense as this photo. Otherwise Texere often have a good selection of yarns. Good luck!