4-22-18

I didn't get as much done this weekend as I had planned but I worked on the doll for a few minutes this week when possible. I finished the little joint I made for her waist that I call the key. I was dying to know if it would work. It seems to be working okay. I got some stringing elastic from Amazon so I could try different ways to string the doll. I painted her eyes during the week. I worked on her dress I am making her.

Here's what I ended up making. It's thick because I wanted it to be strong and not break. I could only make the stringing channel so big for the same reason. So I looped a thinner elastic through the leg's much thicker elastic. That's okay for now.

 I don't think the key will be too visible underneath her clothes. But it has to stick out enough to maneuver it with my fingers, so I can pose her. The bungee cord is 1/8th thickness which is about the maximum size of my Dremel bits. So it will work except where it needs doubling.

 This is a leaning sideways pose.

 Leaning sideways pose from the back.

  The key doesn't show at all from the front.

I had to bore out the leg holes more, because the cord wouldn't go through both at once. They crossed over at one point. I hadn't thought of that till I got some cord.

 Another view of the key.

I used Delilah Noir as the dress model, because I kept getting rock dust on my work. The dress fits my doll but her shoulders are currently too wide. I will be shaping the shoulders soon. Also I used Red Heart size 10 thread for the dress. I remember when the rolls seemed to have more on them. I fortunately bought a lot of 3 together. I used a #6 hook, even though the labels says to use 7. My work is usually very tight. 

 I tried to use what I have on hand for buttons and lace. I got a lot of buttons years ago when I was trading off my old VHS tapes. I'm still using them to this day. So I found some interesting reds that work together for me.I had to plan the buttons before I could do the button holes. Then I started the sleeves.

 I turned up her collar a little bit. I still think it is too low cut but it is. That's a lot of time I have in it and I wouldn't unravel it at this point.

 She has ruffles on the bottom. I used to always put ruffles on everything. It was because I made doilies a long time ago. People liked them though. 

I hope to get photos of her eyes soon.