Um, wow. So many people came by to look at my free pattern. It was very exciting to bust the 2000 hit mark. Thank you! I'd love to see some of your finished projects..if you don't mind sharing, of course. I've started a Flickr group for completed projects. Join here! 'Cause I got lots of patterns and tutes to share.
Over the past few weeks, I've been tweaking my doll pattern a bit. The face especially. A little less Angelina..a little more Ramona. The eyes are essentially the same and I added a smidge of a nose. I defined the hands into fingers and shaped the feet to hold shoes (which I still have to make). I tea-dyed the muslin before sewing and it gives a nice skin tone--not too splochy or country-ish but not flat, either. I used instructions from here, but it's pretty simple. I always tend to think things are more complicated than they really are.
I really liked the dolls before, but now I think I love them. In a David Cassidy kind of way. (And now I've spent an hour looking at Partridge Family clips on YouTube. Great.)
Hope you had a nice weekend.
xo
Lauren
