New costume for Annabella

Here's Annabella! The doll was made with my Annabella pattern, so she's a cloth doll. I have been playing around with wired ribbon to use in my dolls. Here's one idea I had. I sewed the ribbons together to create the skirt. The wonderful thing is, you can use the wire to shape the outfit!

I am pleased with her face, even though she's a little serious looking. The hair is not finished, but it looks a little like mine!! Don't they say we reflect ourselves in our dolls? It must be true, as I often see my own eyes looking back at me when I create a face. Those are the ones I see most often in the mirror, after all!

Watching and felting, not carved in stone.

This piece emerged while I was doing a demo at the West End Studio Tour. I wanted to do a wall hanging piece and the idea of a full size head appealed to me. I was striving for the look of marble or white stone. I like the idea of a piece made from felt, which is soft, with the look of a stone piece. "Not carved in Stone" was a theme I used for a series of gargoyles.

The hair presented a challenge, but finally the idea of semi-dreadlocks seemed to work. I didn't want a curly or fluffy look.