Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The first doll


This is the first doll I ever made. I had been racking my brain trying to figure out how the whole thing works and then I learned the sew-then-turn-inside-out trick and I was on my way.
On this one, the 11 year-old me used a red nylon that had a run in it for the head, and lots of jazzy, cool fabrics for the costume.
My mother did not like that (#*$&%@) sewing machine, but she showed me the things I needed to know--how to gather, surge, threat the machine, and I am grateful for that. Fabric and thread are mostly harmless materials, yet so dynamic.

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