Faces

I often leave doll faces blank. It could be laziness, but I'm more fond of the idea that the doll needs to show her personality and sometimes I don't know what it is yet. I left the Olive and Archie dolls' faces blank for years, and one day MissB drew on hers and I just evened it out. The face is just right.

This doll is a replacement.. Years ago, I dismembered MissA's doll. I hadn't realized that it was so loved.. I'll really have to dig to find that post. Anyway, so I chopped up a doll for her pattern. I enlarged it, cut out the pieces, then had it tucked away to work on during TJ's guitar classes. Then TJ started riding his bike to class and my stitching remained unseen. Until last week. While Grandma (my MIL) was here, I came across the bag and stitched up the doll with the machine.

MissA was set to the task of drawing the doll's new face. She had several practice goes and came back with what she wanted: a unibrow. Oh dear.