A Pink Googly

Here is another "Googly" doll, that I just finished!

She is my interpretation of a Googly doll.

I hand-sculpted the original head in Paperclay.  The clothing is all handmade by me.  There is old-stock garter trim on her dress.  The sleeves (and her "knickers") are made of old-stock crepe-du-chine fabric  from the 1930s.  I made her hat from new hat-straw, and handmade her booties and wig.  The photo above was taken with the stand underneath, which distorted her dress. 

She took many months, because I worked on making a pattern for her dress, tried to get the wig just right, and the summer was so busy.

Here's her pigtail look, using new ribbon for hair ties:

Thank you for taking a peek.  

Finishing the Garden Hat

Here is how I finished making the larger doll's "garden hat."  I had made the framework using floral wire, and it seemed to work, so I continued from there.  I cut a piece of stretchy, thin cotton larger than the "crown."  Then, I pinned the edges of it around the crown circle, so there would be looseness in the middle.  I figured, it has to be loose in the middle for the head to go there, right?

 

 

 I sewed a piece of cotton seam binding tape around the pinned edges to bind them neatly, and tried it on the doll.  It sat okay on her head. 

Then I covered the whole thing in old lace netting, simply putting the frame on the netting and then wrapping the netting around to the top -- pinned it in many places.  Then did a lot of hand-sewing to tack it together at the crown and around the rim, and secure down all the lace embroidery. 

Simple.   Ribbons flowers made it cute, I think. 

and it makes a doll hat that Esmeralda will enjoy when she is done. 

The Lure of Ribbons

I've been reading about early Quakers, and learning that ribbons were garnishments that the early Quakers disapproved of.  Ribbons ties on bonnets were acceptable, but no ribbons elsewhere.

 This doll head is being intoxicated by the ribbons floating around her.

I wonder what it is about ribbons?