A 18" Girl Doll Named Eva

Eva came to our family from resale. She needed repairs, but now she feels
much better! 

       Eva is a lovely brunette doll with large brown eyes. This is a photo taken of Eva while she hunted in the backyard for Easter eggs this year. She holds a silver basket with blue blossoms and four speckled Easter eggs in pink, blue and yellow. She is resting now with her bare feet in the clover. 

My Life-Size "Unbreakable" Baby

This life size baby doll has a head constructed with an old making method...

       This baby doll can wear 0-3 month sizes in real human baby clothes. She has a sculpted paper mache head that is covered with stockinette, Gesso and then sanded smooth before painting. She is my "unbreakable" version of a baby doll that I handcrafted back in the late 1990s. The back of her head, not shown here is reddish. She wears a Christening bonnet and a Christmas plaid romper both which were once worn by my oldest girl when she was only three months old.
       Her eyes and eye brows are painted and her nose and open mouth are three dimensional. Only her head is hand-sculpted. Her body is canvas and her arms and legs were purchased doll parts made from vinyl. 

Left, profile. Center face forward. Right, opposite profile of my ''unbreakable" baby doll.

 

Agnus & Ruby Rescued from Resale!

 

      Agnus pictured here in a faded black dress and right, in red, is Ruby. These old gals were rescued from a dusty and forgotten toy box at a local resale shop. Both are sock dolls and I think they were sewn in the 1940s or 50s? In any case, they are safe now and have plenty of opportunities to relax, drink tea and gossip with a variety of travel dolls. They no longer need fear the trash heap.

      Great Aunt Marlene donated the lovely pocket watch pin to Agnus. I think it suites her attire. She is a bit elderly and sometimes forgets to wake from a nap for afternoon tea. The pocket watch should come in handy!

       Agnus and Ruby are immigrant sock dolls to our family's collection. But they are greatly esteemed by other sock dolls in the playroom. Each has a unique story and adventure to tell! They have endured many hardships at the hands of romping toddlers with sticky fingers and have met many dust bunnies beneath antique Victorian furnishings. But now they have earned pleasant retirement and merely live vicariously through the trials of more contemporary playthings.