A break from sewing....well almost!!

After having seen my Blythes which I'd customised myself, Steve Kingaby sent me his new Blythe for me to work on.  He gave me 'free rein' to do what I wanted with her, so I gave her the full 'works'!  Steves Blythe is an ADG Blythe which were designed to look like the original Kenner Blythes which were produced in 1972 and she had long blond hair with a middle part and no fringe.  She was completely default and the first ADG Blythe that I've customised.  And I freely admit that she was a challenge!!  Here is a 'before' photo showing her with her original blue eyechips :

I thought she was quite a pretty girl but can understand that Steve wanted a new look for her because the default girls can lack 'personality'.

Here she is during the carving process.  You can see that I've carved her mouth, given her a philtrum, a small chin cleft, as well as a button nose and nostrils.  I also made her eyeholes a tiny bit larger at the top.  This is a photo showing her prior to sanding:

Then comes the sanding.  It takes a lot of work to get the plastic nice and smooth again after all the carving.  But once that's achieved, the makeup is next...for this I use good quality artists chalk pastels and seal it several times as I go along using Mr Super Clear Flat sealant from Japan.  I also gave her four new sets of eyechips from Brain Worm and Cool_Cat, new soft long dark eyelashes, I 'boggled' her eyes and gave her 'sleep eyes'.  I painted her eyelids with four layers of pearly cream coloured artists acrylic paint.  I also washed and conditioned her hair, then cut it to about waist length.  I also gave her a fringe as I think Blythe has such a big forehead that a fringe softens the look of that expanse of plastic!!  Here she is with damp hair but showing her new makeup:

Here you can see her sleep eyes and her painted eyelids, as well as her lovely long lashes:

I think she has a cheeky little face, especially in this next photo!

It was quite windy when I took these photos, so she has hair everywhere!!

Showing her special pale pink eyechips:

Dark brown eyechips:

A 'before' and 'after' comparison:

Finally I made her a new outfit to go home in, it consists of the little smock top and matching shorts, both made from blue and white seersucker which has tiny 'summer' themed motifs on it, long red and white stripy stockings, a red hair bow clip and white 'leatherette' boots.

 

Steve has seen her photos and is very happy for me to share her on here, in fact it was his suggestion for me to do so.....I hope he'll be very happy with her when she arrives home to the UK!!

I finished another couple of ra-ra skirt sets today and thought I'd share some photos.....to be honest, I haven't had time to take any 'regular' dolly photos!  Both outfits are in shades of purple and/or lilac...with a bit of red thrown in for good measure.  Until flying many times with Virgin Atlantic, I'd never have thought of putting mauve and red together, but I do think that it can make a really nice colour combination, as the fabric on one of these sets proves.   I think that the purple could be worn all year round too.  The buyer of these outfits wants to mix and match them, I didn't try that for my photos but hope she'll share her photos and I will put them on here.

Wren and Bailey are modelling for me again today!

 

Hairband details.  Tomorrow I'm going to add a bow to the gingham headband of the other outfit.

Both outfits are already SOLD.  Thanks for looking!

Today I finished another three ra-ra skirts sets for a lady in the UK and she has approved them so I thought I'd share on here.  This time we have light green with appliqued top, pale pink and bright sunshine yellow.  The yellow is proving very popular!

Here is the pink set being modelled by Millie my 1971 blond Sasha:

Next up we have the sunshine-y yellow set, modelled by my little (once Brunette, now wigged)  wide faced Bailey also from 1971:

And then we have my favourite of the three, the green set with appliqued top, modelled by my pretty Wren, a Kilt girl from 1969:

Finally some photos of all three girls together, enjoying the sunshine and fresh air!

  All outfits are already SOLD.  Thanks for looking!

I tried....I REALLY did.....

....to not put more photos of my new little girlie here on my blogger again, because I don't want to bore people....but then I just had to!

Here she is wearing a dress that I made some time ago using a pair of little girls knickers/panties that I got cheaply at the local Chinese shop.  The challenge of finding enough space for the pattern pieces on the skimpy amount of fabric, will stay with me forever LOL!

Chris Taylors lovely little blond Sasha......

.....has come to model for us!

I received these lovely photos today from Chris Taylor who recently commissioned me to make an outfit for her little Sasha.  Chris doesn't have a blog, so I thought I'd share them here instead. Here is what Chris wrote:

Here is my girl wearing your outfit...thank you so much I love it !! It was meant for her don't you think ?

I have to say I agree that the outfit does indeed look like it was meant for her!  I'm so glad that Chris and her sweet blond girlie are happy with their order!

Thanks very much for sharing the photos Chris, it was a pleasure sewing for you!

These photos belong to Chris Taylor, please do not use them without her permission.  Thank you!

 

Dolly fun!

I know I posted photos of her yesterday but I've been having a great time trying clothes on my new little girlie today, so thought I'd post some more.  She is so photogenic, and she seems to suit so many of the clothes I have here.  I tried things on her that I made ages ago for other dolls and they all seem to suit her! 

Here she is modelling an outfit I made for one of my BJDs, using a pattern by Grace Faerie.  The dress has a lovely attached petticoat made from broiderie anglais and then the pinafore goes over the top.  The hat, which doesn't match, was added because it is so hot here at the moment and I didn't want her to get burned! LOL

Knitted sock monkey was a present from my friend, she got him at Seattle airport!

This outfit is another I made for an MSD sized girl, it was very short on her though, like an Angel top and she wore it with leggings.  This little girl can wear it as a dress.  I really like it on her.  She's kept her hat on!  As you can see the brim can be worn up or down.   I added white socks with pink lace tops, made by me, and cat shoes from Mimiwoo in Yosd size.