Friday 15 February 2013

Yet Another Day of Retro Divas

Oh boy making things in batches does speed up the work, but makes me feel a bit pressured. So not quite so enjoyable as pottering on at one at a time speed. As these dolls require several changes of thread it does eliminate many changes of bobbin and thread.


Look at those long legs dangling over the edge of the chair!
The cushion is 18 x 18 inches (45c45cm) so you can get an idea of size. The dolls are about 19-20 inches tall standing up.


Hmmm, now I wonder where my hair cam from, yup its some of the leftover cushion fabric.


I try to make each Retro Diva Doll unique, by changing the hair, lipstick, skirts and scarves. All the dresses are 1950's curtains and their arms & legs are some scrap fabric my friend Julie Howe gave me.


An oriental style face makes this one really different. Her boots are made from an old BHS tablecloth.



Butterflies on the cheeks and a choker necklace.


Three stars on each cheek and a pelmet mini. Each skirt is made from a doily - with the middle removed or a piece of lace from a chair back.


These are my attempt at Dolly Doc Martins. My friend Mary likes to wear DM's.

Weekend break now and hoovering up all those threads.

11 comments:

  1. The dolls are such a lot of Fun Joan Well done xx

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  2. Love your girls. I just got done making a doll myself much like yours.
    Thanks for the comment you left on my blog I use a Mac and had no idea the photos were not showing up for PC users. Happy creating!

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    1. Hi Ruth yes I saw your lovely doll. I love the freedom of your embroidery!

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  3. Your dolls are beautiful, I must see you about buying one......xx

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    1. Oh that would be great Linda lots of fabric for you to choose from x J

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  4. Aww... these are adorable dolls, Joan!!
    Thank you for sharing your talents, beautiful work. :]

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  5. These are just amazing and the faces are wonderful-I know it is so difficult to draw a face on anything and yours look so happy.

    A real inspiration.

    Love Chrissie xx

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    1. Thanks yes you are right faces are difficult. I found a short video by Julie Fan-something-something, her name escapes me on drawing a face. I then followed this for doing the faces on the dolls. x Joan

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  6. These are totally adorable! Being older than dirt, I really love anything retro, especially 60's. I think I like these even better than the cuties in the prior post!

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Your comments are all read and appreciated. Hope you will forgive me if I miss commenting on your comment, I will be busy doing art :-) x Joan