VERITY HOPE: The Making of Liesel Part 3

Hello, I'm Susannah and welcome to part 3 of the Making of Liesel.

I am making her from a doll kit inspired by the course dolls taught by Swiss doll artist Sasha Morgenthaler, famous for her production of Sasha dolls.

So moving swiftly on...

After completing Liesel's torso it was time to stuff the limbs. The kit provided some flat metal inserts which enable the limbs to pose slightly.

As with the torso, I used felting wool so the stuffing would be really firm...

I had to make sure the inserts stayed in the centre...

Voila!

The instructions said to place the legs slightly towards the front of the torso so the doll could sit but I wanted her in just a standing position and not to flop about too much so chose to stitch the legs directly underneath...

Verity Hope was getting very curious at this stage...

Next came the arms, they had metal inserts too with individual bendy fingers...

I wrapped some wool around the finger tips first, to stop them from poking through the tricot fabric...

And after stuffing, hand stitched up and down the fingers...

Now for the exciting part! Attaching the arms. I used a very long doll making needle so the thread could go all the way through the body rather than stitching the arms just to the shoulders...

Here she is!! So exciting!

Now for the fun part... making her something to wear. I chose linen fabric and in keeping with Sasha Morgenthaler's philosophy, an old vintage hand embroidered table cloth for an apron...