Too sweet?

I have been toying with the idea of making dolls for a while, but when it has come to designing the face I have really struggled.

After sewing for sometime I have realised that I have really neglected my drawing skills. The body of the doll seems simple and exciting to me, but the face...?

I have always struggled with faces even when I used to do life drawing. I am so envious of people (husband!) who can do the most beautiful and life like portraits.

So for the dolls face I had the dilemma of sewing or printing?

After realising that sewing a face would be just as bad as my drawing skills I decided to set myself a challenge.

BROWN EYES

I decided to think back to my university days, how did we go through the idea process.....


BLUE EYES

Each step has been enjoyable and I am quite happy with the result.

I will print them on fabric and then sew them on to the doll. With a bit of tweaking and embellishing hopefully they will be ok.