Folk Art Textile Doll 2025

Thank God it's FRIDAY! 💖

Here are a couple progress photos of the Angel Doll project. She's finished and the itch has been scratched! The Mallard Duck doll will have to wait.

I originally saw this doll shape on Pinterest. I sketched up the line art and went at it. I don't consider myself a doll maker, but this is the eighth or ninth one I've made. I would do a couple things differently, if I made this doll again. I would stuff her quite a bit more, for starters. I'd probably give her clay hands, also. I was uncertain how I would like the warm Pine Green floss on the cool green broadcloth, but I ended up appreciating it. I went with the hand spun Cotswold wool for her hair. All in all, she's a cute new folk art doll that hangs around in the art studio. 😊

	💖 Have a Blessed Weekend!

Angel Art Doll 2025

Happy Wednesday! 

Today I share the progress I've made on the Mallard Duck, which is nothing. 😂 After 2 attempts, I've declared semi-failure and tucked the pattern away to play with later. I really liked how the wings turned out though, so I moved to plan B - the Angel Art Doll. 

Angel dolls seem to be a popular classic. The only female angels I can think of are described in Zecharaih 5:9. I sketched up the floral rose and baby's breath embroidery pattern for her dress and now I'm moving onto the hair. My choices here are: 1) Tunis 2) Cotswold 3) Finn Lamb 4) Lincoln Longwool. At this point, I lean toward 2, Cotswold. I've decided that I want to use spun yarn rather than raw washed wool, so that's my next step, spinning enough for Angel hair. 😁 
 
...Until the next update!