Little doll siblings, nukkesisarukset

Introducing two 15″/38cm natural fiber dolls I made for the grandchildren of a friend. 🥰 Both have light blonde hair and blue eyes like their role models. I used the same pattern that I’ve used for all my dolls after I modified the original pattern. For these two I ordered some lighter colour skin fabric (Laib Yala Swiss tricot “Light Peach” 320) to go with their fair hair.

For their wardrobes I went with the children’s favourite colours. Liina loves pink 💕 and Taavi’s favourites are all the colours of the rainbow 🌈 Taavi’s outfit includes a colourful striped shirt and matching shorts. He also got some dungarees, a blue gansey style pullover and a coat and boots out of orange boiled wool.

Liina’s wardrobe consists of dusty pink undies, T-shirt and hair band, sturdy checked trousers, a pink and green dress out of a Marimekko fabric, a pink pullover and pink ballerinas. On colder days she wears an avocado green coat and boots made of boiled wool. Unfortunately I didn’t have time for a proper photo shoot before Xmas so no pics of the coats or dress.

As a back order I made the new dolls some proper leather shoes. I first made lasts out of polymer clay. Then I stretched the leather over the last and measured the pattern from there. The thick and sturdy leather was surprisingly easy to mold after wetting inside with a little water. The shoes are hand stitched with a thicker polyester thread and the cobblers’ awl I borrowed from my son was a big help! The green sneakers will match the jogging pants I’ll make for Taavi’s summer wardrobe. The three layered upper is glued to the underside of the inner sole. A piece of leather to cover up the sole and a narrow strip to hide the messy seam. The sneakers are still missing the elastic band I thought I’d insert instead of fiddly laces.

Liina and Taavi also got bobble hats to match their pullovers. Filla has one too to go with her purple Irish style pullover 💜 Maybe we can arrange a big get together for all my dolls some day 🥰