Making Progress

Every year, I usually fall in love with some sort of fictional piece -- as in, all-out-consumed/obsessed/if-this-were-a-person-they-would-take-out-a-restraining-order-against-me.  One year, it was the melodramatic Edward/Bella romance, one year it was Avatar... you get the picture.  This year, I am venturing into a new territory of objects of my affection: I am in love with sewing. 

I thought I would start by making a doll, because there are so many cute ones on etsy (JoyMadeIt, Mend by Ruby Grace, and While Lena Naps; BitOfWhimsy for patterns) and I stumbled across Sarah's pattern at Dolly Donations --  free, in exchange for an understood promise to make a doll for a child in need (and not using the pattern for profit).  Whoo-hoo!  An outlet for my new addiction newly-acquired skill!  I looked up current dolly drives, and contacted Laura at Stitches4Missions, who has a drive running through June -- woot!

Now, I am mostly posting so that hopefully we can all trace my progress, since, well, I am clearly a novice.  Plus, a talented friend has agreed to help me out with faces next time -- I'll sew, she'll paint, and then we'll have beautiful dolls to send on :D  Clearly, if I am comfortable enough sharing these pics, you *must* likewise share pics of any dolls you make, too!  Laura: my apologies in advance.

 the five sisters

 best dressed sister: pink + cupcake print!
of course, her hair needs some work, but hey, you can't have it all together.

 my fave sisters! eyes on one, hair on the other (albeit a little reminiscient of Wendy's Wendy)
and, I'll admit I'm proud of how the short hair ended up pretty cool, in my opinion, despite my blunder pre-attachment :D

 the crazy sister.  cuz there is *always* a crazy sister, especially if there are 5!