Muse of the morning - Playful Prudence pattern Review.

Muse of the Morning , thank you , thank you very much.

I have made a few dolls. Some ok, some good , some ...lets not talk about it. I have made the lovely Black Apple Doll available on Martha Stewart's website. I have also made the Jane Doll from 'a bit of whimsy' . Both of these I found great if not a little time consuming. On both I widened the arms as I just don't have the patience to turn those tiny tiny little limbs .

I have made dozens of them , all slightly different but the thought of making another one filled me with dread. My youngest has just turned 1 and LOVES dolls . LOVES THEM. And I haven't made her one...guilty much??

Step forward Muse of the Morning and the Playful Prudence Doll.

Its huge!! Which means no turning little arms and legs or heads through tiny little necks. The construction is a little different which I really liked. I would highly recommend the pattern although I must confess to a VERY cursory glance at the instructions, I'm  a risk taker like that. Although what I saw was super easy to understand with lots of great diagrams.

Also , clothes. I have attempted to make removable clothes for some of the other dolls I have made and lets just say I am no pattern drafter. FAIL. This comes with a dress , apron and long john things which I confess I am yet to finish, but just like the doll are well drafted and easy to put together. On the dress I skipped the facings and used bias binding.

I suck big time at embroidery on any level so my face is super simple but I figured the 1year old wouldn't care.

Here's an old picture of one the first ones I made , this one is a Black Apple doll with child number 3, now a bit older but still pretty cute.

Here is a few of the 'a bit of whimsy' Jane dolls. 

Here's the future doll owner with an Oreo she found . Nice.

NOTE; I haven't included links as I am a blog virgin and am not confident on how to do it correctly as I know there is an etiquette involved re:traffic. Although I am sure I will be the only one looking at it anyway!



just found one more doll picture- A Harry Potter version of the Black Apple Doll.