Playing with (paper) Dolls

This lit­tle har­le­quin dancer is sit­ting on my work­table wait­ing for a face. That’s always the hard part.

I started with the doll parts and some fancy red and gold paper that became her tights.

Then she got a skirt.

I started with some organza and cut two lay­ers. the upper layer is notched and then the edge is fin­ished with a blan­ket stitch and some gold beads. Get­ting the beads to sit just right was a bit fid­dly and I had to wear my read­ing glasses to see what I was doing. I don’t think I’ll try this with smaller beads!

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