She was born this weekend, and her hair alone (fashioned from cheap human hair extensions and then dyed red) worked my fingers raw. She is named for her many freckles and coloring, her skin tone to start with was plastic pink. It took three successive layers of chalk and sealant to give her a little bit of a (yellower)tan.
When I ordered the Basaak (very affordable but terrible Blythe clone) that became Serafinn, I placed an order for a head thinking it wouldn't hurt to practice a bit more. She therefore inherited Serafinn's terrible body, while Serafinn enjoys a nice jointed one. I had no idea that Clementine would end up with so much personality, that hair alone is ridiculous! she needs a better body, someday...
I took her outside on a whim to take a few shots for this post and realized a few things. The-terrible-body is extremely difficult to pose, her original eye-chips need to go and her hair is quite frizzy. Plus it immediately started raining, so back inside we went to regroup:
The dress I made on Sunday, using the sleeve of a chambray shirt, the coat is so far the only piece of clothing I purchased. It is hand made and has two interesting qualities: the Disney fabric and mini toggles. I don't plan on buying clothing for the girls, sewing for them is part of my motivation* for making them in the first place. The shoes unfortunately I will have to but for now they are always-barefoot-girls...
By the way, this is what the face looks like before anything is done to it, you can see on this picture that I have sanded the back plate already:
* I have not examined too closely the other parts of my motivation to collect dolls ; )
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She turned out very cute!!!
Posted by: Lisa | May 06, 2014 at 06:37 PM
Hello Lisa!
I think I would love to have a little girl to dress... I don't get to do it to Elodie enough!
juju
Posted by: juju | May 06, 2014 at 07:06 PM
Clementine is so cute! I love her red hair. I look forward to seeing how you develop their personalities!
Posted by: Alexandra Audrey | May 07, 2014 at 02:45 AM
Wowee. She and Serafinn are really pretty! I bow to your determination and hard work. It's fascinating how you can customize everything, including the eyes. Pretty cool.
Posted by: Larissa | May 07, 2014 at 08:49 AM