Friday, May 8, 2009

Reluctant Scholar

Here's my latest comfort doll. She looks a bit sad, but I think she's just tentative on her first day of school. This is a Carol Emmer design from an old issue of Leisure Arts "For the Love of Cross Stitch" magazine. I still like these kinds of designs with a lot of fractionals, back stitching and shading for contours. I used Pat Winter's Inner Child Doll method of sewing on the backing by just wrapping it to the front, folding over and hand-stitching a buttonhole stitch in pearl cotton to close it. No turning inside out and no machine stitching at all. I think I need more practice, but it worked out ok.



My partner, Jane, in the Stitchin' Fingers biscornu exchange sent me a gorgeous biscornu from a Floss Box design. Didn't she do a lovely job?

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13 comments:

  1. mbroiderMay 8, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    You are so right about the contours, Annie. How long did it take you to do the whole??

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  2. JaneMay 8, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    She looks lovely. Always nice to try a different way of finishing things

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  3. KirstenMay 8, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    Oh Annie, I love the girl!
    Nice biscornu!
    I still habe problems loading the Ning network. Some days everything is okay and I can even see the pictures, but most days it is just annoying. So I am very quiet there now :-(

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  4. PumpkinMay 8, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    She's adorable Annie! I've never seen this method of finishing before.

    What a nice Biscornu you received :o)

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  5. staciMay 8, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    What a sweet doll! Thanks for that link...sounds like a great way to finish pieces like this!

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  6. mainely stitchingMay 8, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    It's a beautiful Comfort Doll!!

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  7. ChrisMay 8, 2009 at 11:39 AM

    The doll is beautiful.
    Jane did a great job on the biscornu.

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  8. OlgaMay 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    What an adorable comfort doll! Love the finishing technique too.

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  9. MyleneMay 8, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    That is such a lovely comfort doll. Great job, Annie.

    Cute biscornu you received.

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  10. RanaeMay 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM

    love the comfort doll. She looks likes she's painted. And the finishing is so creative.
    Lovely biscornu you received from Jane

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  11. Liz in KansasMay 8, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    She does look darling. The finishing method sounds like a great way to work with cross stitch. I'll definitely have to try it.

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  12. SandraMay 8, 2009 at 10:45 PM

    Your schoolgirl is so darling!!! She's not sad, just expectant of the things she'll come to on a first day of school. I admire you, love how the patterns with fractionals turn out, but my patience is too short to do large projects with it.

    The biscornu Jane did for you is so bright ad colorful! Very cheery indeed.

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  13. WendyMay 9, 2009 at 6:27 AM

    That girl is looking so lovely! Great design.

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