Baby

Well, this is a long overdue post, but here he is at last! I decided right before Christmas last year that my son needed a baby doll, which may or may not have been due to my looking at the amazing dolls of Lalinda, who you can find Facebook. Inspired by her beautiful creations, I created "Baby".

I kind of made up his body pattern as I went, but I feel like it turned out pretty well for my first try at a baby doll.

By far the most time consuming part of this doll was the hair. Every strand is individually stitched, and it takes hours! But I love the way it looks when it is finished.

Right now baby's only clothes are a diaper. I tried to make him more clothing and between being busy with Christmas and realizing that baby clothes don't really inspire me, they never got finished. My son doesn't seem to mind though, and is quite happy with just taking his diaper on and off.

I have to admit when I finally finished Baby and all his hair I wondered for a moment whether it was wise to actually hand him over to a very messy 14 month old child. But I decided he wouldn't do any good sitting on a shelf, and watching my son give him hugs, carry him around, and give him diaper changes has made up for occasionally having to scrub stains off his face. After all, I can always make another, right? Hahahaha.

Thanks again to the amazingly talented Janette for the pictures!