I've been working on simple samples of soft dolls and animals in order to create a model to use for making small toys to give to children in difficult situations. I'd also like to organize and lead some workshops at drop-in shelters and similar places as a way to teach basic sewing skills and give others the opportunity to pass on gifts they've made.
With her unbleached muslin head, torso, and arms, and commercial fabric legs and feet, this doll is a funky composite of ideas and techniques stored in my head. She's stuffed with unbleached wool roving except for her feet, which are filled with noisy, crunchy dried organic buckwheat hulls.*
Note her "joints" at the elbows, hips and knees. She can sit or kneel (with support).
* Organic dried buckwheat hulls are clean and light; they make great filling for some projects. My source is J. Crow's Marketplace (see link). They also have wonderful dried flowers, oils, and other related products.
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