tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40159180047951840752024-03-13T04:34:39.252+01:00My Waldorf style dollsAbout handmade dolls moje lalki waldorfskiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326073343951972009noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015918004795184075.post-69767948519219769382016-04-27T12:23:00.001+02:002017-04-10T21:13:06.001+02:0064. What has happened to Philip<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">... when suddenly I realised there was no Philip in the room. You know, Philip - my new doll. He was neither in his bed nor on the table where he used to sit; he was not even on the sill of the window he looked through so often. His new pillow disappeared too, I noticed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">H'm, there was still that fabric lying on the table I sewed Philip's pillow from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I looked and saw some funny foxes playing in the dark forest that formed the pattern of the fabric. Quite a nice and fairy-tale scene that appealed to Philip, I remembered suddenly, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so much. The foxes in the fabric looked at me curiously...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is it possible that he walked to the forest himself?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And indeed I found Philip in the forest. I saw him lurking under a big tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First he looked for the foxes, said Philip later, but soon he got tired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Philip is a Waldorf style boy-doll entirely handmade by me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He is 36 cm tall (14 inches).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He is all made from natural high quality materials:a special Swiss cotton jersey designed for dollmakers, clean washed natural sheepswool, embroidered threads and wool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His clothes are sewn or handknit by me using natural good quality materials: cotton, velvet and wool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I knew Philip liked sleeping so I made him a cotton pyjama: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He usually puts on a grey cotton T-shirt and dark-blue </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">velvet</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">trousers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The T-shirt is easy to put on since it is cut at the back and has snap fasteners </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I sewed on a big pocket on his trousers for collecting treasures like shells, pebbles, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Obviously he possesses colourful knickers sewn from cotton jersey and short socks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Philip's shoes are sewn from navy wool. They have a lemon linen and shoe-laces of the same colour. The laces are long enough to make it easy to tie them. I stitched down a button on each shoe to easily distinguish the right shoe from the left one (a good exercise for a child playing with a doll, isn't it?). They are very comfortable, says Philip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When it is cold Philip puts on a wool cardigan, a hat </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and a neckerchief </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end I must mention that Philip has also got a woolen ball to play with and this famous pillow which caused him to walk to the forest and look for the foxes at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This wee boy is looking for a family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you would like to adopt him, he is available here on my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Philip is suitable for children aged four or older.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you need more information please contact me at <i><span style="color: #674ea7;">kbm.1507@gmail.com</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will be happy to answer your questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You will also find more photos and information about Philip <u><a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/search/label/doll%20Philip" target="_blank">here</a></u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Have a pleasant day.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Philip <u><a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2016/03/60my-first-boy-doll.html#links" target="_blank">who you already know</a></u> - my new Waldorf boy doll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today Philip was ready to go outdoors early in the morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He had his woolen hat on and even started putting on his cardigan </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when we both noticed looking at the window panes that they were getting wet with rain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No, that's awful. It's raining again.", sighed Philip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resigned he turned away from the window </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and quickly took down the hat from his head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't worry, said I, You can play here at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I showed him something: Look, what lovely blocks they are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I said that but I too remembered that we planned </span>to go for a big stroll to the lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Too bad, I heard him muttered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, maybe..., I thought looking at Philip's tee-shirt, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ans after some time a colourful little ball lay close </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a great play, he repeated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">full of warmth and joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And let The New Year bring hapinness, health </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and prosperity to all of you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">composed in one of dialects in the Polish language.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I leave it as it goes because it is untranslatable.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f8f4f4; color: #565c5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 17.248px;"><i>"Po to jest tyn godni cas</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f8f4f4; color: #565c5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 17.248px;"><i>Coby miyłość kwitła w nos</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It happened to me last Saturday, when I and my hubby drove to Świnoujście.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went down to the beach near LNG Terminal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kitten was lovely, all striped with white bootees on his four paws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What did he do here? - we wondered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps he waited for the Qatari ship departure. Just like us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tanker with a liquified gas arrived in Świnoujście a few day ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First we saw tug boats sailing up to the tanker. They looked so small compared with the colossal ship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were five. The boats were changing their position and finally they ranged themselves around the tanker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next the ship together with the tug boats around started to move very slowly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, yes, it was evident the ship was moving. Very slowly but steadily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suddenly we heard the hooter from the ship and after that the engines were turned on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a project organised by Maria from "<u><a href="http://www.mariengold.net/" target="_blank">Mariengold</a></u>" and Caroline from "<u><a href="http://naturkinder.typepad.com/naturkinder/" target="_blank">Naturkinder</a></u>", </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Wednesday the wether was bad in Wrocław. It was cloudy and rainy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nevertheless neither me nor Amy paid attention to it, because we were occupied with preparations for an appointment we had on that day. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So exciting! We were invited by Mrs. </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wolnaszkola.one.pl/" target="_blank">Ola Węgrzyn</a></u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to visit children in her small </span><a href="http://wolnaszkola.one.pl/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><u>Waldorf nursery school called "Słoneczko"</u>.</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we came children already waited for Amy. They were really curious to get to know her and to learn what she was like. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started taking about Amy, about how she would love to be with children and play with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They immediately became fond of Amy. I took a few photos and decided to look and listen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the beginning Amy's clothes seemed were important. The children glanced at them willingly and then started experimenting with them. So they took them off first, and then they redressed Amy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then they had an idea to put Amy to bed. But first they wanted to put on her bootees. They examined them carefully. They really liked them. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Rose put on the bootees, another girl held Amy's head. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you notice how delicate and careful she was?..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, no. Before Amy fell asleep she wanted to have her hands lying on the quilt, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the children did, as she wished.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Are you all rigth now?".. - they asked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day Ola emailed me, "Amy united the whole kindergarten in a big family: there was Mum, Dad, sisters and brothers, cousins and all possible folks."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She added: "For a long time I haven't seen such a good and peaceable play of all children." </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was proud of Amy. Well, well such a little cloth doll, I thought, and she evoke so many good feelings in children - liking, sympathy, care, joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end I would like to thank Ola for the invitation. Thanks to her kindness I spent a lovely afternoon with the children from her kindergarten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to thank Maria from "Mariengold" and Caro from "Naturkinder" for the idea and organisation of the project, for their advice and lots of tips on how to make dolls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And above all my special "thank you" to my lovely readers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It snowed yesterday morning for the first time this autumn. For a short while we had lovely white fresh snow which sadly melted away quickly. It seems winter is slowly approaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only has she clothes, she has also her name. I could say "at last!", because as a matter of fact I do not like talking about my dolls namelessly. Usually when I make a doll, her name pops up together with the doll herself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously it was different this time, since I concentrated more on the construction,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However at times I pondered on the name of my doll who was slowly taking shape. It seemed to me that she downright required more than just calling her "doll" or "dolly"...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can see that Amelia enjoys coloured clothes, above all red and yellow as her favourites. It appeals to me, especially that she likes yellow reminding of the sunny summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I made her a cotton dress in her favourite colour (red, of course). Then I hand knitted warm bootees from wool in a shade of brown and red. In addition I made lovely socks from cotton jersey in the colour of the hot summer sun. When I dressed her Amy looked really happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later I found some red wool just to knit Amy's cardigan and from light alpaca I knitted a sweet bonnet and a big warm shawl. I do hope Amy will gladly wear it when the weather changes and winter comes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here she is admiring "The sun egg" by Else Beskow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now I am inviting you to Days 3 and 4 of our making dolls together in the project "Puppenmitmacherei" organised by <u><a href="http://www.mariengold.net/" target="_blank">Mariengold </a></u>and <u><a href="http://naturkinder.typepad.com/naturkinder/2015/07/puppenmitmacherei-2015-das-erste-treffen.html" target="_blank">Naturkind</a>er</u>. (More about the project you will find <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2015/07/53-puppenmitmacherei-day-1-dedicated-to.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to make the following: construct the doll's head and stuff the doll's limbs, decide on the doll's look, especially her face; crochet the doll's wig and then assemble all these elements, sew the doll and make the doll finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My doll has turned out to be a rather small simple Waldorf doll. I agree with <u><a href="http://www.figandme.com/blog/2014/3/31/starting-your-doll-making-adventure" target="_blank">Fig&Me</a></u> that it is most important in a Waldorf doll that the doll's head resembles the shape of a human head. It is acquired by rolling strips of sheep wool to create a ball in your hands. Then the head is sculpted with thread and often with needle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having the doll's head formed I began to look at her pondering what her face would look like. I did her little nose; almost invisible, but still well seen in profile. The doll's facial features were embroidered with floss. In my opinion her blue eyes and rose-pink mouth would well harmonize with her light shade of skin. For her skin I used a cotton fabric I bought at <u><a href="http://www.lalinda.pl/" target="_blank">Lalinda </a></u>some time ago. Although I prefer darker nuances I made very light hair using <u><a href="http://www.waldorfdolls.co.uk/" target="_blank">DollyMo Brushable Mohair</a></u>. I crocheted a wig using a crochet hook 2,5 mm following a special technique by Juliane from <u><a href="http://frokenskicklig.blogspot.se/2013/09/doll-wigs-dollymo-brushable-product.html" target="_blank">Froken Skicklig</a></u>. The hair made in this way is very delicate and soft and it has a very natural touch. Once the wig was finished I sewed it thoroughly to the head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stuffed the legs and arms and partially the body, and then I attached the head to the body and sewed the arms to the body. I also added some details to the finished doll such as dimples to mark knees and elbows. Finally I coloured the doll's face to make it more expressive by colourind delicately her cheeks with wax crayon. In the same way I coloured slightly her knees and elbows They look as if she scraped them in the garden. On reflection I also coloured the tip of her nose making it look a bit frozen as if from playing outdoors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here is a <u><a href="http://naturkinder.typepad.com/naturkinder/2015/10/puppenmitmacherei-2015-das-vierte-treffen.html" target="_blank">link</a> </u>where you can view other colleagues participating in the project.</span></div>
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moje lalki waldorfskiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326073343951972009noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015918004795184075.post-91086185037403135502015-08-05T13:46:00.000+02:002017-03-31T11:29:01.778+02:0052. "Puppenmitmacherei" - 2nd online Meeting: Preparations<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome to the Second Day of making dolls together in an online event "Puppenmitmacherei". </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I will show you the patterns I have prepared and then I will sew individual doll parts I am going to work on in the upcoming meetings. However before I do this let me look in on Maria's blog (</span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mariengold.net/puppenmitmacherei-vorbereitungen-2/" target="_blank">Mariengold</a></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) who together with Caroline (</span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://naturkinder.typepad.com/naturkinder/" target="_blank">Naturkinder</a></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) have organised Puppenmitmacherei.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What does Maria write about? She recapitulates our previous work and accurately specifies our second meeting tasks. That is, we already know what we want to sew. We know more or less what our doll will look like. We have our patterns ready or make modifications we talked about before. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now we can lay the tricot that will be used for the doll body and put the patterns on, mark the contours of the patterns, cut them out and sew the doll parts by sewing machine or by hand. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simple, isn't it? It looks so, but I am sure all of us know how important all these elements are. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I like the straight and systematic way Maria presents successive steps of creating a doll. In addition she gives lots of useful tips and practical suggestions. It is worth reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Asuuming she will be 36 cm tall I have prepared patterns accordingly. On Day 1 I thought of a different pattern, but eventually I decided on a classic pattern with such proportions where the doll head is one fourth of the whole height of the doll. I used a typical Waldorf doll pattern with a body and legs as one piece. When I prepare a particular pattern I usually make some small changes. This time I too modified the pattern a bit. I think I slightly slimmed the legs and subtly changed the shape of the body. Much more attention I paid to the arms. I wanted them to be bent more than the hands of my previous dolls. That is how I visualized it. I made a new arm pattern I would test in our upcoming meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I sewed the doll parts by sewing machine (applying a double simple elastic stitch) with the use of a strong polyster sewing thread. The contours of the patterns were marked with the use of a plain pencil and air-erasable pen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now that I have the doll parts sewn and ready I will put them aside for a while, because now I am going to work on the doll head, For me it is the most interesting step in the process of creating a doll. And this will be one of the topics in our next meeting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far I have always begun making a doll with the forming of the doll head. In this project we have started with the making of the body and limbs first which is quite new for me. Well, I enjoy this project and I am glad I will try some new approaches and methods. I must remember however and check if the head of my planned doll will not exceed 9 cm in diameter!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will see you on September 2 (our third meeting), when my doll will be ready!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And now I am leaving to visit my colleagues. I wonder what they are writing about and what their dolls look like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is a </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://new.inlinkz.com/view.php?id=551680" target="_blank">link </a></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to all participants of our second meeting.</span></div>
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moje lalki waldorfskiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326073343951972009noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015918004795184075.post-14778242427220961902015-07-01T23:10:00.000+02:002017-03-31T11:30:33.021+02:0051. Puppenmitmacherei - Day 1 dedicated to ideas and inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As you may know I have decided to take part in the online event called "Puppen mit macherei", meaning "making dolls together" in English. The event is organised by "<a href="http://www.mariengold.net/" target="_blank">Mariengold</a>" and "<a href="http://naturkinder.typepad.com/naturkinder/2015/07/puppenmitmacherei-2015-das-erste-treffen.html" target="_blank">Naturkinder</a>", known in the doll making world. What is it about? Its purpose is to gather a group of participants (thirty-eight at the moment), not necessarily doll makers, who will make their own dolls and report about it on their blogs. We will be meeting online once a month till December. Great idea, isn't it? Of course we will communicate, exchange experience and views, learn from each other and admire other colleagues' work. This will be trully sewing dolls together.</div>
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My first doll OLA I made myself was for a little girl. Here she is in this photo below. (More about her <u><a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2013/03/2-my-first-waldorf-doll-ola.html" target="_blank">here</a></u>.)</div>
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I became interested in doll making quite accidentally about three years ago, when listening to the radio I heard the programme about Waldorf dolls often called dolls with soul. It was a kind of <br />
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As for books and further inspirations I have really enjoyed the review of books in one of <u><a href="http://www.mariengold.net/puppenmitmacherei-anleitungsbuecher-eine-unvollstaendige-liste/" target="_blank">Mariengold last posts</a></u>. Apart from classics on doll making written by Karin Neuschutz, Freya Jaffke or Maricristin Sealey, Maria commented on books I did not know. They seem very interesting, inspiring with lots of ideas. I like especially "Biegepuppchen selbst gemacht" by Crisitina Cevales-Labonde or"Simple Cloth Daisy Dolls" by Wenche O. Steensen.<br />
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* Who is a doll for? - I have not yet decided, but I am beginning to think she will be for me.<br />
* What does she look like?/Will I use a pattern or create my own? - I am thinking of adopting a Waldorf doll pattern from Karin Neuschutz's classic "Sewing dolls" by changing a bit the shape of arms and legs and by trying a new way of attaching the limbs to the body.<br />
* Colours - At this stage I take it the doll's skin will be of light colour. Her hair will probably be brown/brown-red, reaching shoulder blades.<br />
* Materials - I will use a good quality Swiss cotton jersey for the doll's body and limbs. The doll's hair will be crocheted from DollyMo yarn I have purchased from <u><a href="http://waldorfdolls.co.uk/" target="_blank">little oke dolls</a></u>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is warm... We sit in the sun just emerging from beyond the clouds. But soon the sun disappears and it gets cold for a change. However it does not last long, because the sun finds a wee bit of hole in the clouds and it shines and lightens the beach again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It looks like a kind of game we all sitting on the beach patiently observe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How funny she is with this blanket." - I think to myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resting against the wooden stake, Lettie looks curiously at the lines on the sand, shaped by the blowing wind. She even feels sharp grains of sand on her cheeks. "Now that is strange." - I can hear her comment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beach, however, turned out to be a boring place for Lettie. A nearby slope seemed much more interesting. There she noticed a withered uprooted tree and some small bushes. And she discovered it sitting quietly on her blanket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Be careful, Lettie! Or you'll tear your tummy."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, don't worry. I look after myself." - answered she climbing the tree trunk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I pondered over Lettie's hair I did not presume it would be pink.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was becoming convinced about pink colour little by little while working on my previous doll</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I saw her for the first time, she was sitting under the tree near a little creek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* body - a special cotton jersey designed for dollmakers (Swiss cotton with Oko-Tex label) in a warm light brown colour;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* light dress - sewn from a delicate cotton, embellished with a white ricrac edging and a light pink lace. The dress is easy to put on since it is cut at the back. It has snap fasteners with complementary beautiful vintage mother of pearl buttons<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #666666; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; text-align: center;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* bootees - hand knit (adopting <a href="http://www.poupz.com/">LePouPz</a> pattern). I used a cotton yarn in a warm apricot shade. The bootees are embellished with two ribbons and vintage mother of pearl buttons.</span></div>
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First thing in the morning Tosia-Reddie asked me a question. It was about colours.</div>
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"What is your favourite colour? - she asked.</div>
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"As for me I like PINK. It is the loveliest colour on our planette."</div>
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Then she looked critically at herself and sighed deeply, because she had <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2015/01/49-beginning-of-year.html" target="_blank">no pink clothes</a> at all. Not a single item.</div>
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" You do not like this colour, do you?" - she glanced at me.</div>
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"No, why..." - started I - I like pink, but in small doses... I think."</div>
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Tosia-Reddie continued. - "When one looks at pink flowers with green leaves, they are so beautiful... I need a pink scarf or shoes or just a bootee. It's my dream."<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her hair is unruly. It sticks up in different directions for most of the time. .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not only is she unruly and scatterbrained </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but also cheerful, amusing and dear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And yet I wonder if it is possible that all these advantages</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few days later we went to the department store to do some shopping. Afterwards we sat on the bench in a big hall to have a rest. I started tidying up Tosia-Reddie's hair with my fingers. Near us there was sitting a little girl with her Mom. I noticed that the girl was playing with a smartphone...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Maya... And now Marianne is leaving... Marianne who I sometimes called Patience has found a a very special home. I am glad, but I can't help it that I will miss her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to have a look at Marianne's story, it is <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/search/label/doll%20Marianne" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here is a photo of Marianne before her flight to a new home. "Is it far?" - asks the doll. "It is not if you go by plane. You'll be in time, I am sure." - I calm her and Marianna looks delighted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maya has found a new family of her own. Soon she will meet them. She is happy. She is so excited but also a bit anxious, so she sits on the bed and starts playing with <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2014/04/36-easter-time.html" target="_blank">Marianne's little basket.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">H'm... I'm beginning to think that I will give her this basket. Her journey will be nicer then. "What do you think?" - I ask <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/search/label/doll%20Marianne" target="_blank">Marianne</a>. "But of course. Yes, you're right." - she nods</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apart from the clothes I have made earlier Maya gets a lovely woolen cardigan, colourful leggings nd warm bootees. "They will be very useful for the upcoming winter." - I say to Maya and wink at her. The dolls giggle and Marianne notices. "And your hair is longer Maya. Your plaits are lovely."</span></div>
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This year we spent two weeks in Croatia. I remember when we reached Zagreb we decided on taking a road not a motorway. "It'll be better, you will see." - said my husband. "OK." - I agreed and added. "Yes, great. We can see more of Croatia then." And so we drove southward towards Makarska and Dalmacija.<br />
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Yet a quick look at the Velebid. View from the motorway.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has a blue cotton dress embellished with a colourful ribbon, her sleeves have a white ricrac edging. Maya's dress is easy to put on since it is cut at the back. It has snap fasteners with complementary buttons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has pulled on elastic waisted loose trousers with a white ricrac edging and lovely buttons as embellisment. The trousers are white with green leaves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She can't wait to find out what her new home will be like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maya is a sweet little girl standing around 14 inches tall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has light skin, blue eyes, pink lips and rosy red cheeks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her facial feature are hand embroidered and her cheeks are coloured with a wax crayon. Her hair is very soft white mohair crocheted into a cap. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Occasionally it can be delicately brushed with a comb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maya loves playing a lot... She is a wonderful companion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, from time to time, Maya is cross with me I do not know why, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then she does not like chatting. Luckily it does not usually last long...,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because she quickly forgets and is happy again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maya is wearing a pretty blue dress, white and greenish trousers and violet blend shoes. Her playful little ponytails are tied with a white ribbon. When there is a special day Maya ties a band with two flowers around her hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and it was such a fun to be with her all this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maya is waiting to find her own family and is hoping for a wonderful adventure in her life. She would like to give huggs, smiles and fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What am I going to work on now? I haven't decided yet. Meanwhile I cleaned off my table and went on an excursion...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was Sunday afternoon when we set out for Świnoujście. It has always been a bit of a problem when driving to Świnoujście, the last Polish town on the borderline with Germany, because it is situated on two islands. To get to the main part of the town one has to take a ferry. Sometimes the waiting time for the ferry is two hours!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As expected we saw a long queue of cars in front of us. After fifteen minutes' time we gave up and decided to withdraw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What to do?.. We heard there was a nature reserve about here, but actually never had time to visit it. We might go there now, why not. Let's try and find it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very soon we found out it was a good idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MARIANNE is a lovely Waldorf girl-doll, a true doll with soul. She is ready to love </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She is waiting impatiently for a new adventure in her little doll's life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is Marianne like? She is a gentle loving doll. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You will find more stories about Marianne and plenty of her pictures in the previous posts - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">about the beginning of our <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2014/01/29-all-of-sudden.html" target="_blank">acquaintance</a>, then about her <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2014/05/37-marianne-patience-doll.html" target="_blank">character </a>and a long <a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2014/05/38-mariannes-dress.html" target="_blank">dress</a>, and at last </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">about where </span><a href="http://mywaldorfstyledolls.blogspot.com/2014/06/39-forest-lake.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">she came from</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or you may just click the label "doll Marianne" </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at the bottom of the blog .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marianne is a Waldorf inspired doll. She is about 17 inches tall. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">She is made from a special smooth fair toned cotton jersey designed for dollmakers (swiss cotton with Oko-Tex label). She is firmly stuffed with clean, carded sheepswool, but soft enough for hugging. Her head is created in the traditional Waldorf style. Marianne's simple facial features are embroidered with floss. Her face is delicately coloured with wax crayon. She has coloured cheecks and nose. For her hair I have chosen several kinds of different woolen yarns, like mohair and boucle, of different thickness and colours. I made her hair by applying strand by strand to the embroidered head. It is very strong. Her hair can be changed, and it needs to be finger styled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because she is made of sheepswool, Marianne is soft, warm and nice to the touch. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is very pleasing to hold her and cuddle. She smells of home and gives her little friend </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a sense of security. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two pairs of underwear, long dress and petticoat, a nightdress, cardigan, bootees, pixie bonnet, shawl, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">blouse, trousers, bootees/socks, hair band to tie hair and ribbon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The doll herself and all her clothes are made from natural materials: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">her underwear, dress, petticoat, trousers and a nighgtdress from cotton; </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bootees, cardigan, shawl, hairband and ribbon from wool,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more information about how to care about Marianne visit my blog ("Waldorf doll care tutorial" page).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On that day we went to the forest. When I stopped at the parking area, we saw a little forest lake nearby. Marianne ran to the small wooden pier, sat down and happily looked around. Oh, the place was so admirable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But now Marianne sits at the end of the pier watching reflections in the water and enjoying a quiet time beside the lake. Suddenly she saw an old spider's web. She settled herself opposite the web, leaned against the embedded post and started jogging the web lightly with her foot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In answer she smiled at me knowingly. - "Do you remember?" I nodded and said to myself "very clever indeed".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I came from a fairy-tale land. " - I heard her pleasant voice. </span></div>
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<br />moje lalki waldorfskiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326073343951972009noreply@blogger.com4Międzyzdroje, Poland53.9283144 14.45048450000001653.8909149 14.369803500000016 53.9657139 14.531165500000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015918004795184075.post-32746718901363471232014-05-19T10:28:00.001+02:002017-03-30T16:13:29.549+02:0037. Marianne's dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Much to my surprise Marianne told me she would like to have a long dress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I'd love to have one. It would remind me of something." - added she.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Really?" - I was still taken aback. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far I have never made a long dress. My dolls did not ask me to do this. So it is going to be for the first time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And I started picturing a dress for Marianne. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remembered a lovely long dress I saw on Gabi Moench-Ford's <u><a href="http://fairywooldolls.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-post_18.html" target="_blank">"FairyWoolDolls" blog</a></u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whose dolls I really admire. Suddenly I wanted to make a similar dress for Marianne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When it is getting cold Marianne puts on a dark and red shawl knitted from the same wool </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as her bootees and a ribbon for her hair..., and a funny yellow pixie bonnet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can see the bonnet is warm and big enough to be easily put on her hair .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes Marianne wears a cardigan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She really likes it, especially when she plays outdoors and it is cold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we strolled yesterday it was chilly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However after a while the weather changed a bit and we even had some sunshine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marianne immediately took off her hat...</span></div>
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