The Army of Cute. - Emma Woodhouse felt doll

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08 March 2007 @ 08:30 pm

Emma Woodhouse felt doll

I enjoyed making Lizzie's Regency costume so much that I decided to make another Austen doll today. I'm really fondest of Anne Eliot, but I realized that if I made Emma instead I could dress her up a little more.

I want every doll I make from now on to have a hat, or a bonnet. It's so much fun figuring out how to make them, I can't tell you.

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Bareheaded

Her hair is absolutely unique in the history of my dolls and I kinda love it.

A pink folded felt rose.

Back of the bonnet.

It's difficult, for a person like me who hasn't really made a formal study of the costumes of the period, to come up with a bonnet that suggests gentlewoman instead of dairy maid, but I think I managed it by rounding the edges.

Aaaaand finally, Emma with Lizzie.

So, what next? Elinor and Marianne?

Tags: felt dolls, jane austen collection, leggy dolls, literary characters

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lizbee on March 9th, 2007 01:45 am (UTC)

ELINOR AND MARIANNE YES PLS.

The Bingley sisters might be fun, too. Feathers, beads and bits and bobs.

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doll_shop on March 12th, 2007 08:26 pm (UTC)

Started Caroline today! Feathers are way too much fun to work with.

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rj_anderson on March 9th, 2007 01:45 am (UTC)

Your dolls get steadily more awesome. Book!Emma has dark hair, but most people will be more familiar with the Gwyneth Paltrow version anyway. (And I confess that I myself tend to see Emma as blonde even though I had read the book before I saw the movie.)

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doll_shop on March 12th, 2007 08:28 pm (UTC)

Emma is actually the only Austen book I don't own, and that includes her juvenilia and unfinished work. I had forgotten the dark hair, but I do seem to be modeling everyone's appearance off their movie features.

She has a certain...blonde quality.

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froda_baggins on March 9th, 2007 01:52 am (UTC)

I agree with

lizbee, the Bingley sisters would be way fun. You could break out the beads and feathers!

Maybe you could do more Bennets?

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doll_shop on March 12th, 2007 08:29 pm (UTC)

A set of five little Bennetts all in a row has a tremendous amount of aesthetic appeal...

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harriet_wimsey on March 9th, 2007 03:02 am (UTC)

I've stopped by your journal periodically and marveled at your dolls, so I think I must friend you here. If only I made more than $32/week I would immediately buy Peter and Harriet. I wonder if I could coax an early birthday present out of anyone?

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doll_shop on March 12th, 2007 08:31 pm (UTC)

:-D Well it would certainly do my heart good to send Peter and Harriet off to someone whose username indicates a proper degree of obsession. Actually, it's rare for me to hold on to a doll for very long before someone buys them and I've been toying with offering discounts on some of the older unsold dolls. Is there a price at which you would consider them?

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harriet_wimsey on March 14th, 2007 02:02 am (UTC)

I soooo don't have the money, but I'd probably buy them anyway for $30. Your Peter is just perfect, and Harriet is pretty divine herself. And as a fellow library student (who doesn't enjoy library school) I feel I should show some solidarity!

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doll_shop on March 14th, 2007 02:02 pm (UTC)

:-D Then they're yours for $30 if you want them.

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harriet_wimsey on March 15th, 2007 07:32 pm (UTC)

OK, I'll do it. It's hey dot branwyn at gmail via paypal, right? Should I email you my address, then?

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doll_shop on March 16th, 2007 03:01 am (UTC)

yup, that's the name, and PayPal will give me your adress :)

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harriet_wimsey on March 16th, 2007 03:09 am (UTC)

Sent!