Handmade Baby.

Our youngest turned two on Thursday! We celebrated her birthday on Saturday and I finished her birthday present Monday. Fortunately just-turned-two-year-olds don't know or care about the "proper order" of things :). I made the Tag Along Doll from Hilary Lang's Wee Wonderfuls book (fabulous book, highly recommend). I went with a doll with felt hair. I haven't mastered yarn hair, yet. The original design is supposed to be accompanied by an apron with a pocket for the doll, super cute idea, but I was going for the quick route. The only modifications I made was adding the little cheek circles, the stitching detail in the hair, and the little bow. Other than that I just followed the pattern and directions bypassing the hand sewing whenever possible if I could manage by machine. Haha, hand sewing is not my favorite. Audrey loves dolls "babies" so it was very fun making her one. I loved dolls myself as a kiddo so it's been fun to share that with her.

The body of the doll is a natural linen/cotton blend that was originally a dress that I thrifted months ago. The felt is a wool blend, the dress is part of a Japanese remnant that I bought over a year ago, and the legs are a cotton/linen blend I've had on hand for just as long.

Happy Birthday sweet girl!