Wednesday, September 17, 2014

New Izannah Dolls and Primitive Rag Dolls

Here are a few pictures of some of the new Izannah Dolls and Primitive Rag Dolls we are making. During the last few months, we have been busy making quite a few new dolls, 6 new Izannah dolls in different sizes and 6 primitive rag dolls with the seed teeth, As usual atleast one of the Izannah dolls will have to go back to the drawing board for more work, but the 6 primitive dolls are getting their clothes. I had an old cutter quilt and we cut it up to make bonnets and now, a dress or two. I haven't had as much time to work on the dolls, as we are trying to clean out some buildings at mama's house for a sale in October, also she has several antique cars and they have to be worked on to get ready to sell later this year, but every available  minute I pop back to my work table to concentrate on the dolls. I have enjoyed making the primitive rag dolls the most because they are fun and I guess I just love these type of dolls. Hope you enjoy seeing these and if you have an old quilt that isn't good enough for a bed cover, consider that you can make dolls goodies with it. The bonnets are really pretty, and if you don't mind the task of separating the quilt top from the batting layer, you can make really pretty quilt top dresses. The Izannah's are about middle way through their painting and will change. It is interesting to see the changes and I will show you the difference antiquing makes in my next post.





4 comments:

  1. I love them all, Martha! The rag dolls make me smile. And even though your Izannahs change from beginning to end, the defining qualities that make them so distinctly yours is there at the start.

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  2. These new dolls have just made my day...love them all! Your Izannah style dolls just keep getting better. These darlings would be wonderful even if you stopped right where they are. Striped ticking is great for the rag dolls. These young ladies really do pull at my heart strings. How much you enjoy creating them is plain to see. They make me smile!

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  3. Lovely Izannah's Martha, Such sweet dollies. The rags made me smile too. Love those bonnets. I've never heard of seed beads for teeth, but I love that look! Great idea about the quilt tops too. I'm a bit behind, my step dad has not been feeling well, so I've been over doing meals. He's doing well now so I hope to get something done this weekend. I'm working of a form to make my rag a straw bonnet today.

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  4. Great ideas Martha !! But I could never bring myself to destroy one of my Grandmother's quilts !! Maybe check out some thrift stores to see what I can find :>) Your dolls are so wonderful !! Thank you for sharing.

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