I'm really rather pleased with her and will be keeping her for La Mignonette (my little French doll shop) but I have a further three on my desk in different colours, which will be listed on the website as soon as they're finished.
For such a little doll (she measures a smidgen under 1 3/4" tall) there's quite a lot of sewing in her costume, so I've been wielding an impossibly small needle, threaded with superfine thread. There's something very calming about sewing tiny stitches, and transforming a few inches of silk and lace into a perfectly fitted costume for one of my little dolls.
Granted, when I occasionally drop the needle, I have to scrabble around on the floor with a magnifying glass in order to find it. And just picking it up from the desk can take several minutes as it always takes several attempts to catch it. Similarly, threading it is a challenge, usually accomplished with the help of my powerful magnifying lamp.
So why do I persist in using such a small needle?
Primarily because using a normal size sewing needle would make disproportionately big holes in the tissue-thin silk, ruining it completely. But also because it is impossible to do anything other than sew tiny stitches with such a tiny needle.
As any crafts person will tell you, having the right tools for the job is half the battle.....
1 comment:
That's why I bought a huge quantity of super thin Japanese needles when I was in Singapore: they are next to impossible to find in Italy.
Love the doll :o))
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