The latest addition to my little set of seasonal dolls is finished! Please say g’day to Ms Spring!
Ms Spring is, obviously, a spring-y kind of a girly; she is actually made from the exact same ivory calico as her sister Ms Winter but has light coffee-coloured skin thanks to a long hot soaking in a cup of strong coffee. Not Ms Spring herself, of course, but her fabric prior to her making! She has green/blue eyes, and tawny golden blonde hair. I’m super pleased with her hair! It started out life pale grey in colour; Morris & Sons Empire 4ply, 100% Australian merino “French Grey”, and I dyed it in a yellow/orange dye solution, the same dye-bath that I used for this jacket. I wanted the colour to be a bit blotchy and two-tone, because natural hair IS is a bit variegated in colour so that’s a more realistic look…. so dunked the completely dry wool straight into the bath and just minimally swirled it about, just a little bit. I’m so so happy with the pretty range of warm golden yellows I got! I also really adore her side-swept fringe ‘do…
Up top, she is wearing her cocktail dress; a blush pink sequinned number which is in my humble opinion, the most divine shade of pink ever invented!! How much would I like a dress for myself in this colour?? SOOOOOOOOO much! I know, I know, I should just make one. Sally though, since my actual life involves zero need for a pretty pink sequinned dress I’m just going to settle for making one for this young lady instead 
Her matching necklace is all pink; pink jewellery wire, with a pink-y apricot pearl bead.
on Wednesdays we wear pink….
Her summer dress is a checked yellow rayon, beautifully drape-y… this fabric is a little fray-y, so I went to the effort of a narrow rolled hem. So fancy!
Really though – really – the piece de resistance for me for this dolly has been her winter outfit… imo this turned out rather chic, if I say so myself!! I’d made the denim blue leggings, and knitted her little blue beanie… and then just couldn’t settle on a good colour/look for her turtleneck sweater dress. I actually made three other rejected candidates, prior to this one! None of them were just right, too dull, or too bright – it’s really important to me that all the pieces in my dolly’s wardrobes tone together really beautifully and have a lovely and harmonious overall colour scheme. I love this dolly’s colour scheme; it’s soft and sorta cheerfully pretty in a muted way, a bit stronger than pastel but definitely not bright. I just couldn’t settle upon a fabric/colour that fitted my vision. Then I made this ivory sweater dress, which is nice, but still not quiiiiite right, and finally I hit upon the idea of adding embroidery to the yoke, to make it look a bit like a fair isle sweater. Well, that’s what I think, anyway! And it all clicked into place! It has blue -the same blue as her beanie -, the orange is the same wool as her hair, except I soaked it in the dye bath for a lot longer to just get a stronger colour – and grassy yellow/green. Now, it’s perfect, I think!
And of course she has a duffle bag! to carry all her stuff! It is made of wide-wale corduroy, that I dyed also to get this shade of caramel brown, and it has a pocket both front and back too. Goodness knows what she is going to put in those pockets, but as we all know, a girl can never have too many pockets, no?!
Oh! of course she has underwear too… a pair of lacey boy-leg briefs, with an embroidered yellow rose on the front, so you can tell the front from the back.
you can see her light, coffee-coloured skin shade better in this picture, I think 
Here she is, with everything!
But wait, not quite everything! There’s more! Lastly, just one more thing… when I sent Ms Winter off, I made at the very last minute a drawstring carry bag, with an inset tulle window, so she can see out… this can store her and all her clothes and possessions in one place, for when she’s not being played with, or out on display or whatever. So, of course I had to make one for Ms Spring too, in a shade of spring-y turquoise that fits nicely in with her particular colour scheme.
She is currently listed for sale over in our shop
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