Wednesday, February 24, 2021 The Tilda Doll

I appreciate the phrase “travel stained.” It really describes quite well how you feel when you’ve spent any amount of time traveling, whether it’s in a car or in an airplane (or some other mode of transportation). You get home and feel like there are miles of food crumbs, sweat and weariness on you that need to be washed away.

Now that we are back home after being away to celebrate our granddaughter’s first birthday, I can reveal the project that kept me busy for that last couple of weeks: the Tilda Sweetheart Doll with a matching outfit for the darling girl.

I know what you’re thinking and it’s true: a one-year-old is not old enough to appreciate playing with dolls. But it was so fun to work on, even though I made lots of mistakes and had to use the seam ripper so many times I almost despaired I’d get ever get it all done in time. It’s the kind of thing I would have enjoyed doing for my own daughter if I’d had the time.

Worth it! I hope she learns to love playing with dolls as much as I did when I was little. And as she gets bigger I can make another set of matching outfits when she’s old enough to be delighted by it. At this point, the delight was entirely for the adults. 🙂

Time to put away the sewing machine for awhile. Maybe there will be actual watercolors to share on the next Watercolor (Crafty) Wednesday.

I will probably (not) delete this in the morning.