Old Pantyhose Dolls. Ew!

We went to my aunt’s for thanksgiving, and she produced the creepy pantyhose dolls!  They are even worse than I remember.

Behold:

Not the best background choice. I get that.

I'm pretty sure that's a patch of fur fabric used as hair.

It also looks like I used a rubber band to create the nose.  It likely never occurred to me that it would eventually break.  And yes, I just used some blue marker for the eyes.  And stuffed it with cotton balls.

I'm pro with this one.

We’ve moved up to button eyes and yarn hair!  But we’ve lost hands.  Not sure if that’s a wash.

I actually remember this one quite well.  It was a pattern that I cut out, and then cut fabric to match the pattern.  Of course I hadn’t the slightest idea how to sew.  No one I knew did things like that at the time.  In fact, if a coat lost a button….we probably just got new coats.

So anyway, there are the aforementioned dolls.  BTW, I would like to confirm that is indeed a word.

Owl Softie

I like owls.  I like little dolls.  I like creepy things.  Apparently, I used to make little dolls for my aunt out of pantyhose.  It probably wasn’t even clean pantyhose.  But I digress.

I saw a design for an owl and Raccoon softie in an Aimee Ray book, and I took the basic outline and then went my own way with it.  Rules hurt my heart.  I didn’t plan what I was going to do…I kind of made it up as I went along.  I was initially thinking of putting a big bug on the belly, but I ultimately decided that would be too much and that I would save the bugs for another project.  I’ve got lots of ideas for bugs.  Don’t worry.

Blue stitching? Why not?

Ready for stuffing!

I get a big kick out of this photo.

He's a leaner.

In retrospect, I could have added a little panel on the bottom so that he could stand on his own.  As it is, he has to lean against something.  Oh well….live and learn.  Or fall flat on your face for the rest of your life…like this poor little owl.