Born out of wool: the beginning of a cloth fairy doll
Blackberry Florence and her humble beginnings of cloth and wool, a fairy of hedges and woods and all things Fall.
Natural fiber art doll: Blackberry Florence, by fig&me
Blackberry Florence up here is a bit fickle, as all fairies I am sure. When we first dreamt her wooly being we persistently thought, and erroneously I might add, that she was a Strawberry fairy. My my, how wrong were we?
Clues here and there and she finally revealed her true self: she is the Queen of the Blackberries and her name is Florence. I am ever so glad to meet you!
Natural fiber art doll: Blackberry Florence, by fig&me
Now, if you must excuse us, we are working on her hair with large grins and also working on her wardrobe. But these photos show her in such an innocent stage I thought it wise to share them with you.
Blackberry Florence will be looking for a home as soon as she is finished. She wants to come and lord over your cupboard and entice you to bake loads of yummy fruit pies.
And now, I can post a few photos of her lovely self with her gorgeous hair, which I made using Leicester longwool locks.
Blackberry Florence and her gorgeous hand-wefted hair, via Fig&me
Blackberry Florence, a natural fiber art doll by fig and me.
I have received a few questions on how to do hair like what she has and I have already published a tutorial on how to do that. You can find it here. Of course, when using curly locks like these ones, you don’t brush them the way I do when doing Suri Alpaca. But the procedure to weft them and attach them is the same.
Next time I bring you this sweetheart, she should be wearing clothes. So keep your eyes peeled for that one. Talk soon.
