The detail on this little Damara doll is amazing. Bought from my fellow sewing compatriot (see below). Her fingers are all individually wrapped with sewing cotton around copper wire, for definition. She has tiny little bead earrings and her hair is corn rowed down the back. Taking ito consideration that she is only about 25cm high - what amazing workmanship. On a more personal note - the fabric used is so reminescent of my childhood. 'Fasco' and 'Duitse sus'. My Mum had these fabrics in most of her little convenience stores she opened up whenever she could. Petticoats under these dresses where extrmemly important. The more petticoats you wore underneath the richer you were. I remember the sound of Lucia's petticoats as she went about helping my Mum in the house. And the smell. She smelt of Tambouti wood, from the fires she made at home. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
As I am writing this I have realised that my blogpost is to be for the love of knitting, but I am having a sewing moment. In a knitting vein - I am off to post my first yarn swop ever to America.
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