The dolls look cool and cute, and they dressed in style.
One day I got the sudden whim to try my hand at making one such cutie doll. It seemed quite easy.
I was impatient though. I just cut out the fabrics more or less similar to the pattern in the book without seriously making the pattern on paper.
I wondered if the doll would end up like a Frankenstein’s monster.
Besides stinging the finger now and then, I guess sewing is at least as good as meditation. It is relaxing, productive and creative. It made me think about the nature of creation. Women have been sewing it for centuries. And now I am doing it. Good.
Even with a little help from my mini-sewing machine, it took me much longer than expected. Starting from late afternoon, I only finished it after 2am after midnight.
No hope to make a living by selling hand-made dolls. With my slow production, it has to be sold at a few hundred dollars. But you could easily get a cute Made in China soft toy for just HKD10. Besides, my needlework is poor!
Because of my impatience, it is quite a failure. It’s hardly as cool as the book’s example.
I wanted to make a teddy bear but the poor needlework at the ears made it look more like a cat. The material used was not quite right too. The head ended up too heavy for the neck to bear, so its head is naturally drooping. It is such a pessimist!
The good thing is, it could do amazing contortion.
And with long and thin legs it easily makes charming posture and is good for a super-mini model. 
But it wants a sibling to play with…
