Meet Kendra

I just love this little doll! Kendra is 12" tall, has chocolate brown skin, espresso brown hair, black eyes, and rosy cheeks. I adore the print on her skirt... in fact, it is made from a remnant of fabric left over from an outfit I made for my own daughter's "baby." It is light pink with small doodles of hearts, flowers, four-leaf clovers, and bugs, and is covered with cursive-writing words like "play," "dance," "believe," etc.

My favorite thing about Kendra's outfit is her hand-knit cotton tank top. I came up with the pattern for it specifically for this doll and it turned out so cute! It has a small band of ribbing on the bottom, stocking stitch on the body, and garter stitch on the straps. It buttons in the back for easy removal and looks so cute even without the layering shirt! I can see myself making lots of these tanks for summer dolls.

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Meet Heidi

Here is a recent addition to my Etsy shop.... her name is Heidi. She is 12 inches tall, has lots and lots of sandy colored hair in my favorite super-soft cotton/modal blend yarn, blue eyes, light skin tone, and rosy cheeks. If I had been able to design a custom Waldorf doll as a child, she would have looked exactly like this!

I have been making a lot of hand-knit shoes lately. Maybe because my own slippers are getting old and sporting enormous holes so I'm living my dream of new slippers vicariously through the dolls I make. Or maybe they're just cute! In any case, all my dolls come with an accessory, and this month it's mostly knit shoes!

See Heidi in my Etsy Shop: Janel's Rainy Day Toys