I made this yesterday, totally on a whim.

I already had another doll half-completed, but had reached an impasse with her clothes. Crimplene mini-skirted, I just couldn’t think where to go with it next.

So I went somewhere else entirely.

I’d had a sudden thought that I wanted to try making some sort of creature-esque doll. And that I wanted to make it in patterned fabric.

When I began, I really wasn’t sure whether it was going to turn out to be a creature, or a doll with creaturely features.

In the end it turned out to be a bit of both.

It’s a little bit doll-in-fancy-dress, a little bit Where the Wild Things Are and a tad I’m-not-quite-sure-what.

A cute, female version of Frank in Donnie Darko, perhaps?

Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

I hand stitched the face on, but I’m not doing it like that next time as I’m not entirely happy with the result.

I tried covering up my less-than-perfect stitching with trim, but it just didn’t look right. A bit too Kenny from South Park. So I unpicked and took it off again.

In future I’ll appliqué the face on first.

It’s a shame the term bunny girl has such unfortunate associations, because I can’t think of what else to call her.

Frankie, maybe? ♥