As promised yesterday, here she is…

This is the doll I made at Jess Quinn’s workshop on Saturday.

As you can see, I took full advantage of the lovely bits and bobs on offer to make and clothe her.

I didn’t manage to get everything finished at the workshop itself, but I snaffled up the bits I’d been working on and enough little extras to finish off her outfit at home.

As I may have mentioned, I do love Jess Quinn’s work and it was great to hear her talk about her influences and inspirations.

I also loved to learn new techniques.

But I didn’t want to produce something that felt like too close an imitation of Jess’s own work. I wanted my doll to be my own.

I hope I succeeded.

Personally, I love her. Although, I did worry that she was going to turn out too “cute” – so to toughen her up a bit, I gave her a tattoo:

And I added some of my own fabrics to the back of her frock – which also handily covered up a couple of stains on the vintage doily the frock was made from:

She wasn’t the only thing I came home with, though.

I’m afraid I also succumbed to the lure of the best pair of £5 shoes I had ever seen.

They winked at me across the room from the top of a vintage china cabinet all through the workshop, until I had to go over and check them out.

Well, wouldn’t you?

They’re only Top Shop, not proper vintage. But they’re still rather nice.

And of course, I also had to buy one of Jess Quinn’s pieces.

Well, it would’ve been rude not to.

I loved making my doll… and now I’m in two minds as to whether to make more.

What do you think? ♥