The two bottle dolls are finished and I am very pleased with them. I started with Gia, the white wine. The colors in the label determined the colors used on her outfit. She has a silk dress that has a beautiful floral embroidered print to it which does not show in this photo. Her cape is made from a piece of cut lace to which I added simple beadwork. The major challenge of this figure was the face. I am working on improving my skill on cloth overlays. I like the fact that the face can be needle-modeled to make it more three-dimensional but the overlay does eliminate the center seam and, unlike many people, I really like the look of a center seam in a dolls face. I will admit however that the cloth overlay creates a fabulous profile so I will be continuing to work on this technique. Gia’s hair is a curly mohair with a 1940 look to it. Her evening gloves are made from lace that I painted black and she holds a rose pink fan that I made using scrapbooking paper and toothpicks. I had the hardest time trying to decide what she should be holding in her hand. I thought of grapes but nicked that idea - she just seemed to be too dressy to be holding a bunch of grapes- before settling on the fan - Very chic.
Brandy was my second figure. She is just as elegant with her dupioni silk embroidered top, cameo necklace, and velvet waistband, but her elegance is more understated than Gia. Brandy also has a cloth-overlay face. Her hair is black yarn which I separated into individual strands before needle felting it on. Of course she also has a huge hat befitting a bottle of coffee brandy
