I got my reader doll dressed and coiffed today.  I had recently read a great book on making cloth dolls and how to make precise little garments.  I tried a few but went back to draping and attaching the garment to the body.  Since I am working by hand, I like using the garments to shape and add character.  I love it when the fabric pools into a shape all its own.  I also am still attached to visible stitches — not every stitch, but enough to show the fragile nature of human structures.  Precision is not my nature.

Now I just need to make her shoes and her book.