"PENNY DOLL" from a MASTER DOLL ARTIST!

First just let me say what a TALENT Kate Erbach is. I am sooooo happy to have found the F-I-E-N-D-S OF C-L-O-T-H D-O-L-L-S yahoo group. Amongst the members are some of the world's most talented dollmakers! KATE ERBACH is one of them and for some reason we have made a connection. Her work has inspired me and I realize that dollmaking is what I've always wanted to do! So I shall.... I am posting pictures that I took of ALEXIS... She is made from Claire Pruitt's "Penny Doll" pattern for the FOCD "Penny Doll" challenge. Alexis was withdrawn from the challenge however. That is my gain...heeheehee.... Alexis is consructed from Silk linen...in a buff color for the face, neck, arms - the torso and upper legs made from a turquoise silk linen. Her legs are constructed from a stiped turquoise cotton fabric. Her eyes are skillfully embroidered onto her skillfully needle-scuplted face as well as her pink lips...Her hairdo has been beautifully embroidered ... WOW! these pictures do not do this girl justice! Now her dress is simply g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s topped off with a beautiful lace collar and she is wearing lovely shrimp-colored cotton pantaloons trimmed in lace. She is sporting a beautiful pair of painted-on boots...her period dress is made of a delicate cotton print tied with a luminous pale greenish-turquoise silk ribbon and trimmed with a turquoise/cream cotton lace at the elbows and hem. Lets get to another favorite....her MONSTER GORGEOUS B-O-N-N-E-T! It is made from a heavy cotton lined with shrimp colored silk dupioni and topped off with feathers and flower arrangment! She is topped off with a beautifully made cape of the same heavy cotton. This is truly a M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-C-E ! ! ! Thank you Kate...