Reginald Jeeves doll
My apologies for the webcam resolution, but this is literally the only working camera I have at the moment.
I used Mimi Kirchner's doll template, reduced by 50 percent to make a 7" doll instead of 14" (because I wanted to be able to carry it around in my jacket pocket).
As a starter doll, this was a good character choice for color -- three felt color squares (black, white and antique white) at 29 cents a piece, four different colors of embroidery thread, which you can pick up in a huge variety pack for less than $5. I already had a set of small embroidery needles. The template didn't have any models for male clothing so I had to improvise a little. I'm not quite up to designing a long coat and bowler hat just yet, so I decided to go with the simple vest, tie and arm braces we see Jeeves wearing during series 3:
The actual body of the doll is white to match the sleeves. I cut out two slightly larger copies of the body template in black felt to make the vest and tie. To make the male hair, I cut out Wig #2 and trimmed the sides off. I elected to whip stitch it on with white thread because I liked the effect I saw in the example photos AND it reminded me of some of the subtle color accents on a few cover illustrations for the books:
Some of the smaller details were harder to pull off: some day I'll be able to stich a reasonable facsimile of Stephen Fry's nose and lips, but again I'm not quite up to that yet (and it seemed more than a little Jeevsian to just leave his expression blank). The collar was actually one of the first things I did but it's the idea I'm most proud of, because it was so simple to do. I also had the idea to use black thread to sew the head to the body and give the illusion of the loop part of his necktie.
Well, there it is. Not terrible for a first try.
I used Mimi Kirchner's doll template, reduced by 50 percent to make a 7" doll instead of 14" (because I wanted to be able to carry it around in my jacket pocket).
As a starter doll, this was a good character choice for color -- three felt color squares (black, white and antique white) at 29 cents a piece, four different colors of embroidery thread, which you can pick up in a huge variety pack for less than $5. I already had a set of small embroidery needles. The template didn't have any models for male clothing so I had to improvise a little. I'm not quite up to designing a long coat and bowler hat just yet, so I decided to go with the simple vest, tie and arm braces we see Jeeves wearing during series 3:
The actual body of the doll is white to match the sleeves. I cut out two slightly larger copies of the body template in black felt to make the vest and tie. To make the male hair, I cut out Wig #2 and trimmed the sides off. I elected to whip stitch it on with white thread because I liked the effect I saw in the example photos AND it reminded me of some of the subtle color accents on a few cover illustrations for the books:
Some of the smaller details were harder to pull off: some day I'll be able to stich a reasonable facsimile of Stephen Fry's nose and lips, but again I'm not quite up to that yet (and it seemed more than a little Jeevsian to just leave his expression blank). The collar was actually one of the first things I did but it's the idea I'm most proud of, because it was so simple to do. I also had the idea to use black thread to sew the head to the body and give the illusion of the loop part of his necktie.
Well, there it is. Not terrible for a first try.