The challenge was to make a doll with a full trunk and wardrobe presentation. Originally I had visions of multiple outfits for different occasions and some kind of creative hand-made trunk. But alas, midnight tonight is the deadline and all Bea has to wear is what she has on her body right now. We did, however, manage to pull together a nice little portrait with a mother-of-pearl inlaid trunk. Nobody that sees that would imagine she's as destitute as she is. Special thanks to my DH for help on the set dressing.
Bea is short for Beatrice, but that's too long a name for a doll just barely over a foot tall. I imagine she lives in the New York of a century ago, so currently she's of 1907. My inspiration when I started her was a Steiff character doll from around 1913. I found a picture of the undressed doll in a book and based my pattern on that but ended up changing a lot of things as I went along. Of course judging from the clothed pictures you would never guess the two had anything to do with each other at all.
I like this picture taken of Bea in Cape Cod before I finished her hair, before her debut, let's say. (Dress courtesy of Una-na.) It's the picture of a girl enjoying her last days of summer holiday before returning to the demands of the big city and cooler months.
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