This is a Barb doll, otherwise known as a comfort doll. Mine is a lot smaller than Barb's as it's only my first one and I had to do the needle felting by hand and Barb has a fancy embellisher to do it for her. I think the face may be a little bit too big, but I didn't have any smaller face molds for the clay. I used black, but coated it with a layer of micaceous iron oxide before baking in order to take the perfect pearls. I used silk rods, merino wool tops, silk waste and bamboo wool to needle felt into the piece of felt. I then cut out a random shape. Using my sewing machine I attached another piece of felt to the back leaving an opening to put stuffing in. Once stuffed, I sewed the hole up. I glued the bamboo hair to the clay head and then glued the head to the body.
