Making Wednesday’s Doll

For Halloween this year, Kurt and I decided to be Lurch and Wednesday Addams. The most time-consuming part of our costumes was sewing the doll. She took me a day and a half to make, but I love the results.

A craft table with fabrics, quilting rulers, polyester stuffing, a sketched doll patter and doll body parts.
Cloth doll body with white arms and black legs but no head.
It took me three hours to get to this point.
Cloth doll body with dress held together in front by sewing clips.
I sewed a strip of fabric to the center of the dress to serve as a fake placket for the buttons.
Close up of ugly black vinyl doll boots without any trim on them.
The boots in the ugly middle stage. I wasn’t sure I could get these to work.
Close up of finished black vinyl doll boots with ribbon trim over seams and pearl beads for buttons.
Once I added the trimmings, the boots looked great.
Headless cloth doll in black dress with white cuffs and collar, black tights, and black boots, lying on a craft cutting mat.
Wednesday’s doll
Headless cloth doll in black dress with white cuffs and collar, black tights, and black boots, sitting in an armchair.
A woman with pigtails and a black dress holding a headless doll (Wednesday Addams costume) and aman in a black suit and bowtie with dark makeup around his eyes (Lurch costume).
Kurt and I dressed as Lurch and Wednesday Addams for the Fort Collins Symphony’s annual Halloween concert.

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    1. I had fun with her. Since she doesn’t have a head, I figured she needed a lot of interest elsewhere.

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