This is a doll I made for my niece Sarah over 20 years ago. Her mother resurrected it and passed it along to me for the doll spa treatment. I can, of course, entirely replace a doll. And usually that would actually be much easier than carefully deconstructing and then reconstructing. But you would lose all the love that has been put into an older, more experienced doll so I prefer to go with the spa treatment. What I saved on this one is her head and her little nubby hands. I rebuilt and restuffed her body, this time with wool instead of poly fill, and I redid her eyes and mouth a bit using the same colors of embroidery floss. Her hair had stood up to the years quite well and her face just needed a little washing. And then, just because I wanted to, I made her a new sweater with this beautiful Russian wooden button. Girl (who is now a 25 year old mother) and doll should be reunited this Saturday.
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