Repairing an Antique Doll part 3

To fix the hips, I stuffed more sawdust in…until it was fully packed and would hold no more. Also, I started on the inside where the holes were smaller.

Using an old ruined pair of kid leather gloves, I cut off a rectangle and then rounded the corners so that they wouldn’t catch on anything.

Using white glue, I smeared the whole back side of the patch and then applied it to the doll.

And did the same for the outside…although that took a lot longer. So much so that I took a few breaks because I was getting horribly impatient.

Sure, stuffing sawdust is easy, but back in the day, these dolls were packed so tight they were solid. If I’m going to repair a doll, I have to follow that same standard. That’s what she deserves. So I stuffed and stuffed and stuffed and stuffed and packed and stuffed until her hips were packed and then I patched them up.

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