How long does it take to get wigs for dollhouse dolls made? Well, in my case, I’m ashamed to say, it takes……34 years!! Yes, you did read that right! I bought my dollhouse in 1983, and very soon after, I bought some undressed porcelain dolls for it. But they needed wigs, so I put them away, to do later. That was in 1986. Hmmm…….
So, I recently found them again, and decided it was about time that I got them finished! I tried looking in my dollhouse books, to see how to make my own, but very quickly realised this was not my thing, so I hunted around and came across Josephines Miniatures on Etsy. Josephine makes 1:12 scale wigs to order for dollhouse dolls (as well as beautiful miniature tatting).
My dollhouses are Victorian/Edwardian in style, so I looked online for some images for her to use as inspiration, and came up with these:
I sent off my dolls (so that the wigs could be made to fit properly), with detailed instructions about the hair colour that I’d like for each wig, and Josephine was amazing – a couple of weeks later, I got a little parcel back, with each wig labelled for the relevant doll, and everything packaged securely.
Here’s the dolls that needed wigging:
And here’s what Josephine made, from the images I sent her:
And here’s a view of the back of each wig:
Aren’t they amazing? I just need to get the time to make clothes for the dolls now. Better not leave it another 34 years!!
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Truly amazing.
Those are amazing. I went through that search myself a few years ago. I think you got very lucky!
It took me ages to find someone who could make neat wigs that weren’t oversized. I love these ones!
Just beautiful! Great job of making wigs for those pretty dolls. It does take time to get things done in Miniatures, but I do believe you didn’t wait too late! Better late than never is appropriately applied here! The wigs are perfectly suited to each doll so that should be very satisfying! Who knows waiting this long maybe have been the right thing to do in the long run.
This made me laugh out loud!
Conversely, I’m a dollmaker but I have needlework kits outstanding from almost as long ago as your wigs.
What are we like…..?
Ha ha!! I think we just love collecting things that we are going to do ONE DAY…….we just have rather a lot of them!
Beautiful!
Glad you found some wigs Janet. They are all lovely. Just out of interest, I too make them if you ever need some more 🙂
Oh, I didn’t know that you did them to sell, separately from your lovely dolls!
Ohh these are delightful! How lovely to find a bespoke service … they are all beautiful but I particularly like the little girl’s ringlets. 💗👧🏼💗