Madame Alexander Cissy

There are usually several dolls on the go at once here.
Cissy is a Madame Alexander doll from the 1950's.                                                                                                            

She is made of hard plastic with a painted finish. She unfortunately has a cracked head, a bad DIY face paint job and deranged hair. Oh, and is missing most of her eyelashes.

Cissy was a high end doll in her day. She would have sported an elaborate hairdo and very nice clothes.






So she starts her renovation...

This is Cissy with her DIY paint scraped off and her wig removed. That is a large crack!

This is Cissy with her crack repaired and painted.

 This is Cissy with new eyelashes and freshly painted facial features.

Cissy's wig has been washed and re-styled.

Almost respectable now :-)

Her owner wanted a dress made from modern sequined fabric. I  patterned the dress from some original Cissy dresses so she still has hints of 1950's glamour.