Swap dolls

I have started on both my pastel icicle doll and goddess doll for my summer swaps on swap-bot. The icicle doll is turning out amazing, better than most of the pictures of them I have seen on the internet. I have her body sewn and stuffed as well as her face and hair attached. I went and bought some new seed beads to finish embellishing her with, but none of the needles that I have are small enough for them to fit through, so I have to go and get some beading needles.

For as great as the icicle doll is working out, the opposite is true for the goddess doll. I started on her after I bought some beautiful czech glass beads and realized I had felt to match them. I made a beautiful template for her body, but it is quite thin and was really hard to turn right side out. I was a little upset at my husband last night when working on her, and nothing was going right. The inside stitches are showing through, I didn't stitch enough on the inside so she was really hard to close, and I messed up on her hair big time. She looks like she has bald spots! I am not ready to give up on this one (which is something I do quite often) though because I used up my beautiful felt for her, and the colors are just too pretty. I guess this doll will teach me to stop being so impatient with my art because sometimes it doesn't always start out well. I also learned that these dolls need to be worked on with love in your heart, not when you are angry!

I'll post pictures later after the swaps are received.