Heads will roll

I was laying in bed New Year's Eve when I heard a loud thumping noise. I didn't want to get up but I figured I better go see what the dog had knocked over. She's good for blaming things on but it wasn't her this time. My big 2 foot tall 'Last of the Faeries" had fallen over and took out another smaller doll with her on her way down.

After standing on her own for 2 weeks she has fallen over twice now. It was New Year's Eve .. maybe she's been sneaking drinks when we're asleep. But now I need to do something to keep her upright.

A doll stand won't work because she's too tall and they look horrible anyway. So I'm going to take a big chance and try to make a hole in her foot and up her leg and insert a brass rod which will attach to a hard wood base. She's pretty rigid - two layers of fabric which was painted over with gesso and acrylics - so I think I can drill a hole without too much trouble. I think I'll start it with a Dremel and then see if I can use an awl to smash through the fiberfill. I used Mountain Mist which is really stiff so I don't know if I'll be able to do that. I sure hope I don't ruin her! Wish me luck!

If she was a bit shorter I'd stick her in Doll Prison :