Doll Eyes Awaiting Paint

Eleven pairs of eyes fresh from the oven. The best way to put holes in them is to use a doll needle, which is curved (see it on the left) so that the holes don't show from the doll's eye sockets. Rather, they will be embedded in the stuffed head. I match them up by size; since they are hand rolled they are all slightly different. The trick will be to paint the irises at the exact spot in relation to the bead hole so that they pull through and are centered in each socket.

This makes me thinks that someday I'm going to make a spider woman doll with a bunch of eyes and legs and arms. She will be charming, I'm sure.