Monday, February 10, 2014

Meet Penny Butterbottom!

Meet Penny Butterbottom!  She is so curious about everything.  One time, she took the butter out of my refrigerator, spread it on my wooden floor and went a'polishing. 




Thursday, January 30, 2014

How to create a nature table doll head

Watch this how-to video to learn how to create your own soft sculpture doll head. Great for Waldorf nature table dolls and other needle felted characters.



Sunday, January 26, 2014

Creating jointed limbs for soft sculpture dolls

I'm working on someone new and am pretty happy with how the limbs have turned out.  I've got the joints together just right so she can sit perfectly in any position. 



Yummy, golden hair!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

How to create a Wool Sleeping Beauty Doll

How to make a Sleeping Beauty doll with wool:

Materials:
* 6 inch cotton pipe cleaner
* 4 inch tubular cotton stockinet
* some cotton, doll makers Jersey fabric for the skin (an old t-shirt will do)
* Sewing needle and some thread
* some colored wool of your choice 
* woodland wreath
* felting needle (optional)


Create the head
Sew on the skin, then place the pipe cleaner in the center to make the arms.  Be sure the arms are the same length.
Sew the skin around the arms 
Wrap some wool roving around your pipe cleaner  
Repeat on both arms


Create a shirt by wrapping wool of another color around the arms and body

Make a hole for the head in a flat layer of wool
Push the head through the hole, and over the arms in the front.
Wrap a small "string" of the same color wool around the waste nice and tight. 
Move the wool around to get it where you like it on the arms
Finish off by needle felting or sewing the hair, and drawing the face.
Place her on the woodland wreath, or anything else for her to rest comfortably on while she sleeps

Monday, November 4, 2013

How to make a doll wig without crochet



I had a lot of request on how to make my wig without crocheting and here is the end result happy wig making and remember you can always contact me 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Mohair weft tutorial

Please use  the instruction for your personal use or on your dolls for sale if you are giving tutorials based on my technique please  be so kind and give credit when credit is due.that is the right way of sharing knowledge.   Starting today I will teach you how to make a wefted Mohair wig .  I want to make sure that you will be making the best wig ever. And for that you need brushed Mohair or yarn of your choice I just like brushed mohair and weft of your choice . And this is how you make a nice and tight wig . And you probably wonder how can I do that well is the size crochet hook I use the smallest I can possibly crochet  with it is a little bit harder but the end result is amazing you will not have any gaps and it will appear more natural so get yourself a small crochet hook and then lets start .
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Here you can see how small my hook is but trust me it is worth it 



it is hart to see but I first crochet into the weft about 4 and then I fold it over to crochet in the round
crochet two single stitches in one opening to MAINTAIN a flat surface

just remember crochet two single crochet in one whole till it measures 4 inches ,or what ever size you need
Just keep going in the round 
Depending on the circumference of your dolls head Measure the flat part, mine measures 4 inches That's for a 13 inch circumference on my doll and then I start to single crochet 
because  you only crochet one in each hole you're not adding stitches anymore and it should start forming a cap