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| britchickny |
Posted - Jun 24 2007 : 2:46:45 PM
I would love to start making stuffed dolls. I have no problem finding body and clothing patterns but am struggling to know what to do about the face. I bought a McCalls pattern for a doll with an iron-on transfer face but it came out so faint that you can hardly see it! What do you doll makers do? I am not an artist so am not comfortable 'drawing' on a face but I am stuck. I do not want to mess her up! Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Angie.
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
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| britchickny |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 09:43:20 AM
Thank-you for the suggestions!
If I were to embroider her face, would I do it first and use a hoop, or after the doll has been assembled?
Ang.
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 1:40:16 PM
there's not too much to a prim dolls face. A couple of button eyes - usually a traingular nose, and a straight mouth. So maybe you could start with primitives. Look on line at pictures for ideas. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 08:01:31 AM
there are lots of great patterns on the market .. and great books too! decide if you want her to be 'cute, prissy, primitive' .. and look for patterns with faces that you like.
ha! when i was a beginner dollmaker .. a made a face that was 'horrid' .. sooooooooo .. i simply stitched hair all over her face and started over on the t'other side!
i also did one one that looked like she was a little drunk when applying her make-up .. (but she was a 'young' dolly) .. so i simply got some 'vintage makeup (lipstick and rouge) and put them in a little 'drawer' .. and made up a little poem called:
Mama's Make-Up Drawer .. .wish i could remember all the words to it!!
here's another:
My Mama's Make-Up Drawer
is my favorite place to play.
I often go to it ..
when it's a rainy day.
I rouge my cheeks and paint my lips
a lovely shade of pink.
i look jus' like my momma
so pretty .. i do think!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Carolinagirl |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 04:27:30 AM
There's a yahoo group I belong to- called Vintage Cloth Dollmaking http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintageClothdollmaking . It's worth joining if you plan to make more dolls. The women there can offer lots of suggestions and experience.
Good luck!
Kim in NC |
| britchickny |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 03:23:24 AM
I tried to add some color to the transfered face with very fine line markers but it wasn't pretty! All the color bled into the fabric and she looked like a little girl that got into her mommie's make-up! I mean, I know that she will need her own personality but she looked like an extra for a chucky movie!
I will check out your suggestions on the books. I looked on-line but got over-whelmed by how much is out there, once my eys started to cross I figured I needed to narrow the search down! Hence my posting here! ANY help is appreciated! Oh, no, not baby dolls, I am hopeing to make more colonial and primitive/prairie dolls.
Angie.
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
| Carolinagirl |
Posted - Jun 24 2007 : 3:37:09 PM
I've never used the transfers... I usually embroider mine. Check your library for a book called Anatomy of A Doll by Susanna Oroyan- excellent dollmaking book that includes faces. Is it a baby-type doll you want to make? There's a really good book called Baby Dolls and Their Clothes that has a simple Waldorf doll face. Look through Amazon for dollmaking books as well- Patti Culea has great ones.
As far as your current doll, I'd probably embroider the face you have faintly transferred. I'm scared of drawing them myself!
Kim in NC
PS- If you need any other links/ideas/books, let me know. Maybe I can help.
:) |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 24 2007 : 3:07:40 PM
Could you do the transfer and then color in the face to make it darker?
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
