Dollmaking Techniques

Dollmaking Techniques - through pictures -

* Head & Face *

1 Materials: :Above;Glue for craft(it becomes clear later)/Excelsior(wood wool); :Under;white cotton fabric / white stretch cotton fabric; / skin colored stretch cotton fabric / cotton / button for eyes(6mm) / wires
2 Place the head pattern on the white cotten fabric and trace,: sew leaving the top open. Cut it taking 6mm(1/4") seam allowance.
3 Turn it right side out.
4 Stuff the excelsior in it very tightly and firmly.: Cut some thick wire and put it inside the neck.
5 Stitch around the top and pull up tightly.
6 Spread some cotton, Cut 3 pieces(1 small, 2 large) by hand.
7 Put some excelsior on the center of each pieces.
8 Roll one of the large (for a cheek bone) and small one (for the chin): Wrap the other large one (for forehead).
9 Stitch and fix these pieces on the head (from chin, cheek, forehead).
10 Cut wires and make form for nose and lips.
11 Make holes in the face,: Push (10)wires into the holes putting some glue at the point.
12 Nose is the center, lips are between the chin and cheek bone.
13 Cut some cotton and white stretch cotton fabric.
14 Cover the head with cotten, and place the stretch cotton over it.: At the back, tie up with thread and cut the excess fabrics off.; Stitch to make the head form good.
15 Put buttons as eyeballs pulling them by thread for the back.: Make cotton balls for cheeks and chin.
16 Fix cheeks and a chin on the face with glue.
17 Cover the face with cotton.
18 Cover it again with a white stretch cotton.: Take care pulling not to make some creases.
19 Cut off the excess fabrics and stitch like the picture.
20 Stitch to make hollow places.
21 Both sides of the eyes and lips are like this.
22 Make a hole to the body and put some glue in it,: Push the neck and Fix the head.
23 Prepare skin colored stretch cotton, glue and brush.
24 Using a brush, give a coat of glue to the face .
25 Cover the face with stretch cotton, stick firmly: using a needle for yarn(round point one), and make nostrils.
26 Stitch the back of the head same as (18,19): Draw eyes, eyebrow and lips with color pencils.(later, paint them again)
27 The back.
28 The front.