I just wanted to share with you all the frenzy I have been in about making rag cloth dolls, these five are what I have finished this week, and this morning I just finished the larger rag cloth doll. I just have been in the mood to really get busy and create dolls and more dolls! The doll below is one I created a while back and today decided to stain her up just a little, I created the facial features and stained her with some instant coffee, the hair has been sewn into the head of the doll and it was a white/sliver yarn that I used just to give the doll a different look. She is 14 inches and filled with fiber fill. I have just been having a blast this week creating all kinds of rag cloth dolls and I am not done yet!
4 comments:
This was quite interesting to me. Last year, I knitted a pirate doll for my grandson and he loved it but it took me eons to finish! I was wondering about making some cloth dolls and knitting the clothes for them but had no ideas how to go about it. Your post gave me a lot of information. It also looks like a lot of work. You do a nice job.
You stain the face with coffee? That is so cool!
I love these dolls! On average how long do they take to complete and where did you learn this beautiful craft?
Amazing work!
Thank you! for your comments; each doll I make is different so time really varies an example a 10 inch doll might take a day or 2 depending on how much I want to stain, sometimes I create a dark stain and so I will stain the doll a few times, I dry the doll each time before staining again and again, it also depends on on dark I make the staining solution, and I have self taught myself by just playing around with the stain, for a really dark stain, I usually go 2 large tablespoons of coffee and 1 tablespoon water for a 10 inch doll.
Wonderful dolls!
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