Mini-Tutorials

Short tutorials and helpful images - click on thumbnails to view larger images

Dottie's Wig Tutorial - Dianne N's Cloth-Body Doll - Allie's Cloth-Body Doll and Other Tutorials -
Pat's Fairy Wing Tutorial

Dottie's Wig Tutorial
Tutorial images by Dottie
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1. Tie your bundle of hair around the middle with a similarly-colored thread. 2.  Flatten the hair on either side of the thread. 3. Your wig should now look like this - frayed out on top, frayed out on bottom, and bound in the middle. 4.  Attach the wig to the doll's head as shown.

Dottie's Wig Tutorial - Dianne N's Cloth-Body Doll - Allie's Cloth-Body Doll and Other Tutorials -
Pat's Fairy Wing Tutorial

Dianne N.'s Cloth-Body Doll Design
Tutorial images by Dianne Noyes

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This is how the parts look when separate.  Note the "rings" around the ends of the limbs and the neck.  (Remember, when sewing up the body, to leave the holes for arms, legs and head open!) A photo showing the scale of the doll, and how the completed cloth-body doll looks.

Dottie's Wig Tutorial - Dianne N's Cloth-Body Doll - Allie's Cloth-Body Doll and Other Tutorials -
Pat's Fairy Wing Tutorial

Allie's Doll Tutorials
Tutorial images by Allie Bean

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A picture of limbs and head for a cloth-bodied doll. A pattern, with instructions, for a cloth-bodied doll. A picture of the cloth body for a cloth-bodied doll.
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An illustrated tutorial on making wire-jointed dolls. An illustrated tutorial on making a solid-body doll.

Dottie's Wig Tutorial - Dianne N's Cloth-Body Doll - Allie's Cloth-Body Doll and Other Tutorials -
Pat's Fairy Wing Tutorial

Pat's Fairy Wings Tutorial
Tutorial images, text by Pat Weber
(Click on thumbnails for larger image - explanations with each image)

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Dottie's Wig Tutorial - Dianne N's Cloth-Body Doll - Allie's Cloth-Body Doll and Other Tutorials -
Pat's Fairy Wing Tutorial

 

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