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PATTERNS
BASIC DOLL MAKING TOOLS
My Favorite Doll "Skin" Fabric
Best for Coloring Faces on Fabric
Fabric Medium
Use this under colored pencils
Pigment Powder for sPaRkLe
HEMOSTATS for turning fingers and bodies
AIRTEX FIBERFILL- 100% polyester, garnetted for most resilience and loft
Best for Blending
STUFFING FORK- makes stuffing easier. The end is a "fork." hint: to make your own, cut the eye of a long dollmakers needle, and stick the sharp point into a cork to use as a handle.
FINGER TURNERS- after sewing a hand, this tool makes it much easier to turn those tiny fingers
FRAY CHECK- for turning little fingers. Helps prevent the seams from popping open.
SMALL PINS by Dritz
THREAD in skin tone. Mettler, Sulky, Gutterman, DMC
Needles in various sizes
FELTING NEEDLE- for rooting hair
DARNING NEEDLE #7- long and thin, great for Face Sculpting.
AIR ERASABLE FABRIC PEN
TRACING PAPER- helpful for those darts and little markings
ARMATURE WIRE- flexible for posing, non-corrosive and strong. Like a skeleton for dolls.
Especially for Polymer Clay Dolls
FLORIST'S TAPE- polymer clay sticks on this, and it stretches! Wrap it around wire. Perfect for sculpting hands, etc. You can also use masking tape.
X-acto knives
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BETTY PATTERN
Inspirational Book
Art Doll Projects
PRECIOUS book!
This is the book I use in my classes. It's and old book published in the 60's but it's my very favorite. YOU NEED THIS BOOK!
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Marionettes
Perfect for little GIFTS
The World's Most Beautiful Dolls
Truly a Gorgeous Book
500 Handmade Dolls
Doll Artists
Art Doll Adventures
Li Hertzi's book is a full of suprises. I've got a doll in here!
Cloth Doll Faces
I'm honored to have a doll in this fabulous bestseller. All of Patti's books are must-have's!
Beautiful Shoes for Dolls
Make Beautiful Shoes for Dolls
DOLLMAKING
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SCULPTING DVD-superb!
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6 comments:
Hi Rivkah ,your Betty Boop is in the words of Betty..Boop Boop Be Do ! Fantastic start to her face..Betty was a childhood fav cartoon for me ,she is a Diva. peace out Heather
I love her !That hair is sooooo perfect!
fantastic collections
very nice work
Wow so nice to see and read of some beuteful doll in the web..
Thanks for sharing...
nice Betty Boop, hope to have one like that, anyway thought this could be interesting, I found this website http://www.ThatsMyFace.com/f/action_figure_head that can create a super-realistic doll heads of anyone from just a photo. Imagine making doll of yourself, your kids, your boss or your favorite celebrity!
Apparently they can make the heads in many scales to fit Barbie-like dolls, Tonner dolls or even smaller figurines like Polly Pocket.
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