In this class you will learn how to make a beautiful 25" cloth doll to hang on your wall. You will learn how to cut your fabric and then weave an unusual skirt for your doll on a peg/tapestry loom, how to make her bodice, boots, arms and hands with articulated fingers, how to needle sculpt and then paint her facial features, apply her hair and much more.
This can be a 2 or 3 day class depending on how much sewing can be completed before the class starts.
This is a closeup of the bodice and skirt of the California Rag Doll #2 with the sunflower fabric.
CALIFORNIA RAG WALL DOLL #2:
This is another sample of a doll that I made from the "California Rag Wall Doll" class that I teach. Her fabric has large Sunflowers on it. Notice her skirt and bodice. They are from the same fabric.
CALIFORNIA RAG WALL DOLL #3:
This is another doll that I made using the California Rag Technique.
This is a closeup of the original fabric and the woven fabric for California Rag Wall Doll #3.
CALIFORNIA RAG WALL DOLL #4:
This is another doll that I made using the California Rag technique. Each different fabric that you use gives a different look.
Here is a closeup of this California Rag Wall Doll #4"s bodice and skirt.
"INTRODUCTION TO CLOTH DOLLMAKING CLASS"
By using my simple pancake style doll pattern you will learn how to cut, sew and stuff this doll. The head, arms and hands with articulated fingers will be added to the body. You can either paint her face or use colored pencil. This doll has a flat face. You will learn how to sew and attach her hair and if time permits you will make her skirt. You will receive printed instructions with step-by-step diagrams to illustrate each point. This is a 2 day class.
HEAD ON A PEDESTAL #2:
This is another head that I made. This one has eyes made with colored pencil. Head #1 has eyes made with acrylic paint.
HEAD ON A PEDESTAL #1:
In this class you will learn how to make, cut, sew, stuff and either needle sculpt the head of the doll or stuff her head with Model Magic. You will learn how to paint her features or use colored pencil. You will learn how to make her pedestal and attach her to it so she can be displayed in your home. The entire piece ranges in height from about 16" to 18". Even though I never took this class and the pattern is my own, I was inspired from a doll that Judi Ward taught at a conference I attended.
This is a 1 day class.
POTHOLDER LOOM DOLL #1:
Learn to make this wonderful doll to hang on your wall. It is made on a potholder loom that we used to make potholders on when we were children. This doll is wearing a plaid blouse with a rya knotted skirt. Her arms, legs and hat are crocheted. Her comical face is made from Windsor Comfort knit. You will learn how to needle sculpt her face, place her eyes, sew her mouth and eyebrows and make her hair. She is around 17" tall. This is a one day class.
POTHOLDER LOOM DOLL #2: This doll is wearing a maroon and white blouse woven in a weave called bound weave and her skirt is woven in plain weave. Her belt is woven in rya knots, her face is needle sculpted and her hands, legs and hat are crocheted. She is around 11" tall.
POTHOLDER LOOM #3:
This white and blue dressed doll is wearing a blouse woven in bound weave and a skirt made of rya knots. Her hair is a wig that I bought.
POTHOLDER LOOM DOLL #4:
This was the first potholder loom doll that I made. I had so much fun making it that I made the others that you see and decided to teach this doll.
You will weave the doll’s dress on a small portable loom and learn to needle felt the doll’s head. This is a two day class.
Additional California Rag Wall Dolls
I have Made
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SWEETHEART AND JEANNE'S HOPE:
In these classes you will learn how to cut, sew and stuff mohair, insert
joints to make your bear's head, arms and legs movable. You will insert
the eyes and embroider the nose and mouth to give your bear a personality of its own. "Sweetheart" is from a pattern by Holly Nelson Designs and "Jeanne's Hope" is from a pattern by Jeanne Klein.
POTHOLDERLOOM DOLL WITH A COLORED PENCIL FACE.
CALIFORNIA RAG WALL DOLL WITH NEEDLE-FELTED HEAD: I decided that I wanted to needle-felt the doll’s head instead of making it out of sewn fabric.
"WOVEN TAPESTRY AND NEEDLE FELTED PICTURES CLASS"
In this class you will learn how to cut your fabric and then weave an unusual skirt for your doll on a peg/tapestry loom, how to make her bodice, boots, arms and hands with articulated fingers, how to needle sculpt and then paint her facial features, apply her hair and much more. You will wind up with a standing 3-D doll about 20 inches tall.
This can be a 2 or 3 day class depending on how much sewing can be completed before the class starts.
Pearl, Barbara and Fran
"A 3-D FABRIC STRIP DOLL CLASS"
"A MOHAIR TEDDY BEAR CLASS"
"CALIFORNIA RAG WALL DOLL CLASS"
"POTHOLDER LOOM DOLL CLASS"
"HEAD ON A PEDESTAL CLASS"
"WOVEN TAPESTRY & NEEDLE FELTED DOLL CLASS."
In this class you will learn how to make a gnome out of fleece and a felting needle.
NEEDLE FELTED GNOME:
HILDA THE RED HAT LADY: For this piece, I wove the background on my peg loom and then needle felted a 3-D face on top of it. I named this piece HILDA after one of my aunts who loved to take me places when I was young.
DEVORAH: On this picture I used my granddaughter Devorah's real hair.
FLORA: Flora was my mother who had beautiful white hair. This technique is the same as used on HILDA and DEVORAH
