| Page 2 Now that you have accumulated your basic materials we can begin. As was said on page one prepare you work surface. Newspaper laid out will protect your table. Strat by sanding down the top ball on the clothespin so that it will sdit inside the head ball and will look seamless. Once you haveteh ehad where it can set smoothly. You can glue it in place. The next is the arm whittling. Find in your book the complete instructions on smoothing and making teh arm. If you dont have the book simply get as stick about 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch by 3 inches long balsa and follow the diagram. You want the arm to be short about 1 inch long. Make sure you bevel the inside so t rests against the body. Then take your bead drill and drill right through the top of the shoulder. |
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| CDDM Queene Anne Cloth Dolls Ladies short gown Mini wigs for doll Clothespin Penny Wooden Workbook Costumers Manifesto |
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| Here you can see the doll assembled and a good idea of how the arms should look. Now you are ready to stain which is easily done by brushing, soaking or dabbing on with a sponge the stain. |
| Painting |
| Here is tehe step by step graphic for painting your doll. These painting guides can be used for Penny Wooden, any wood doll from the period and for clothespin dolls. The idea is to keep the colors antiqued. A slight glow to mimic aging, maybe a crackle finish to give depth.. Painting in fine layers wil give it a better finish. Gesso will ony add bulk. We will examine Gesso in the next doll we make. |
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| stain, paint basic body part, paint arms, add face, add shoes |
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| Costume |
| The costume for this doll was a tough choice. I didnt know if I wanted to do a Robe Francaise, Robe Englaise, Polonaise, Empire with a long fishtale. Then I discovered a magazine and liked the small jacket. The one I chose because of teh simplicity was tehe short gown of the 1775 period.. Its a unique pattern that it's one piece and if you lay it out correctly you need only cut once around. The link on the left will take you to a version of the one. In the book is the perfected and properly scaled version. The thing about these clothes is they should be hand sewn. Which means using a combination stitch, and then buttonhole done with full 6 or 9 strand floss.. If you have never had sewn before a combination stitch is a heritage tailors stitch. You make a running of two stitches, on the last stitch you take a back stitch and begin againm, 2 running, on the second running back stitch. |