I live in the Hunter Valley in NSW surrounded by vineyards. I love to make my own textiles and these usually end up as a doll or a hat. I love to machine embroider, felt and dye my own fabrics. I also love to teach other dollmakers techniques for embellishing or creating their own textiles for a doll. I have taught felting and dollmaking all over Australia and was also lucky enough to travel to Pennsylvania and Texas in the USA in 2001 to teach dollmaking and feltmaking.
BR> I love to learn new techniques and am continually updating my textile skills. I have taken classes with many local and overseas tutors. I also love going to doll club and have made some wonderful friends through local clubs and over the internet. I hope to catch up with old friends and meet new ones at the next Doll-O-Rama. I love the camaraderie of these meetings and the sheer talent of Aussie and New Zealander dollmakers.

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Party in Paradise
Two Day Class
Thursday/Friday
210

Do you often make a doll and get stuck clothing and embellishing her? Would you like to learn how to use free machine embroidery techniques? The emphasis of this class is to embellish, dress and adorn this party gal with draping. You must know how to change the top tension on your machine and drop or cover the feed-dogs and be able to sew a straight and zig zag stitch on your machine. Techniques include: needle sculpting and painting the face, sewing and posing hands with separate fingers, free machine embroidered shoes, stunning hat from simple machining techniques, draping skirt, fabric manipulation trims for her outfit, making, wefted hair from wonderful yarns and threads, making an internal stand for a doll, making simple hats.

Level: All
Sewing Machine
Sewing Kit
Kit: $15.00 includes pattern, wine glass and notes.

Not Just A Hand
Half Day Class
Tuesday
002


NO PICTURE

Do you want to learn how to make more expressive, realistic hands for your dolls. In this class you will learn how to make expressive, poseable hands strong enough to hold a prop. You will learn how to use a wire armature, sculpting techniques and a separate thumb to make wonderful hands. Well posed and expressive hands can tell a doll's story. Join me and learn how to make realistic posed hands for your dolls.

Level: All
Sewing Machine
Sewing Kit
Kit: $10 includes wire, florist tape and pattern.

Felting in Paradise
Half Day Class
Tuesday
004

NO PICTURE

Felt is a wonderful tactile fabric that suits all styles of dollmaking. It can be used on fantasy woodsy, elegant na�ve, country or any type of dolls. It can be very successfully combined with other beautiful fabrics on your dolls. If you love to make your own fabric, then this is the class for you. You will learn how to make a unique, beautiful piece of felt for a doll, incorporating wonderful yarns and threads and wool shapes. We will talk about use of colour and integrating yarns used in your felt throughout the dollmaking process.

Level: All
Wool is available for sale from the tutor if needed.

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