Befriending Our Shadow will include:
- a companion e-book to the e-course with detailed descriptions and images about the construction of your doll
- a series of six videos, to go along with the e-book, and providing detailed instructions and encouragement for making your doll.
- a PDF with patterns for making two different Flip dolls
- a private Facebook group to share your progress on doll-making and share with other doll makers
- weekly Zoom calls for five weeks, to supplement your progress in making your doll, to get support from the community of doll-makers and from me.
- Bonus materials and surprises
TENTATIVE START DATE, JUNE 1, 2020
List of Materials needed for this e-course:
Most materials should be relatively easy to find around the house or to order from a fabric supply store such as Joanne Fabric. Please e-mail me at the link below if you have any questions.
Optional:
Most materials should be relatively easy to find around the house or to order from a fabric supply store such as Joanne Fabric. Please e-mail me at the link below if you have any questions.
- cotton fabric for bodies and arms-patterned or plain, skin colored or bright colors depending on what you choose. If you don’t have a stash of cotton or other fabric, you can use fabric repurposed from clothing or napkins. Best to use plain colors for face and arms, and patterned for bodies.
- thread and needles for sewing (or a sewing machine)-this is regular sewing thread for attaching doll parts together and sewing doll and arm bodies together
- embroidery floss-DMC 25 is good, can separate into individual strands or use double, this is for embellishing the face, body or skirt-this kind of thread is brighter and looks better for thread that can be seen
- scissors fabric scissors are best ( also helpful to have paper scissors for making the paper patterns etc)
- drawing materials for making paper patterns, including, paper, pen, pencil, cardboard, glue
- quilt batting for supporting layer when embellishing the face, body or skirt, about a yard, Joanne Fabric or most fabric supply stores, synthetic is cheaper but it quilt batting with cotton works better
- sewing pins for holding fabric pieces in place
- buttons for attaching arms, two holed buttons are easier to work with
- stuffing materials -fiber-fill, alternately you can use dried beans, straw, fabric scraps, or even lavender, if you want to add a nice scent to your doll
- stuffing stick-can use chop stick, helpful for turning doll outside in, and also for stuffing fiber fill or other stuffing into the doll body or arms
Optional:
- photo transfer papers for faces, here is a link for a photo transfer paper from Joanne fabric that is cool because it has both dark and light transfer paper https://www.joann.com/jolees-easy-image-transfer-sheets-8.5inx11in-10-pkg-for-lightdark-fabrics/12638227.html#start=1
- light box for tracing designs, can use window instead
- tracing paper-one way of tracing an image onto darker fabric for stitching after. Here is a link to a tutorial on some methods of transferring images onto paper. http://www.badasscrossstitch.com/tutorials/how-to-transfer-embroidery-patterns-to-your-fabric
- fabric markers
- water based crayons such as Cara D’ache II. Note these are not permanent and will wash off if it gets wet. You can also try oil based crayons
- sequins
- beads
- yarn
- ribbon
- lace
- tiny items of your choice you can stitch onto the doll
Click below to send me an email letting me know you are interested in the Befriending Your Shadow class. I will put you on the list and keep you updated!
