"Two Friends" Made by Irene Pichard of France "Radical Rachel" Pattern Available Below.
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Cloth Doll Making DVD by Patti Medaris Culea
Patti Medaris Culea explores and shares the world of Cloth Doll Making in this exciting new 2-Disc DVD from Studio Galli Productions. Nearly Five (5) hours of step-by-step instructions in how to make cloth dolls that are as unique and individual as you are.
DVD Highlights: Also See Video Below For Highlights!
• Drawing Flat & Dimensional Faces
• Adding Facial Features & Highlights
• Coloring with Shiva Paintstiks
• Wiring & Sculpting the Hands
• Dyeing the Doll Body & Lacey Trim
• Painting Clothes and Shoes
• Sewing the Head, Body and Hands
• Sculpting the Head and Body
• Adding Hair & Wigs
• Adding Clothes and Accessories
Bonus Doll Pattern Included.
2- Disc Set • 285 Minutes • Worldwide Play
English Audio Track • DVD Made in the USA
Xiuying
This 14" beauty has a simple wire armature to enable her to stand on her own. She's wearing a modern version of the clothing from the Ming Dynasty. Silk cocoons create her beautiful lantern.
Creative Cloth Doll Collection by Patti Medaris Culea
This book is a compilation of the first four of Patti's bestselling books: Creative Cloth Doll Making, Creative Cloth Doll Faces, Creative Cloth Doll Couture, and Creative Cloth Doll Beading. The incredible 304 pages are jam packed with all the basics of creating cloth figures, with step-by-step fully illustrated instruction. You'll get complete patterns to create several styles of dolls, many with interchangeable parts. The book presents methods for creating beautiful faces, hair, garments, clothing, and provides instruction in a wide variety of surface design techniques including dyeing, painting, stamping, beading, applique, hand and machine embroidery, image transfers, using Tyvek, and more. For further inspiration, you'll love the gallery of doll designs by other leading doll artists, all made using the patterns from the book.
Cloth Doll Workshop
From the Beginning and Beyond with Doll Masters elinor peace bailey, Patti Medaris Culea and Barbara Willis
Each of these leading doll artists has her own distinct approach to the design and development of a cloth figure. In this book, each artist's process will come alive through their choice of fabrics, sketches, simple patterns, and skill-building variations. No matter what experience level you are, you’ll find unique variations and embellishments to get your creative juices flowing. Two introductory chapters cover basic materials and techniques. Each artist's chapter includes step by step illustrations, instructions, and patterns to make a complete doll, plus variations that create completely new figures. Readers are treated to full color photography and a look inside of each artist's workspace. A gallery of additional creations by each artist, along with commentary on each work completes the collection. This is a must-have book for any aspiring or experienced doll maker.
Elysia
Fantasy Film, lace and organza form the wings of this gorgeous 14” Friendship Fairy. Fabric collage creates the shoes and the wishing bag that is full of wishes to be shared with family and friends. 24 pages of detailed instructions will guide you through all the wonderful construction details.
A Stargaze Sewing Apron
What a fabulous project for practicing your face making and painting skills!
This colorful and useful apron will hold your most important tools and has
room for your doll pins, too!
Patti’s Stargazy Fairy Fan
You’ll be exploring free motion machine work, crazy patchwork, coloring of
faces and bodies, appliqué, simple beadwork and more in this fun project for
a 10” fabric fan with fanciful fairies that have interchangeable clothes.
Pattern includes detailed instructions and a photo showing the back of the
fan.
Olivia
Separate hands and feet make this 24" doll easy to wire and fill with
stuffing. Face drawing, sculpting and coloring instructions are included in
the pattern.
Frances Elizabeth, Mary Belle & their friend Davey Bob
Easy face drawing techniques and removable clothing make these 15" dolls and
their 8" bear perfect for children to play with.
Karen
The costume for this easy 15" doll is embellished with old lace and a
beautiful hankie.
Valandrial of the Green Elves
A simple wire armature enables this lovely 15" elf to stand on her own.
Along with detailed face making instruction you'll also learn how to create
parts of her clothing with machine stitching.
Creative Cloth Explorations Adventures in Fairy Inspired Fiber Art By Patti Culea
Patti covers all the basics and shares cutting-edge techniques while teaching you how to create a flat-figure doll, a memory journal with embellished cloth pages and an exquisite fabric fan. Learn how to transfer images to silk and organza, create appliquéd and beaded embellishments, use oil paint sticks and stencils, work with silk rods and waste and much, much more! A gallery of projects from other leading artists will delight and inspire you. This beautiful book will be a tremendous tool for sharpening and expanding your creative skills.
Stargazy Origami Stamp
This unique 3" stamp can be a wearable but would also be great for
decorating a purse, quilt and more. Instructions for coloring the face and
body and ideas for creating a wearable doll included.
Tassel Lass
Pattern includes full instructions for coloring the body and all the beading
techniques for making this fun and easy 5" flat doll.
Mikaela and Lizzy
Have fun learning how to make ball joints on this wonderful 18" doll with
removable clothing. Pattern for 7.5" ragdoll included.
Janet Anne, A Fashion Doll
Elongated pattern pieces create a beautiful 20" fashion doll body perfect
for designing a special wardrobe. An everyday dress and accessories plus a
fabulous evening gown and shoes are included in the pattern to get you
started.
Penny Cassandra, A Sewing Caddie
This wonderful 18" sewing caddy not only has pockets on the outside to hold
sewing accessories but it comes apart to reveal an inside container with a
beautiful pincushion and needle holder. Pattern includes detailed
instructions for sculpting and coloring the face and body.
Little Star Pincushion
Practice making wonderful faces on this 4” pincushion and 9” sewing folder that has two layers of pockets for holding your sewing needs. Perfect to make as gifts, to sell or keep!
Jiliana Face Stamp
This beautiful stamp is perfect for a 16”-18” flat faced doll, or perhaps a quilt or wearable project.
Starmere Tag
This 5” mermaid stamp can be made into a tag, or used for ATCs, postcards, suface embellishment, scrapbooks and more.
Banbury Cross Beth
Learn face sculpting and finger wiring on this saucy and colorful 22" doll.
Glorya
You'll be incorporating old linens and lace into the outfit of this enchanting 18" doll.
Perky Peggy
This energetic 14" fairy is fully wired for lots of posing possibilites and comes with directions for a posy to sit on.
Dominique & Lesley
Two different arm and legs will give you many creative options for constructing these gorgeous 16" jointed dolls.
Jiliana, a 21 st Century Boudoir Doll
The pattern for this exquisite 18" doll explores direct dyeing of the body, dyeing silks, stamping on cotton and silk and simple bead and ribbon work. A color chart and close up photo of her beautiful face is included.
The Goblin Princess
Doilies form the costume for this wonderful 20" princess that is needle sculpted and wired. Directions for her goblin staff are included.
Sunny
Once dressed as a hippy, this doll has been updated and reduced down from 22" to 18". You'll learn free form embroidery techniques to create surface design on her clothing. Quick and easy folded flowers complete her look.
Roxanne Goes Solo
You'll be rockin' and rollin' with this fabulous 18" gal and her amazing guitar. Wire armature enables her to stand alone.
Leona of Fair Folk
Delightful fully wired 10" fairy that's easy enough to make dozens for gifts or for sale.
Hip Hattie and Her Fairie Frannie
You get two great patterns in one with this fun loving, full-figured 20” doll and her delightful full-figured 6” fairy.
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
Very Merry Santa
You’ll have a ball making this wildly colorful 20” Santa with fun boots and a snappy vest. Pattern includes his toys, too!
Radical Rachel
You’ll learn two different ways of making this 18” doll with separate hands and feet and a fun felted jacket.
Audine and Her Seahorse Willie
Lots of embellishments make this easy-to-make 16” mermaid and 5” seahorse attractive to sell.
Kierlyn, ready for NYC
New joints for her legs and an introduction to beaded
edging for her tabard and pants make this 24” beauty
a delight to create.
Recommended supply for Patti Culea's Stargaze Stitchery Tome.
Bo-Nash 007 Bonding Powder Starter Pack
One 1 oz. container of Bo-Nash Bonding Agent
12"x 9.5" Bo-Nash Ironing and Craft Sheet
Full written instructions for many different uses
Quick, invisible bonding powder used for appliqués, crafts and so much more. Strong enough for heavy fabrics as well as delicate silks and lace.
Bo-Nash 007 Refill Kit
One 2 oz. container of Bo-Nash 007 Bonding Powder and full written instructions.
#12 - Arca
Arca - Latin for "box". This box is designed to hold the Stargaze Stitchery Tome, but it can also hold anything you want. New techniques are included along with the templates to paint the 3 ladies.
#1 - The Cover – Appliqué
Three figures make up the front cover of the Tome. Simple applique is used along with adding snippets, free motion machine embroidery and beading to embellish the women.
The back cover shows the beginnings of using Tyvek. This technique will be dealt with in depth later on in the pattern series.
#2 – Photo Transfers and Windows
Volume 2 in the techniques journal is ready! This is actually the first page for your Tome. Various photo transfer techniques are discussed along with adding "windows" to frame your photo's. A pocket doll emerges wearing some smaller "windows".
#4 – Painting and Stamping
Volume 4 From the sea to the earth, this pattern takes you through a fun journey of painting and stamping.
Side one creates a mermaid sitting on a rock holding a shell. The pocket doll emerges again, only this time she's a wee mermaid. A template is provided for the mermaid scene.
Side two is more earthy, freer. Doilies, lace, trim, textured fabrics are stitched onto fabric then painted. More stitching is done to create your scene.
#5 – Beading
Volume 5 - This months project explores several beading techniques. Bead embroidery, sculptural peyote stitch, fringe, picot's, edgings, spikes, flowers. Great fun and very easy.
Side one has a chubby dancing woman frolicking through a flower field holding a vine of grapes. The template for the woman is included in the pattern along with instructions on how to paint and bead her.
Side two uses a printed fabric that is then beaded using bead embroidery techniques. A photo transfer adds interest to the page.
#6 – Velvet
Volume 6 - Velvet is such a fun fiber to work. In this months pattern we'll use both synthetic and silk/rayon velvets. The synthetic side has a pocket doll made from velvet and the techniques included are: burning, bonding, embossing, stitching.
The reverse side uses a silk/rayon mix velvet that is dyed and includes use of Angelina and Crystalina and foiling.
#7 – Needlelace
Volume 7 - An ancient technique comes alive using contemporary threads and designs. This months pattern has a more traditional side for page one using hand needlelace stitches but metallic and fun threads for those stitches. Plastic drapery rings are covered and used as accents along with shi sha mirrors.
#8 – Machine & Hand Embroidery
Volume 8 - A fun fairy theme for this page. One side has a funky fairy house that a wee fairy paper doll resides. Only she's made from Ultra Suede or felt. The other side is a garden that the fairy can wander through.
#9 – Tyvek, Cellophane, Organza
Volume 9 - Side one of this page uses heat transfer inks, Tyvek and snippets of threads, yarns, organza to create a fun scene where Native American children play hide and seek. Side two uses a photo transfer surrounded by burned out organza, netting and plastic shopping bags. Both sides include instructions on creating beads from Tyvek and organza.
#10 – Feltwork
Side one uses Kunin, or synthetic felt pieces to create a figure and fun background. This felt is heated to create the holes and lace effect. Felt beads are made using the same technique as Tyvek beads. You'll make your own felt from wool on side two. This is a very easy project to explore felt making if you've never done it before. Beads are also created using the felting technique.
#11 – Silkwork
Silk is a fun fiber to work with and this page includes several techniques. Side one uses photo transfer onto silk fabric, a wee silk doll, creating a silk "sandwich" and a silk ATC (Artist Trading Card). Side two is silk collage using silk rods, silk waste, silk threads, silk chiffon, silk noil, etc. This pattern also includes the instructions for binding the entire Tome.
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