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Cloth Doll Making Workshop
by Judy Skeel
Workshop Includes... 4 Lessons, 5 Different Heads
Lessons are PDFs e-mailed to you.
Techniques taught:
- Proportion variations for realistic and whimsical faces
- Needle sculpting theory and technique
- Needlesculpting for whimsical faces
- Artistic coloring with easy tools
- Creating a wimple, hat and head wraps
- Ribbon and fabric manipulation
- Creative embellishment techniques
The Marrotte (pronounced: ma ROW) is also known as a Jester's Scepter and displays outrageous faces with whimsical features. This workshop will focus on the details of a whimsical three-dimensional needle sculpted face to create head to place on a rod or suitable for a doll. Highly embellished and whimsical, this all cloth head is a marvelous conversation piece whether displayed by hanging on a wall, standing in a vase or just laying around. Students will learn facial fundamentals without requiring the student to create an entire doll in a short period of time. Dollmakers of all skill levels will enjoy this workshop creating a highly embellished funny looking head on a stick.
The Marrotte workshop teaches the differences between proportions of a realistic and a whimsical face as well needle sculpting theory so students will understand how to adapt features through needle sculpting. Artistic coloring will complete the face with pens and pencils. Embellishment techniques include options for the wand and a variety of hat, hair and head wraps as well as ribbon and fabric manipulation and how to add "that crowning touch." The Marrotte pattern includes 5 head options which will allow students to select more than one whimsical face to create and experience the techniques for sculpting a wide variety of whimsical features.
Workshop Lessons...
Lesson One: Shaping Cloth With Facial Proportions
Lesson Two: Needlesculpting a Character
Lesson Three: No Fail Face painting
Lesson Four: Embellishments Galore
~ The Cloth Marrotte ~
Once upon a time Court Jesters were employed by kings all over the world. Tradition was that he who held the Jester Scepter or Marrotte was to entertain the royal family and their guests in any way possible, such as music, story telling, juggling, riddles and ways we can only imagine. In this way, the Jester distracted those he entertained from the worries and concerns at hand, and became as cherished as any family member. Use your Marrotte to entertain by passing it guest to guest to continue a story. If one cannot continue as story teller he must entertain in another fashion.
May all worries and concerns vanish as you hold your Marrotte or Jester Scepter.
Lessons are PDFs that are e-mailed to you within 24hrs of purchase.
You may also order the workshop from our Etsy Shop for Instant Download - Click Here.
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All Patterns Below are Printed and Mailed to You.
If you like PDF Download Cloth Doll Patterns you will find all Judy's patterns on our New Website (ClothDolls.com) for easy download..
Click HERE for our New Website which has both PDFs and Printed Patterns.
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Angelfish the Mermaid Bride
ClothDoll Pattern
Angel Fish collects riches from ship wrecks and has embellished her wedding gown with her treasures. This pattern features designer JUDY SKEEL'S detailed step-by-step methods to needle sculpt and add dimension to her torso and cloth face with color. Create this elegant mermaid doll with free form embellishing, including silk ribbon embroidery stitches, ribbon and fabric manipulation incorporating beadwork. Naturally pose feminine articulated hands gracefully with the option for individual fingers or mitten hands including fingernails. A beginner’s body pattern is also included.
There are 25 pages in this detailed pattern including many detailed diagrams.
Angle Fish is 18" in length. She has a bean bag bottom and balances on her bottom and the hand touching the table.
This is considered an Art Doll and not intended for Children.
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Lucky Penny
Pin Doll Pattern
Penny has her own lucky copper coin tucked in her bosom! This pattern has detailed step-by-step needle sculpting and face coloring details. She's the perfect size for a special little gift. Finished pin doll is approximately 3½-inches.
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Dusty Moon
ClothDoll Pattern
Dusty Moon is the Royal Assistant to the Queen of Fae. She must be ready for anything! Hanging from her belt are assorted keys, and a flask. Her pockets hold bottles of herbs, and assorted sundries. Dusty stands 10 1/2” high and is a stump doll. She holds her magical staff and carries a back pack full of rolled documents, ready for anything the Queen asks of her.
This is 18 pages of detailed fun including needle sculpting the face.
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New!
Lucky Penny
Pin Doll Pattern
Penny has her own lucky copper coin tucked in her bosom! This pattern has detailed step-by-step needle sculpting and face coloring details. She's the perfect size for a special little gift. Finished pin doll is approximately 3½-inches.
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Returning Favorite!
Dragonfly Rider
The 9" elf rider wears leather boots and gloves and a silk tunic. He has needle sculpted features and Tibetan Lamb hair. The 20" Dragonfly has elegant, translucent wings with an iridescent glow to them. His torso has a poseable armature that is wrapped in ribbon and can be covered or lightly embellished with bead work.
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Returning Favorite!
Winter Solstice Fairy
26 pages of details and techniques for beading, making better hands and faces and applying Apoxie Sculpt to create her boot soles will guide you through the construction of this exquisite 17" fairy with Angelina fiber wings and needle sculpted head, torso and hands.
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Returning Favorite!
Embellished Angel
The pattern for this elegant 24" wall doll focuses on details for draping fabrics and embellishing for two suggested garment styles.
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Joy! Celebrating Life -
15" Cloth Doll Making Sewing Pattern
Middle aged Joy, with her widened hips and saggy breasts celebrates waking up every morning and all the simple joys of her life through dance. Boldly dressed in vivid colors, including her hair, she loves to draw attention to herself because she knows she is still beautiful, as all women are inside.
This doll may choose to sit or dangle from the ceiling."
You may make as many dolls from this pattern as you like. When selling please include, "Original Design by Judy Skeel."
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Camille
This lovely 9" seated fairy is arrayed in flower petals, soft leather beaded shoes and wild yarn hair. Learn how to create, shape and pose beautiful articulated cloth doll hands.
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Destiny
Standing in sexy stiletto heels that show off her shapely legs, this elegant 17" beauty can be Gothic in black with a spider tattoo on one breast or by changing the color and clothing options a glorious bride or elegant debutant. You'll learn how to do a cloth-over technique to hide face seams and a variety of beading stitches for the embellishment.
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Paisley Praise
12" kneeling
Kneeling with her arms outstretched giving praise for all her blessings, this exquisite 12" angel has a costume composed of 8 different fabrics as well as ribbon for her headdress and trim. You'll create her wings with cotton "feathers" on poseable wire. Lady Paisley is a variation without the wings.
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Flavia
The beautiful 18” flat mermaid can be made jointed or as a solid art piece. You’ll find lots of embellishment options along with a bonus 10” Flavia paper doll.
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Faerie and Lace Mini Case
You’ll find a ton of variations with 5 bag styles along with a beautiful flat face and a three dimensional needle sculpted face to mix and match for this versatile bag.
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Seated Angel
Seated with her legs to one side this beautiful angel with feather wings can be made in both 6.5" and 9" sizes. Step-by-step photos guide you through the facial details from drawing, sculpting to adding dimension with color.
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American Annie
This
patriotic 15” doll jointed with buttons and beads
is dressed in a Battenberg table runner.
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Wishing Star Fairy
This
beautiful 25" button-jointed fairy
with wired fingers is eager to grant your special
wishes.
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Betsy Button
Go
for the exotic and unusual by working your favorite
beads and embellishments into these charming 6"
pindolls.
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Wobble Whimsie
All dolled up in boa and detailed beadwork jewelry, this 12" vamp flops and poses wherever she is put. Instructions included for hair or turban.
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Beetle Babe
The costume for this gorgeous 15" faerie riding her beetle friend is hand dyed and singed silk draped in fibers and beads. Free motion embroidery is used for her corset and the beetle's body. Options such as a flat or needle sculpted face and articulated fingers or mitt hands make this a fantastic project for all skill levels.
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