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Erek
Time Traveler by Dana (Miniature Art)
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Personal Use Only ~ Copyright 2000 |
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Tools:
-small sharp scissors
-glue and glue dispenser
-needle and thread
Materials:
-small scrap of white for dickey and lab coat
-scrap of silk ribbon for necktie
-pearl for cravat pin
-scrap of lightweight wool for vest and pants
-doll body
-hair
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Step l. Assemble your doll.
**REMEMBER THIS FACE is painted with acrylic paint. I have double sealed these, but
if you scratch it with your nail, you get what you deserve <G>. Best hint is
simply to cover his head with small plastic bag and twist tie while assembling,
dressing.......To assemble, follow directions in your kit (one side is assembly, the other
basic wigging). |
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| Step 2. Next twist 3 pipe cleaners together, bend, form a
"U". Glue torso to top of U, and one leg in each. Measure until doll
is 6" or less. Glue on torso and legs. Next slide pipe cleaner through
shoulder holes, and glue on hand to each end. ""HINT" hand
length - I stand and let my hand fall naturally at my side. It ends somewhere mid
thigh. This is where doll's hand should be. Next wrap doll to body proportion
desired with elastic gauze. **NOTE There is room with the pattern to easily adjust
to bigger or smaller doll. Simply add or subtract from simple rectangles. |
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| Step 3. Pants. Cut out two rectangles 3 1/2"
long by 2 1/2" wide. Turn under very bottom edge for hem to wrong side and
glue. Next turn under one long side edge to wrong side and glue. Glue finished
side edge over raw side edge to form tube. Slide up dolls leg to make sure of fit
and height. When satisfied, gently take off and iron front pleat. ***HINT***
iron also helps set the glue. Repeat for other leg. When cool, slide both up
dolls legs and gather lightly around waist with needle and thread. **NOTE**
he wears a LONG lab coat and anything from mid thigh up wont show. So you only need
to be concerned with what shows. |
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| Step 4. Cut small square out for shirt. Cut tiny V in
front, and glue on like a dikki. Next take a small, thin rectangle of white cloth
material. Glue both ends to wrong side. And dry very flat (I press with
iron). Then cut off both edges (no frizzies). |
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| Glue rectangle around neck (looks like tab collar). Take a
scrap of silk ribbon, and tie a bow tie (glue pearl for stick pin). When dry, bend
over edges of tab collar so it bends down (see close up of head). Now cut out square
of wool material for vest. Cut in small V shape and glue edges of V under to wrong
side. Place on doll. |
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| Step 5. Cut out lab coat. Photo shown above of
pattern. size is 4 1/2" long from wrist to wrist. 3 1/2" long from neck to
hem. You may need to adjust this according to how tall you make your doll. Cut
basic shape first and then adjust before cutting out of white material. To the
finished coat, I also added a strip of material for collar (made by rectangle with edges
turned to the inside and glued). |
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| Glue or sew edges from cuff to hem. Turn right side out,
and glue under all raw edges. Slide on doll and overlap front (and glue). When
dry, add a couple of small pin head buttons (I take a large size pin, snip off head with
pliers) and glue with a mixture of superglue and zap a gap. |
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| Step 6. Wigging. Follow basic wigging directions and
instead of leaving long, cut nice clean line around chin length. After he looks like
he has a snob bob, then wet your finger and smooth hair back as desired. I also
layer the front edges to make it lay nicer. **HINT** if you can
make long sausage curls, and gently wind them around hair line, and lightly press into
glue, it will make him look like he has nice wavy hair. Just be sure to make them
FLAT - really squish those waves into the glue (when tacky) so it looks wavy but not like
a girl <G>). |
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Happy Creating!
For Free paper pattern, send SASE to
Dana of Miniature Art
5531 Windsor Drive
Sheboygan, WI 53083
USA
(Make sure to include a note stating *which* pattern you are
interested in)
www.miniatureart.com
miniart@excel.net
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