Fabric Prim-cesses Madness - and a GIVEAWAY!

My latest crafting obession is making these little

fabric Prim-cesses and as you can see I've made

quite a few!

I've listed the ones above in my Etsy shop

GemstonePaperDolls

should you like to buy one.

These are a few of my favourite ones

 

Over Easter, my niece and nephew came to stay

and guess what we made ....

It was fun letting them use the sewing machine.

Chloe has used it before but it was the first time for Aaron.

I think he enjoyed it although after a while he seemed

to prefer making paper airplanes which I keep finding

in the strangest places in my craft room :)

.... so the obession continues and

I've made some more this week

I'd like to give one from the last photo above away.

If you would like to win one, please leave me a

comment and let me know which one you'd like.

I'll draw a winner at random on

Sunday 3rd May. 

(It's open to all, UK or overseas)

Thanks for looking - and good luck :)

 

Fabric Prim-cesses!

My little Prim..cesses!

I think the style of these little dolls is 'Prim' as in

primitive?  If I'm wrong, please correct me.

The other day over on Pintrest, I saw the picture below

                            

It is made by Viv at Hens Teeth Art

and I immediately fell in love with the style of it

and decided to have a go at making some of my own.

Here's my process -

 

 The first thing I needed was to get to grips with trying

to do some 'free machine embroidery' for the hair.

The closest I could find in the instruction book for my old

sewing machine was the 'darning' technique and I think

it worked quite well.  It really is a loose and free action

 and quite difficult to control but I'm glad I 'mastered' it!

   The faces were simply done with a few marks

with a pen for the eyes and mouth and a little

chalk blusher for the rosy cheeks.

I always enjoy choosing fabrics and trims to dress dolls.

Machine stitch the fabrics on, then cut the shapes out.

Stuff them loosely, machine stitch the bottom

and attach some lace and a button.

 

           Finally, attach ribbon at the back to display them.

Or alternatively a pin to make a lovely brooch.

How easy was that, and how lovely they all are,

even if I do say so myself.

Thanks for looking :)