HoneySuckle - Lonicera periclymenum
This is a very interesting little Doll, that was made after taking responsibility for worst painting I could possibly imagine, my first Flow Art painting . I thought it would be easy, clearly I was quite wrong. My friend was so kind and saw the positive side saying "you can turn it which ever way and it will always look different"
I gazed at the honeysuckle flowers in the garden and between the painting and the honeysuckle an idea struck me. Gathering my scraps of wool roving i began to spin yarn on my trusted spinning wheel and as the yarn was drying in skeins by the honeysuckle flowers, the painting didn't seem so bad after all, perhaps my friend was right!
We hope that you are going to enjoy making Little Honeysuckle Doll.
For this doll you will need a Medium sized Free Style doll making kit, We also have perfect Fabric kits to make her suit in cotton velour fabrics, with lots of colours to choose.
Yarns for hair are not included within this kit, But some Hand spun yarn is available in a limited supply and can be purchased from our shop also.
...Visit our Tutorials and keep posted as we begin our workshops to learn more about Cotton Cute's Hand Spun Yarn .
You will need one A4 Sheet of Paper
Sewing stitching instructions.
Honey Suckle Doll-Making Tutorial
To make the head follow the instructions of the Making a basic Dolls head Tutorial. Then follow the instructions as below
Making the Arms and legs
Assemble and small details
A little bottom
Embroidery for Pretty eyes
And now for a smile with some blush
The Hair.
It is very difficult knowing the amount of Art yarn a doll will need. For the Honey Suckle Doll I can only give a rough estimate that you will need about at least 50 g of yarn , pending on if the yarn is thick or thin, but if you want really thick hair, the skies the limit, but try not to make it to heavy as the head will end up leaning at an angle.
Don't forget to try out Cotton Cute's FREE Honey Suckle Dolls Peasant suit Pattern and free tutorial
Free Style Kits in Medium size for making a Honey suckle Doll available to purchase at CottonCuteShop
We hope that you enjoyed Cotton Cute's Honeysuckle Doll-Making Tutorial
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