10. Spicing It Up With Ginger (Cheryl Smith)
Materials fee: $0
Bring to class:
- A sewing machine in good working order with extra needles, manual, extension cord, power bar (can share).
Fabric:
- face: about 8" square. Use high thread count good quality cotton.
- body: about 12" square
- limbs: about a fat quarter for both. Make sure arm fabric is high thread count, so fingers won't fray!
- clothing: assorted stash – cottons, polyesters, silks, blends. Whatever!
Thread:
- matching poly for face
- matching poly for body, limbs
- assorted matching threads for costuming. Whatever you have
- cotton hand quilting thread to match face fabric – for needle sculpting.
- upholstery thread to match legs and arms. Supplied in kit.
Needles and pins:
- needle felting needle. Supplied in kit.
- long doll needle about 6" supplied in kit.
- hand sewing needle.
- coloured head pins. You only need about 6, so don't buy them if you don't own them.
Pencils and pens:
- pencil with eraser
- pigma pens – black, brown - optional
- colour blender – only if you already have one
- prisma colour pencils for face
- light, medium and dark in preferred colour for iris
- assorted colours for eye shadow
- white
- black
- pinks or colour choice for lips and cheeks
Miscellaneous:
- Freezer paper: a metre will be plenty
- Haemostats for stuffing – yes, you need your own! Available at Wal-Mart and some auto supply stores
- Pipe cleaner. Supplied in kit.
- Fairfields poly-fil® (preferred) please don't use cotton. Available at Michael's.
- Finger turning tools. Optional. If you don't own them, don't buy them.
- Artists' spray fixative (Krylon is good.) Optional. If you don't own it, don't buy it.
- Fray check™ optional if you don't own it, don't buy it.
- Yarn or wool (mohair) for hair
- Embellishing goodies: beads, embroidery threads, fancy yarns, ribbons
- Buttons – two 5/8" or 3/4" for arms; and two 1" or 1¼" for legs. Shank buttons can be
tricky, so use shirt type with 2 holes. They will be visible on the outside of the limb, so they should complement
her attire!
Note about fabrics:
- All of the body parts, especially the head and body are stuffed very firm. Please keep this in
mind when making your fabric selections.
- The fabric that you chose for the body, arms and legs will be part of the costume. Printed cottons work well; fine
silks or bulky upholstery fabrics probably won't. Remember that after you sew your body part, you will have to turn and
stuff it. Will your choice perform? If you really want to use a light weight silk, consider interfacing it. I have had
success with fusible knits. Heavy, bulky fabrics may or may not work for the limbs, but won't for the hands. Note that the
arm/hand pattern is all one piece and they are not made independent of each other.
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