This darling tutorial is by the very creative Hope Meeks of Going Sew Crazy. I found her blog and dolls while surfing Flickr. I had just found a bag of craft clothespins in some of my old sewing stuff out in our barn and I was looking around for inspiration. And, WOW, did I find it! Please visit her blog and Flickr photos for even more sweet inspiration and be sure to say “hi!”
Enjoy this tutorial and just imagine the possibilities! Thank you Hope!
CLOTHESPIN DOLLS
Supplies Needed:
-wooden clothespins
-wooden doll pin stands
-wooden dowel cap with 5/8" hole
-6 in. square of fabric
-small ribbon
-acrylic paint
-paintbrushes
-glue gun
-gloss varnish
-pencil
-small piece of flesh colored pipe cleaner
Steps:
-Draw face shape onto face with pencil.
-Paint face and top of pin in your choice of flesh color. Let dry. Repeat.
-Paint pin stand and pin "legs". Let dry. Repeat.
-Paint hair onto dowel cap. Let dry. Repeat.
-Gloss varnish all parts. Let dry.
-Cut a 5" circle out of fabric. Cut a small hole in the middle and 2 small slits for the arms a bit down from the middle hole.
-Cut a small piece of flesh colored pipe cleaner and gluse to center back of clothespin.
-Slip fabric over the "neck" of the pin. Slip "arms" into slits.
-Tie a small piece of ribbon around the waist and tie in a bow in the center back.
-Glue head on doll and tilt to give it a sweet look.
-Glue doll pin into doll stand.
Some tips and tricks:
-Use tape or paper reinforcements on "legs" to make stripes or polka dots.
-You can leave the arms free or twist them together and glue something into the doll's hand. I used a mushroom in the pic above.
-You can also buy wooden spools and paint them and attach just the heads for fun trim and ribbon holders.
26 comments:
Oh My Gosh, these are SO sweet!! Thank you for posting and I am going to visit the website you mentioned.
Cuuuuuuuuuuuute! Wonderful post! Have pointed others in its direction. :)
The possibilities seem endlessy cute..Thanks!
My girls would fall in love with these...they are darling~
sandy toe
Those are adorable! Thanks for the tutorial.
~Heather
Cute idea! Might consider making some for my three year old niece to play with... Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Julie
They are just darling!!! And so pretty in their Spring frocks!
If you want to see some pin dolls extraordinaire, check out the etsy shop called 'dollproject'. I guarantee you've never seen anything like it. Jessica also has a blog called 'anotherdayanotherdoll.blogspot.com'. (sorry don't know how to create a link-maybe someone could do a tutorial on that - lol)
LindaSonia
This is an adorable project. I like the one with the doll heads sitting on the spools, too.
Thanks for sharing such a cute idea!! This is something that would be fun to do with my grands or girl friends. I love all you ideas. Have a wonderful weekend, Linda
Oh Dear Lordy these are just the sweetest things I have ever seen!
I love these!!
what a wonderfull idee.. i love it
I just love these. I mentioned your site at my blog :)
For a holiday tree these would be too cute!!
Oh now if those aren't just TOO SWEET!! I love this post!!
~TidyMom
I love love love these dolls, I now have to make some, thank you for sharing this!
Drop on by the blog and enter the mermaid giveaway as well!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Lisa!
These are just the cutest! Found you over at Sunday Baker and can't wait to explore!
This is soooo wonderful!
I'm dropping out of lurker status (really like your site) as I think you'd be interested in TV Turnoff Week. Unplug Your Kids (www.unplugyourkids.com) has issued a blog challenge, and I've linked to it on my blogs, too.
Oh how SWEET
Those are just too adorable!
PussDaddy
Those are crazy cute!!!
Ok those are really really cute!
Thanks! My daughter and I just finished making our first set. We had a lot of fun.
Thanks for the tutorial! By the way, where did you find the darling mushroom? I'm wondering where I can find other little things like that to add to mine. Thanks in advance!
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