I was both dreading and looking forward to making the hair for my Jill doll. (kit, cloe and louise – put together pattern)
The idea is that you wrap wool around some cardstock (old weet-bix box). Then you sew the wool down, then take the card away; creating a wig. Then you sew the wig on. Sounds simple enough. Well it was.
I had a little trouble with the cardstock bending as the wool is wrapped around. I was a also little worried about the wool slipping while sewing, so I used some tear away stabiliser along the seam. I sewed the seam more than once – more like 8 times.
It was really quite easy to ‘tear away’ and it created a nice hair part. I think that you really have to be careful with the colour of the cotton you use though. I really should have gone with a colour exactly the same as the wool, not close enough.
Just to be different to some of the other dolls I have seen, I went for pig tails.
She is looking good so far. She now has arms and legs sewn on too. Faces are next.
Wow! You should be thrilled! The hair looks brilliant!
Wow, she’s looking great, what a clever technique for making the hair!
She looks fantastic! Great hair! Looking forward to seeing her progress.
WOW! I love her nude faceless little body!
I have so many pages bookmarked about doll hair and had been putting off buying this Wee Wonderfuls pattern. But seeing yours, I’m heading there NOW to buy!!