Cloth Dollies continued!
Building a doll set one piece at a time... took time. One dress here, a few craft items from the second hand store... build this, and build that.
The drawers are soap boxes covered with cloth and hot glue.
The chest is a tea box covered the same way
The bed is made of two cardboard slabs, the top having stuffing and covered in cloth,
and the bottom for sturdiness and feet glued on.
Lace around the bottom, pillows and a quilt finished it off.
(my first attempt at quilting!)
This is a carpet in progress (still not finished!!)
Got to have a doll closet, right? so this old jeweler box was refurbished with a little craft paint,
and all that is (still) needed, is a rod across inside to hang the dresses on.
Hangers made from paper clips will work to hang up the dresses.
This is a portable, take down house, which means all the walls are cardboard, covered in cloth, with Velcro on the edges so they can connect. This makes it easy to put it all away into a box.
The blue chair is homemade of cardboard, stuffing and cloth, hot glued together.
The other chair was found at the second-hand store,
as was this jewelry box converted into their china cabinet.
The dishes also were found at the second-hand store,
but you can also find similar sets at the dollar store.
I have yet to build a table so they can 'eat' with their dishes.
Bloomers, dresses of all sorts, wooden chests, laundry basket, wooden jugs and cups, wooden rocking chair... we've had fun finding things that go with our dollies.
My daughter (and son) often pull them out to play with.
I hope to make more in the future, but I think next time, I will try for a more modern look.
I appreciate the old-fashioned style, but now that I'm more confident sewing their clothes, I'd like to try modern style clothes, skirts, shirts, etc...
Happy Crafting
S.L. Kliever
