Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Alien Army doll

My grandson handed me his Lego Alien and asked me to make him a raggedy doll. No problem... You can use the pattern for a 15 inch raggedy doll for the body, just lengthen the legs and arms by about 3 inches for distorted look. Army pants were made with simple 15 inch raggedy doll elastic band pants. Here are pattern cutouts for the Alien Head. Anywhere i wrote fold, place material on fold to cut If it says pleat, needs 4 small pleats to on top and two on bottom of face piece to distort. We used fabric markers to draw face and i love earth heart.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Folk art love seat completed

After banging my thumb for what seemed like a thousand times. The new cushions and stuffed backing are done. With the left over material we hand sewed a couple of pillows for the sides of the bench and added a vintage shabby baby blanket for a throw. Now your folk art scavenged love seat can have a place of honor in your home.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Folk art love seat repair

Found this lovely folk art, hand crafted, love seat at a swap shop. It was in horrible condition with no seat or backing. Found 5 yards of upholstery material at another shop and gathered vintage upholstery tacts, car dent hammer, old stuffing from an old couch and an old pillow.
Not hard to place them all together and tack in place. But be warned... your thumb will suffer a few blows. Well worth it, and don't worry about being perfect,  this is folk art, not high end.
Enjoy the search, and have fun.