Upcycle cloth teabags- Tutu for flat doll
August 19, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under doll and dolls and dollmaking, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft
Yesterday, I posted about how I have been upcycling fabric teabags by making them into ribbon yarn and crocheting and weaving with them. Before that, I posted about how I made them into yo yo circles.
Today, I’ll show how I upcycled a baker’s dozen (13) of the little fabric teabags into a tutu for my Fanciful Fiber Friend Flat Doll.
In the pic above, a slew of the fabric teabags are hanging in the studio window, drying. Alright, so it looks weird… but c’mon!
It’s a studio… you expect to see unusual things in the windows!
After emptying the dryed
used up tea into …read more
How to make shoes for Flat Dolls
July 13, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under doll and dolls and dollmaking, tutorial
A couple of months ago, I bought a used leather coat at the second hand store. My plan was to upcycle it into a new bag.
Well, I haven’t gotten around to making the bag yet,
but I did snip a little flap off the coat
and have used it to make
the perfect accessory
for the Fanciful Flat Fiber Friends Dolls: Shoes.
Doesn’t every doll need the perfect pair of shoes?
Well, Flora did, so I got busy
with my sketch book and graph paper.
I snipped out a half a dozen different versions
of shoes for Flora and her friends.
When I was happy with the pattern, I cut …read more
Multi media flat dolls
July 28, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, spool knitting and spoolknitting, tatting
I love ‘cross pollinations’ in which I can bring together my various yarnie passions.
Crochet, tatting and spool knitting are so dear to my heart and VERY harmonious to combine.
I really enjoy making flat multi-media dolls to embellish garments and accessories.
Here are a few of the flat dolls that I’ve made with tatting, crochet, spool knitting, using everything from handspun angora to wire:
They’re stitched to a tote bag that I bought at a second hand store. (love it) *G*
