Recycling my daughter's old clothes while learning how to sew. I'm still trying to figure out some kind of closure and also I think it needs something on the outside to spruce it up. Any ideas?



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Thanks for taking a peek!!!!

Once you have crocheted the head part half way you need to cut strands of hair and make a loop in the middle of the strand.

From the top of the head pull the loop into the underside of the head and then pull the loop up through another hole adjacent to it. Take the loose ends of the strand and pull it though the loop that you just pulled up from the underside of the head and then pull tightly.

After that it just basically shaping the hairline and start filling it in. Just try to mark where the eyes are going to go!

Hope this helps!

She's so pretty!! How did u ever do the eyes? *way to craft is up!*

My eldest daughter is really into anime (manga) and she can draw fairly well- I told her to design some eyes and I embroidered the eyes onto felt that I traced onto tear away stabilizer. I then glued the eyes on with hot glue.

That is really beautiful!! I'm sure they'll like it.

Great job! I absolutely LOVE her eyes and her hair.  Planning on making her any friends?

Yes I am - my sister in law and my youngest daughter have already staked claim to #'s 2 & 3. I can't make them that fast though. lol

Great colors!!!- for a closure you should try to crochet a loop on one side that would be big enough to go over the top and a button on the other side!

I absolutely thrilled to have accomplished this doll- she came out much better than I had hoped for! I saw a doll online with a pattern but I really suck at following patterns to the letter (its much easier following diagrams for crochet patterns that come from other countries-takes the guess work out of the task), anywho... like I said I really can't follow a pattern so this doll is made up of part pattern, part winging it

Let me know what you think!



My daughter designed the eyes and I embroidered it onto felt with tear away stabilizer:






This is the doll in the making-head was held on by safety pins and I hadn't made her dress yet   p.s.:don't mind the date on the photo-camera gaffe

I know that Easter has come and gone a long time ago but I wanted to post my eggs before someone accidentally breaks them!!

Tinkerbell:


Random anime character I found online:


Purple Variagated Floss:


And then just craziness:

I can't take the credit for this one - my 16 year old daughter did it. Unfortunately she isn't interested in making her own craftster account. So I want to play the proud mama and show it off for her!  (By the way this is what I use for my avatar because she made it just for me!!)

Her preferred drawing tools are gel pens. This is just a photograph of her work. It looks better in person.

My youngest daughter wanted to be in a latin band made up of kids. The only position open was for a back up singer playing a percussion instrument called a guiro (pronounced: weedo).

Unfortunately she has now decided that she does not like that instrument and has no desire to learn another one and has dropped out of the band.

Thank heavens I can re-purpose the bag - it's new job is a water bottle carrier!!!