| Hair for Soft Dolls |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-123 |
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Humans aren't the only ones who can have bad-hair days. Doll artist LaVerne Hall not only fixes dolls' bad-hair days but also gives them personality with her hairdos. She is a contributor to the book Doll Hair Basics. The text below explains some of LaVerne's different looks for sock dolls. Materials:
Sock doll
Purchased doll hair
Scissors
Needle and thread
Chenille "scrunchee"
Pompons
Fiber fill
Hot glue and gun
- Cut a long strand of purchased doll hair, and wrap it around your hand three or four times. Remove it from your hand, and grasp it in the middle, making two loops. In the center of the two loops, stitch it to the top of a sock doll's head with needle and thread. Continue around the back of the doll's head. Cut the loops for looser hair, or leave them looped (figure A).
- Place a chenille scrunchee on top of a sock doll's head. Stitch it in place. Tie a strip of fabric around the scrunchee, pushing the chenille loops up toward the top of the head. This is a very simple way to make a quick hairdo (figure B).
- Hot-glue pompons of any color onto the head of a sock doll. Hot-glue rosettes between the pompons for decoration (figure C).
- For another look, stitch the end of a hair rope to the front of a doll's head. Pull the hair back, wrap it around the head into a topknot, and stitch the knot in place (figure D).
- Form colored fiber fill into a cap, and hot-glue it to the top of a sock doll. Add a ball of fiber fill to the back of the head for a chignon.
RESOURCES :
LaVerne Hall
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