| Decorate Stuffed Animals |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-167 |
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Craft demonstrator Kathy Lamancusa turns plain, inexpensive stuffed animals into well dressed treasures. Materials:
Stuffed teddy bear
Gathered lace
Picot ribbon
Ribbon roses
Small bows
Fused pearls
Fabric glue
Scissors
Blue ribbon
Red and white polka-dot ribbon
Wire
Charm
Design Master® spray dye - Start by putting a lace skirt on the teddy bear. Run a bead of fabric glue around the waist, and glue on a strip of gathered lace, with the opening at the back. Trim the lace. If you don't have gathered lace, run a basting stitch along one edge of the lace with a sewing machine, and pull to gather (figure A).
- Run a bead of fabric glue over the top of the gathered lace at the waist, and glue on a strip of ribbon for the waistband. Trim in back.
- Glue a piece of gathered lace around the neck (figure B).
- Glue fused pearls around the neck for a necklace. Fused pearls are made so that when the string between the pearls is cut, the pearls stay together (figure C).
- Glue ribbon roses on the head (figure D).
- To make a boy bear, glue cylinders of blue ribbon around each leg for pants. Glue a square of fabric to the chest to create the look of overalls (figure E). Glue a triangular piece of red and white polka-dot ribbon to the back of the neck to create a bandana. Glue another small triangular piece of ribbon on the back as a handkerchief in a back pocket (figure F).
- Spray Design Master spray dye on the bears' cheeks for blush.
- To create a large bow for the top of the head, make a loop with a piece of ribbon, pinch it together in the center, and wrap with a piece of wire. Wrap with strung pearls, and glue a small ribbon bow on top (figure G).
RESOURCES :
Kathy Lamancusa of Visual Design Concepts
Visual Design Concepts / Creative Directions
North Canton44720
Phone: 330-494-7224
Fax: 330-494-2918
Email: joe@lamancusa.com
Website: www.lamancusa.com
Design Master Color Tool Inc.
Design Master® spray dye or Design Master Just For Flowers®
P.O. Box 601
Boulder, CO 80306
Phone: 800-525-2644 or 303-443-5214
Fax: 303-443-5217
E-mail: ken@dmcolor.com
Web site: www.dmcolor.com
Manco Inc.
Designer's Choice® glue by Loctite
31250 Just Imagine Dr.
Avon, OH 44011
Phone: 800-338-9000 or 440-937-7000
Fax: 800-548-7389
Web site: www.manco.com
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