GRANDPA WITH GRANDPA

Grandpa holding the 'look-a-like' grandpa doll. Both wearing the Big Five T-shirt and jeans.

Our granddaughter loves when her grandpa wears this T-shirt. It was Nelson's idea to use the THE BIG 5 image on the doll's shirt.

I think she's going to love it !

(click on lower picture to enlarge)

TODAY WORKING ON GRANDPA DOLL.

 
• Chose background fabric for head area.
• Ironed on fabric transfer of grandpa's head. 
• Put together the front and back of the body of the doll. Not sewn together yet. 

• Oooops! Almost forgot to reverse image I want to iron-on T-shirt. 
• Image reversed and ready to iron-on.

PHOTOS TRANSFERED

Yesterday:  Transferring Nelson's head photo directly on painted sky fabric. Fabric coloring came through the photo. Did it again on white. Ironed on 'Wonder-Under' to back of photo on fabric.  Bought unbleached muslin & iron-on interfacing for T-shirt body. Made a 'body pillow insert' for completed doll. (top photo on left)

White doll is prototype from grandma doll-making experience.

SLEEPING ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT

Our son sent this picture taken on Christmas night. Our granddaughter sleeping with grandma doll and new pillows.

On facetime a couple days later, the grandma doll with our other granddaughter, who it was actually made for. 

IT'S A GRANDMA DOLL

Doll finished, wrapped, mailed and opened today on Christmas by my granddaughter.  It's a grandma doll!  I put her/me in the tree and took this picture before sending it. 

Merry Christmas everyone!

THE DOLLS

I have been saving this torn out craft page of rag dolls from the December 1970 issue Woman's Day Magazine for 43 years!  

(top 2 photos from magazine page)

With my granddaughter and Christmas in mind, I finally tried to make one of these cute things! I kept no directions but did have patterns I made years ago, but never used. 

I started. These dolls are harder to make than I expected. I'm not showing the failed experiments! Like any other art form,
you have to put time in, experimenting 
with the process. This could take some time.
(below - pondering the process) 

I have an awesome collection of fabric from years of quiltmaking so if I ever figure out how to make one of these dolls successfully,  I think this could be something fun to get into!