Rizena by DANA Fall AMERICAN MINIATURIST Tutorial Column
Greetings and Welcome to our Noble Lady with Falcon tutorial. Each month I strive to expand your dollmaking skills with new techniques - and a little thinking outside the box to help inspire your muse. Rizena showcases tips on how to make a beautiful (faux) french braid, as well as making that arm stay sturdy upright holding something. Enjoy the tutorial --- and As always Happy Creating! DANA www.miniatureart.com DANA@Miniatureart.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/danamarieburton ----------------------------------------------- FALCON for sale from JIL (see her on facebook or text 920 400 9598 CREDITS: -FACE Mold by Patricia Rose -Falcon available from JIL DOLL: Painted, designed, wigged and dressed by DANA of MiniatureART.com Page 2
Supplies Needed: -Porcelain doll -Doll Stand -Fingernail polish -Materials, trims, netting, jewelry findings, falcon, chain -no hole beads, rhinestones -scissors -tweezers -toothpicks -plastic baggie (to protect her face) -pins -corsage pins -glue (Aileens Original Tacky) -glue dispenser -zap a gap (gel superglue) -hair dryer -needle and thread -hairspray -Decorating Chalks & Q-tip PREPERATION: 1.Put plastic baggie over dolls head (wrap throat with thread) to protect face while dressing. 2. Assemble doll (NO ARMS YET), paint shoes and put doll on doll stand. Paint ONE GLOVED (hand) tan color. UNDERSKIRT: 1. Cut out rectangle 4 x 6 of darker blue silk. 2. Make tube, gather top and put on doll s waist. BE SURE... to check the length of skirt. Depending on how you assemble your doll, your skirt maybe to long. ONLY the very bottom shows under the overskirt... 3. Cut small rectangle of white cotton material out to cover her lady bits under dress. The dress has two skirts and hairsprayed to drape - but just incase someone peeks under her dress. ------------------ A tube is made by cutting out a rectangle piece of material. Next, turn bottom edge and one side edge to wrong side and glue. Lastly, join side edges (glue). This forms a tube. When you gather the top - this makes a skirt. Page 3
OVERSKIRT: 1. Cut out overskirt pattern from lighter blue silk. 2. Turn very bottom edge under to wrong side and glue. 3. With material right sides together, sew up Center Back Seam. Turn right side out. 4. Gather waist and slide on doll, over the top of underskirt. Do not worry about draping at this point. BODICE: 1. Cut out 3 x 1 rectangle of lighter silk. 2. Turn top edge JUST A LITTLE under and glue. Turn one side edge under JUST A LITTLE and glue. 3. Now fray opposite side edge (see photo) and pull threads to make a (faux tucked) bodice. This ONLY SHOWS a very small section under jacket. Now lightly spread glue on torso, and when almost dry (tacky) press on the faux bodice. THIS ONLY GOES on just her front - not wrapped around doll s torso. Page 4
JACKET 1. Cut out jacket pattern from gold screen printed cotton material. 2. With right sides together - glue from hem to cuff as shown in photo. Let dry. 3. Glue porcelain arms onto pipecleaners. These arms have TINY holes - so allow superglue/glue to dry thoroughly. 4. Put Aileens tacky glue INTO SHOULDER/ ARM HOLE (being careful that it doesn t seep out). 5. Now carefully put on jacket, and thread pipecleaner/arm into sleeve - thru to torso hole. Let dry overnite. 6. Gently pull jacket front TIGHT, pin and glue in place. Do not worry about raw edges, as these are covered with chenille strip. 7. Glue on white Chenille around hem, collar and cuff as shown in photo. I then cut the ROUNDED part of chenille into a flat layer, and chalked a bit with light pink chalk to give it some depth. 8. Lastly glue on a smaller chenille trim to *line* the collar. Blend the two together by picking with corsage pin and if necessary - snip any stray edges. Page 5
WIGGING: 1. Take long, THIN - VERY THIN section of viscose - mist both sides and run thru your fingers so hair is FRIZZ FREE. 2. Glue realistic hairline on doll s head, and lay strip of viscose from nose to neck - press gently into glue. 3. Flip doll s hair to the back, and tie with thread into a pony tail. 4. Divide hair into 3 sections, and braid long braid down her back. 5. Put small line of glue (as seen in photo) and bring braid back up over the top to look like french braiding. 6. Wrap excess (if any) braid around head for braid cornet. THIS DOES NOT SHOW under veil and hat on my sample. Page 6
VEIL & HEADDRESS 1. Cut small square of veiling out of netting (depending on the length you prefer). Some of my reference photos had it elbow length - some chin length. 2. Now take a needle and matching (hair) color thread, and sew veiling on braid cornet to adhere to head. (Gluing makes a mucky mess!) 3. Take jewelry finding (if you purchased a kit - cut this in half) and glue to top of head over veiling. Glue on rhinestones and beads as desired (after you put material headdress on). 4. Cut 1 1/2 square of jacket cotton (material). Fold both ends to middle (think Toosie Roll wrapper), and glue. Then push in both side edges and glue to hold in place. When dry, glue to her head, and press down center to make mickey mouse ear shape. FINISHING TOUCHES: 1. Gather one edge of skirt and glue into her hand. Hairspray the skirt lightly, and smooth and shape with your hand in a downward stroke to drape skirt. 2. NOTICE the CORSAGE PIN throughout tutorial in doll s (falcon hand). I literally threaded this corsage pin thru her sleeve - and into the arm hole in torso so it would *glue* with arm. Once the corsage pin/glue is set - superglue the falcon to her hand, and with sharp nippers, cut head of the corsage pin off (so it doesn t show). THATS it! Enjoy your Noble and remember JIL has about 12 Falcons to sell. HAPPY CREATING! DANA Page 7
As a little tidbit... I have opened up a PERSONAL DANA facebook group - that only deals with new dolls, tutorials, and the very very limited things I offer for sale. Major events are posted on the monthly newsletter but for 5 kits or under - they are only posted on the Facebook group. You can find this link and more contact info by clicking to my website front page... www.miniatureart.com Page 8