Innholdsfortegnelse for Volume 21 Issue 5 i Dolls Bears & Collectables

Welcome to the latest edition of Australian Dolls, Bears and Collectables. There are some wonderful projects this issue, including Kase the adorable reborn, gorgeous Asta the bear, a dress to knit for Elizabeth the BJ doll, a stunning face painting project, Lichen the cheeky cloth pixie, and Part 2 of Fantasy Scene, which will give you plenty of ideas when creating scenes featuring your dolls. Lesley Hurford has written a fabulous article on Sewing Dolls & Related Items, complete with beautiful photographs, and we celebrate Bécassine, the famous French comic strip heroine who first appeared in La Semaine de Suzette in 1905 and became a treasured doll for generations of girls. There’s a delightful story about two Australian dolls, Trudy and Esmeralda, which were created in the 1940s.Trudy, a three-faced…

MATERIALS Sealer – Mr Superclear Flat UV Cut Derwent watercolour pencils: Copper Beech, Dark Chocolate, Black (all sharpened to a fine point) Rembrandt Pastels - Carmine, Deep Permanent Red, Bluish Grey, Burnt Umber Magic Eraser Toothpicks with a little cotton wool wound around the end Tissues and paper towelling Brushes: fine brush, square shader and a small mop brush Artist sketch paper Face mask – this is very important. Please use when spraying each sealer coat. Try to use the spray outside, but if this is not possible, then you can set up a temporary spray booth using a cardboard box. I like to build the colours up gradually, but if you are impatient you can do more on each coat. With the artist sketch paper, rub the pastels on…

MATERIALS ¼m piece of mohair fabric 10mm glass amber eyes 6 x 30mm discs for head and arms 4 x 40mm discs for legs 10 x metal washers 2 x cotter pins for head 4 x screws for arms and legs 4 x lock nuts Small piece of ultrasuede approx. 11cm x 11cm Small piece of white felt 4cm x 5cm Prisma colour pencils: PC1030 Raspberry and PC947 Dark Umber 5ply Perle cotton for nose Sinew Doll needles Awl Jointing tools: Pliers, screw driver and spanner Ear pins Finished size: 9 ½ “ OR 25cm INSTRUCTIONS: Please read all the instructions before commencing your bear. There is a ½ cm allowance included in the pattern. Photocopy or trace the pattern, cut out and glue onto cardboard. Remember to reverse pieces…

Hi, my name is Jackie Bond and I live in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. I have been making porcelain dolls for around 15 years or more and I have a love for modern dolls, especially the ladies. I just love their realism and being a dressmaker, I love to create costumes for them which more often than not I design myself. The ideas for these designs often come from gowns I have actually made in my business for real young ladies, whether it is for their wedding, engagement or even a school formal. In 2004 I was invited to go to the USA and stay with a very dear friend, also a doll maker needless to say, whom I had met through the Internet. Whilst I was there…

Now that Janice Laurent has found time in her retirement, on a property outside Canberra in the quiet village of Murrumbatemen, she is busier than ever. These days she is pursuing a hobby, long in the making, which began by chance when Janice’s grandmother gave her exactly what she needed. “My brother and I were brought up by our dad and we had a nomadic lifestyle as he had to move often with his work,” Janice recalls. “He wasn’t in tune to what girls needed, so I didn’t have any dolls until my grandmother gave me one when I was about eight years of age.” Although the doll is long gone, Janice has never forgotten it, or the sewing skills she learnt, nor the fondness she had for her doll…

Dear Ed Thank you for the wonderful story on ‘My doll, Queenie’ (DBC 21.4). The earlier wars were all about the young men, and we don’t hear much about the young women who travelled overseas to help in the war effort. If only Queenie the doll could talk – she would have had some incredible experiences to tell us. It’s lovely that Jane has taken such good care of her Great Aunt’s doll. It has such exquisite clothing. I’m sure Queenie will be a treasured heirloom for generations to come. Sincerely Marg via email Ed: Thank you Marg – we couldn’t agree more. Dear Ed I’d like to pass on my thanks to Colleen Murphy, who created Priscilla in Pink (DBC 21.3). Priscilla has a paper clay head and cloth…

To celebrate this exciting milestone, from 3 February until 26 September this year, the Musée de la Poupée-Paris is holding a special exhibition to highlight Loulotte’s treasures. Loulette is a character of Becassine’s adventures inspired by the real Claude, the only daughter of Maurice Languereau, publisher of the children magazine La Semaine de Suzette, and his wife Yvonne, a long-time head chief of Bleuette. Rare and antique dolls, trousseau, original prints from Becassine books, La Semaine de Suzette issues, charming and unusual collectibles, documents and pictures … more than a thousand items will be exhibited, including the personal collection of Claude Canlorbe-Languereau, alias Loulotte. The exhibit speaks to everyone: yesterday’s children nostalgic of the dolls from their childhood, fond of sewing and fashion, today’s children who enjoy Becassine, comics lovers,…

Once you have decided on your theme, collect as many oddments of interesting fabric, fur, twine, and foliage as you can. Don’t be afraid to play around with ideas until you achieve the look you want. JOY WITH HER PONY This simple setting uses a piece of plywood for the base. Stain or paint the base in a wood-like colour. A fence, using pieces of square dowel glued together, surrounds two sides. Measure the two sides which will have the fence, and cut two lengths of narrower square dowel for the railings for each side. Use thicker square dowel for the upright posts. You will need two for each side plus one for the corner. Cut to desired height. Each fence side is best assembled before attaching to the base.…

Janice’s many talents also extend to making dolls from gourds. A gourd is similar to a pumpkin, which is grown on a vine. Its skin is thick and it is filled with seeds and pulp. For thousands of years, dating back to 13,000BC, gourds have been used for food, drinking vessels, musical instruments, homewares, and decorations. More recently they are used in the arts and crafts. The gourd is left on the vine to mature and dry out. The gourds are left to dry completely for up to 12 months. The gourd’s dried pulp and seeds can be removed by cutting the top of the gourd off and scooping it out, or the gourd can be left intact. Janice sometimes paints the gourd’s shell, or she applies leather stain to…

MAY 26th Sydney Miniatures and Doll’s House Fair Date: 2–3 May 2015 Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm Entry: 2 Adults & Children $25 Venue: State Sports Centre Olympic Blvd, Olympic Park, NSW. Organisers: Nerida 02 9630 2804, Rhonda 02 9874 6144 Email: neridaocallahan1@gmail.com Toowoomba Dolls, Bears & Craft Show Date: May 2015 TBA Time: 9am –3pm Venue: St Paul’s Lutheran Church Hall Cnr James And Phillip Streets, Toowoomba, Qld. Tickets: Adults $8, Pensioners $6, Children Under 12 $1 Organiser: Elaine Kieseker 07 4696 9972 Email: ekieseker@hotmail.com Web: www.toowoombadollshow.blogspot.com Melbourne Doll Show (New Venue) Date: 23 & 24 May 2015 Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: Karralyka Centre Mines Road, Ringwood East, Vic, 3135 Contact: Julie Lightower 03 9728 4506 Central Coast’s Annual Doll and Bear Fair and Craft Fair Date: 24 May…

For a child there is nothing more fascinating, enchanting and awe-inspiring that a toy that moves and plays music seemingly of its own accord. Some time ago, while perusing a Theriaults Auction Catalogue, I came across one such wondrous creation. It was made circa 1888 by the French firm Vichy, which specialised in the production of automata or mechanical toys. This particular piece features a beautiful lady doll playing a piano-harp type instrument. Because I love to both research and reproduce antique dolls, I was drawn to the idea of making my own replica of this wonderful piece. The head mould is available – the head used in the original version is a portrait Jumeau lady. The sourcing, acquisition and construction of the rest of the mechanism however, has been…

Dolls permeate the very essence of Ankie Daanen. According to this talented doll maker, she is never short on inspiration and ‘has more ideas in my head than I can make in my life’. Looking through ‘doll eyes’ at the world, her art has become something that she sees life through every day. While Ankie believes that the basics of doll making is excellent craftsmanship, in her world, it actually goes beyond this. Doll making involves expression and recognising emotions together with using high-quality materials, and for her this means that doll making is a never-ending story. From her home in Spain, Ankie works on her creations daily, trying to make the ultimate doll to communicate everything she wants to say. Describing herself as a ‘workaholic’, she spends about nine…

MATERIALS Doll: Kase – Realborn kit by Bountiful Baby Porcelain or ceramic well palette (don’t use plastic as it reacts with the Genesis oil paints) Small 1 ounce jars suitable for Genesis paint storage or mixing or use the palette above Genesis Heat Set Paints including: Pyrrole Red 02, Flesh 08, Bountiful Baby Vein Blue Premix, Pyrrole Red 07, Phthalo Blue 03, Bountiful Baby Nail Tip premix, Genesis Burnt Umber, Bountiful Baby Brow Brown Premix, Genesis Air dry Gloss Varnish, Matte Sealer, Glazing Gel, Genesis Thinning Gel and/or Odourless Solvent Paddle pop sticks for loading paint onto your palette or jar and paint mixing Paint brushes: Secrist Deluxe 5 Brush for eyebrows (or any other very very thin brush), Maxine’s Mop Brush 1/4”, 3 Maxine’s Mop 1/2”, Maxine’s Mop Brush…

MATERIALS A fat quarter of Lycra or doe suede will be sufficient to make about four pixies Sewing machine thread to match Lycra, plus thread to match clothes Very strong, flesh-coloured sculpting thread – something that won’t break Good quality toy fill – not too slippery Metre of wire for armature – I use aluminium wire because it’s easy to bend, but any wire about 1/8 th of an inch thick will be fine Green or brown boucle, feathers or interesting wool for hair 4 white or flesh-coloured long Chenille sticks or 8 white pipe cleaners for finger bones and inside boots and cap Fat quarter or so of cotton to make suit and hat Small amounts of toning fabric for vest, linings and shirt Felt for forest garb Tiny…

MATERIALS • One ball of one ply wool divided into two lots to be able to knit double •1 pr knitting needles size 2.25mm (size 13) FRONT Cast on 30 stitches Rows 1-5 Knit *Row 6 Knit Row 7 Purl Row 8 Knit Row 9 Purl Row 10 Knit Row 11 Purl Row 12 Purl Row 13 Knit* Rows 6-13 form pattern Repeat rows 6-13 rows 7 times (8 complete patterns) Keeping continuity of pattern, proceed as follows: Cast off 4 stitches at the beginning of the next two rows Work 2 rows Decrease 1 stitch at the end of next row*** Work 3 more rows Knit 6 stitches and turn Work 3 rows on these 6 stitches Next row decrease one stitch at neck edge Work 3 rows Decrease…

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