{"id":5232,"date":"2012-04-01T20:38:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T00:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2012-04-01T20:43:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T00:43:38","slug":"work-in-progress-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2012\/04\/work-in-progress-men\/","title":{"rendered":"work in progress- men"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have finished making up most of the backlog of partially finished dolls. So, time to start making new ones! I am starting in on a group of tattooed men. The first step to making the tattooed people is dyeing the toile. I decided to try something new this time. Instead of dyeing whole pieces of fabric, I decided to try cutting out the pieces first and dyeing these smaller pieces of fabric. It worked really well!<\/p>\n

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I have had trouble getting the larger fabric pieces to dye consistently- in other words, I’d end up with a lot of blotchy fabric. (I’m really not all that good at the dyeing part.) This time I cut out all the toile pieces for each doll and also the parts of the doll that are made of plain fabric- the head, hands, and ears. I safety-pinned the parts together at an edge. I did a test group and they turned out well enough to give me the confidence to cut out a whole lot more. I now have 20 men cut out! That photo is a pile of parts, dyed, washed and dried and still pinned together.<\/p>\n

Next, I unpinned them and ironed each piece flat, then marked the pattern onto the back sides. I keep the individual doll pieces together in zip lock bags.<\/p>\n

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I now have a lot of fabric that looks like this-<\/p>\n

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And I still have to make the pants\/tights and boots for the fellows. I’ve pulled out all the fabric possibilities.<\/p>\n

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I seem to be in the mood for cutting. I’m not sure if I will go forward with sewing these guys or keep cutting out more dolls and piling up the zip lock bags!<\/p>\n

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