Tyvek Doll Clothing

For a while I have had the idea of making a "TreeBark ELF DOLL" using painted tyvek as the clothing. I realized the tyvek is rather stiff for clothes, but I NEVER say NEVER when it comes to trying things. For me part of the creative adventure is the journey of the process. I have never worried about things failing, for failure can become a new technique.

I took a used postoffice EXPRESS envelope and split the sides to make one long piece of paper/tyvek. I used my fab SHIMMER Paints and colored the one side with mulit layers of differnt colors. Paint color on paint color. WOW awesome shine. Then let it dry. I love this paint it for it dries fast. Hate it when I am on a creative roll and have to wait forever for paint to dry. Once dry I used a hot blower to melt and bubble the tyvek. Don't over do here, for you will be doing more of that.

I had made the Elf out of white fabric, so painted his arms and legs 'Eco Green...Used one drop of colorant green dye and two drops of yellow and two tablespoons of water. Did the Skintone area with my pinktone base using just one tiny drop of the dye, mixed with a tablespoon of water. Mixed each combo in an small empty yogart cup. So basically had used about 50 cents worth of paint mixed in a tablespoon or so of water. WOW SOOOO EASY .

I used the green to paint the dye on legs and sleeve area of the doll and the skintone for the head, hands and neck. If you like more shine, paint the body with the Shimmer EMERALD instead of the dye. LOVE that color. You can see it on some of the other dolls on this blog.

I made a pattern for the top and pants for the doll, cut them out of the tyvek. Sewed the pieces rightsides outside, leaving raw seam edges on the outside. (it is to hard to try and turn the tyvek rightside out. ) Put the clothes on the doll and used a hot blower to melt the clothes on the doll. Go over those raw seams and melt them away. Don't over heat/melt for it will make holes. However this is a cool look too.

I have always said Dolls tell the dollmaker what they want to be. My "Tree Bark Doll" , looks way more like a FUNKY FLAMBOYANT IRISH MATADOR. What a hoot. Maybe he needs a "cape" too. Ahhh a green cape with gold poka-dots. Seems like something he would like. LOL

I named him "TYE"

I have a couple more ELF dolls I am doing. My husband Doug created this new style and look doll face for this group. Fun, easy and delightful as usual. Makes me smile too. This new group will all become patterns. Check the site now and again. Check my website for the shimmer paint and colorant dye.

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hugs, barbk

Painted Clothes ARE the stuffed Doll too

I enjoy fussing around with weird ideas that give my creative soul new adventures. Since I am featuring some new and wonderful Dye and Paint, I wanted to do some dolls that didn't take long to make, where fun to do and cute to look at. All that to help show off the new paint and dye.

So I designed some dolls with the clothes as part of the stuffed doll. Some are done that way and some I simply painted the clothes on the stuffed doll. The clothes are painted the my fantastic SHIMMER Paint, and the faces are done with the new Skintone Dye, all of which is now on my website under Non Toxic Paint. The SKINTONE is done for me and called KEELINGS KUSTOM COLORS Skintone as my exclusive product.

I am the Queen of Quick & Easy and this is just that. You can paint a doll in five minutes. Doing the skintone is a whole new process now with my NEW SKINTONE dye. I make the dolls out of white fabric the weave and style I want to use. Make up the doll and then paint the area I want to be "skin" color. There is no wasted fabric. I mix one drop of the dye add in a tablespoon of water, stir it and if I like the tone, paint it on the doll. Let it dry usually for 15 minutes and that is that. NO COOKING and NO SETTING NECESSARY. You can make a zillion tones of the skintone one drop at a time. Skintone fabric are expensive and limited in type of fabric you can have. This way you can buy and dye what you want. I even painted some "cheap fleece" and it look very cool.

Skintone comes in three basic tones, pink, peach and brown which comes in 1.25 fl oz eyedropper bottles. A little goes a very long way. (remember I redyed an 8 foot couch with less than one bottle of this type of dye, costing me less than $6.00) Soooooooo very little goes a really long way. As you know my help and support is always there. TRY IT you will be so happy you did.

hugs barbkeeling

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