Feature Friday - Christine at From an Igloo!!
Hi! My name is Christine, and I'm the author of the blog From An Igloo. My blog is dedicated to sewing and crafts, but I have been known to make the occasional tasty treat! I'm so happy to be here on Fireflies and Jellybeans today and am going to share with you the first tutorial I ever posted on my blog! It's one of my personal favorites, so I hope you enjoy it too! Dolly hair pretties!
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My girls go through hair pretties like mad. I find them under the couch, under their beds, in the toy boxes. They get left in restaurants, at ballet, at school. It drives me CRAZY and if I somehow had a way to add up the amount of money we have spent over the past 5 yrs on hair stuff I would probably be shocked and horrified.
Last Christmas one of their aunties gifted the girls the absolute cutest hair pretties I had ever seen. I threatened the girls short of their lives not to lose them. I guess they like being alive because in something short of a miracle they didn't lose them, and a year later they are still hanging around. Problem is, these hair pretties (which look like little dolls) now look like they lead questionable lifestyles and I can't have dollies like that in my girlie's hair! So before throwing them out, I did what any normal person would do. I took them apart, and then made some new ones. Here is what you need to do to make them too!
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- Embellishments like ribbon and buttons
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I couldn't find a piece of cord as thin as I wanted, so I am taking mine apart and only using one section.
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Cut two pieces. One 6 inches and one 2.5 inches. Put a little knot in each end. These will be your arms and legs.
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Fold your long piece in half and put it up through your bead.
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Cut a piece of yarn- I didn't measure as we will trim Dolly's hair up later. Wrap it through and around your cording 2-3 times. This is to create the part in her hair and to secure her legs.
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Remember what you did with the cording? Do this with a piece of yarn. You will want about 10-12 pieces for her hair. I didn't measure this- you can trim up her hair later.
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Slide her strands of hair through the cording.
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Now pull her legs down. Not too hard or everything will pull through the top of the bead!
Look at her pretty hair!
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Lift her hair up and put some hot glue on the back of the bead and glue her hair down.
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Now take a scrap of fabric- I used a 1.5 inch x 3 inch piece. Best to use one that will not fray like a knit. Hot glue the ends so it looks like a tube. You can make her dress longer or shorter.
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Take your needle and thread and weave the thread in and out a few times around your tube. Do this down from the top aprox 1/2 inch.
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Put your Dolly inside the tube and pull the thread and tie it to gather. I also wrapped the thread around a couple of times to ensure it was strong. Voila, Dolly has a dress!
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Add something if you wish, or don't.
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Turn your dolly over, put a dot of glue on her back and attach her arms.
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I'm choosing to use a barrette for this one. I cut a tiny piece of my fabric and lined the top using my hot glue. I added a bow to Dolly too. Now put some glue on the top of your barrette and attach Dolly (don't forget to lift up her hair- which you should now trim too).
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Super cute!
I hope you've enjoyed the tutorial I've shared with you today! Here are just a few of the other tutorials you will find on From An Igloo.
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My girls go through hair pretties like mad. I find them under the couch, under their beds, in the toy boxes. They get left in restaurants, at ballet, at school. It drives me CRAZY and if I somehow had a way to add up the amount of money we have spent over the past 5 yrs on hair stuff I would probably be shocked and horrified.
Last Christmas one of their aunties gifted the girls the absolute cutest hair pretties I had ever seen. I threatened the girls short of their lives not to lose them. I guess they like being alive because in something short of a miracle they didn't lose them, and a year later they are still hanging around. Problem is, these hair pretties (which look like little dolls) now look like they lead questionable lifestyles and I can't have dollies like that in my girlie's hair! So before throwing them out, I did what any normal person would do. I took them apart, and then made some new ones. Here is what you need to do to make them too!
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You will need:
- Glue gun/glue
- Yarn
- Beads- I chose wooden 1/2 inch
- Thread/needle
- A piece of cording
- Alligator clips or barrettes
- Scraps of fabric
- Embellishments like ribbon and buttons
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I couldn't find a piece of cord as thin as I wanted, so I am taking mine apart and only using one section.
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Cut two pieces. One 6 inches and one 2.5 inches. Put a little knot in each end. These will be your arms and legs.
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Fold your long piece in half and put it up through your bead.
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Cut a piece of yarn- I didn't measure as we will trim Dolly's hair up later. Wrap it through and around your cording 2-3 times. This is to create the part in her hair and to secure her legs.
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Remember what you did with the cording? Do this with a piece of yarn. You will want about 10-12 pieces for her hair. I didn't measure this- you can trim up her hair later.
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Slide her strands of hair through the cording.
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Now pull her legs down. Not too hard or everything will pull through the top of the bead!
Look at her pretty hair!
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Lift her hair up and put some hot glue on the back of the bead and glue her hair down.
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Now take a scrap of fabric- I used a 1.5 inch x 3 inch piece. Best to use one that will not fray like a knit. Hot glue the ends so it looks like a tube. You can make her dress longer or shorter.
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Take your needle and thread and weave the thread in and out a few times around your tube. Do this down from the top aprox 1/2 inch.
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Put your Dolly inside the tube and pull the thread and tie it to gather. I also wrapped the thread around a couple of times to ensure it was strong. Voila, Dolly has a dress!
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Add something if you wish, or don't.
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Turn your dolly over, put a dot of glue on her back and attach her arms.
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I'm choosing to use a barrette for this one. I cut a tiny piece of my fabric and lined the top using my hot glue. I added a bow to Dolly too. Now put some glue on the top of your barrette and attach Dolly (don't forget to lift up her hair- which you should now trim too).
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I hope you've enjoyed the tutorial I've shared with you today! Here are just a few of the other tutorials you will find on From An Igloo.