Dolls making for young children

I am sorry for such a long absence, but here is the part of the reasons. During the last week I taught in a one-week needlecrafts workshop for 9-10 years old girls. It was during their Passover holiday which still continues. I had hesitated before I agreed to make this workshop, I had been frighten that it was going to be difficult and exhausting, and I didn't want to be a babysitter or kindergartner for the holiday time. It do was difficult and exhausting I don't really have a school teacher skills, my voice is weak and I had to scream many times in order to get their attention, but after all it was worth it. Since I don't have a lot of experience with kids (I began to work with small group only at the last month) I didn't know what are they abilities and what kind of project I should prepare for them. At the first day I taught them the basic blanket stitch and they made a tiny pillows that were added key holders and magnet to its back. At the second day we made this felt wallets, my sample is the top on the right and the others are their own creations.


This one is the back of the cherries one (bottom left at top photo)

The highlight of this workshop was the doll making.
The kids were very exited about it, I was surprised by their joy of making things by hands, by their patience and passion to the needlecrafts, I had another image at my mind for nowadays kids.
The doll at the photo above is made by me as a sample.
I designed her body and cut the fabric for them, but for the garments I prepared a papers with patterns (like the burda's patterns pages) and they cut and designed by themselves.
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Unfortunately we hadn't enough time for that.
One hour before the end of the workshop the dolls were yet looked like that.
I become nervous, more then the girls were.
Chen, who was my assistant and learns graphic design at the same college were I studied fashion design (Shenkar college), told me she felt for the girls as if they should be prepared to a presentation at the Shenkar college.



One hour later the dolls were done and dressed up ready to go home.
For me it looks like they designed the dolls to look like themselves.

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Leftovers dolls

I have this box of leftovers fabrics. Sometimes I cut them to 1 cm bands and crochet them into doll's bag or cuffs, It's took tonne of time to make theses bands and then I manage to crochet only a tiny pieces. I can’t keep this box close anymore it’s much more fabrics then it’s measures.
I use them to create samples to the needlecraft class I teach, and I took some to use at the class with the kids but yet I can’t keep the cover shut down.

So I began with this tiny dolls:

I also had some order for this kind of dolls, which arrived right on time.

Last Sunday began to sketch my ideas down.

I don't have much patience for sketching I am too curios to see it at 3d, and become bored by sketches, anyway I always changing so many things during the work, so it's never looks like my sketch.
I though it would be fun and easy to sew them, like making miniature of my dolls, but since my dolls are made by so many tiny details It is much more complicated and challenging to miniaturizing the dolls, the garments and accessories.
As every miniature they becoming very cute, but I yet have a lot to do till they will be done.
Meanwhile to keep my sanity I crocheting two new dolls which is always fun to make, at least at the beginning of the crocheting before I have to make all of the annoying details.

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Stylish lady

I didn't know how to define this new lady,
There is many woman at my neighborhood looks like her.
When I firstly began to crochet her I though she is going to be the girlfriend of the young anarchist, but she became too much grown up and stylish for him, I thought maybe she would be more like his adult sister.

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Retouching the infant

It was long time to prepare him to the photos.
I took many photos of him few at Friday, while I was editing them, I saw so many things that I wanted to retouch, so finally I spent hours at Saturday sewing, fixing and retouch the young doll.
Yesterday I have took day off leaving the baby playing by his own.


Meanwhile he succeeded to turn over.

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