I’ve been quite ill so I haven’t made much this year. I’ve just designed these scrap dolls and the idea originated from the November 2010 edition of “The world of interiors magazine”. This is a way of recycling very small scraps of fabrics, lace and ribbon. The scrap dolls can be used as bookmarks or to show off samples of your favourite fabrics. They would look lovely made into cards. If you paste the paper doll onto very stiff cardboard and waterproof it before adding the fabric scraps and a brooch pin – you’ll have a brooch to wear. To make one:
• Simply find a paper doll with the hands off the body (see below for some websites).
• Print it on nice paper (I’ve used thick watercolour paper) and cut it out.
• Decorate with scraps of nice fabric, lace, ribbon (and glitter if you like).
Some websites where you will find paper dolls:
Blogs by people who collect paper dolls
http://thepapercollector.blogspot.com
http://marlendy.wordpress.com
Some clip art sites with paper dolls
http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com
http://bibigreycat.blogspot.com
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