Friday, January 20, 2012

Covering a Paperclay Doll Mask with Felt - Part II

wet sponge, Clover Mini Iron, pray starch

First mask sprayed with spray starch (lightly)!

Iron down 'starched' wet felt fibers on masks with mini iron on medium heat. Clean iron with wet sponge.

6 comments:

flyingbeader said...

LOL! Like minds at work this cold Wintry week. I finished up a doll covering the face with doe suede. Didn't think about using starch though, but since I'm covering a resin face, don't know it that would work, but I'm going to try it as I have a can of it in the studio.

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Sue said...

Doe suede sounds nice. Can't say I've tried the spray starch with it though. I use the spray starch primarily with the felt to get the stray fibers to lay down and make a pressed look. Best wishes!

Rhissanna said...

Wow! I'm all agog at this. Spray starch? I never thought of that! I SO want to try felt faces now!

Cheryl @ Bingle Bears said...

Thank you so much for these two tutorials. I've been wanting try my hand at making felt dolls.

Warmly,
Cheryl

Steph said...

I really like watching you create (Pt 1 & 2). It's like being able to sit beside you (and the doll faces are wonderful).

Ani said...

Thank you so much for these detailed tutes Sue! I have a faces to cover, so now no excuses I don't know how to do it!