On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:09, Malvary J Cole wrote:
Alex - if you need better instructions than mine you might want to
look at the following website
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/2812/doll.html
Malvary in Ottawa, Canada
Alex Stillwell" wrote: The church doll has taken my fancy for this
particular
chapter .... I have a photo of the Church doll but I need to work out
how
to produce her from a square hankey.
A variant of the hankie church doll is a hankie angel, which is
somewhat more elaborate. It uses a small circle of fabric (strong pink
is good, as it'll show, a little, through the fine lawn of the hankie)
and a pipe cleaner in addition to the -- fully edged with lace --
hankie.
1) Wrap the extra fabric around the stuffing and wrap the pipe cleaner
around the "neck". Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner back towards the
"neck" -- those are the hands.
2) Starch the hankie stiff. Fold it in half on diagonal (making a
triangle). Fold it in half on the other diagonal -- this gives you the
centre.
3) Cover the head/hands assembly with the hankie (centre from folding
at the top of the head) and tie, tightly, around the "neck". Leave the
ends from the tying thread for hanging off a tree (if you want).
4) Tie a ribbon (or a narrow piece of insertion lace) around the
"waist", for a "sash".
5) Push the pipe cleaner "hands" down, toward the "waist". Turn the
doll, bring the triangles above the "waist" to back and tack them to
the head for wings. The triangles below the "waist" form the skirt
(yes, it's a little funny, tapering towards the bottom, instead of
widening).
6) Add a piece of lace for the halo, paint or embroider facial features
if desired.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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