Little Doll Garland

 Things are a little quiet here on the blog because things are crazy busy here in the house.

 I’m crafting up some things for Olivia’s upcoming birthday party. Being the shy girl that she is, she asked to just have a couple friends over for a sleepover. I jumped on the chance to make this little doll garland that I had pinned quite a while back – one little doll for each friend who will be at the party. I’m kind of in love with how cute it is.

Olivia sat next to me as I finished each one up and set each one in a little makeshift doll bed. They are going to get played with so much when I snip their hand strings after the party!! It was a lot of fun adding little clothing and hair details to each girl.

I followed Charla Anne’s doll templates exactly, but I got a little lazy and used heat ‘n’ bond lite to adhere the front and back together for all of the felt pieces. Actually, for the relevant pieces, I adhered two pieces of felt together, then traced the template onto freezer paper, ironed the freezer paper onto the doubled felt, then cut once for each piece. I think that the stitching on the original dolls is really darling, though, and I’ll probably go back when I have more time and stitch around the face, hands, and feet (this won’t be any problem with the lite Heat ‘n’ Bond). You could use something with a stronger bond if you don’t want to do all the stitching.

Alrighty! Back to the crafting…what are you working on? Have you tried any projects off of Pinterest lately? LOVE this project! Go get the doll tutorial at love Charla Anne, plus she has the most beautiful photography on her blog.