The Elusive Butterfly

Week 1 continued: Constructing the head and body

I did not photograph a number of the steps.

 Step 1:  I traced the head and body on freezer paper, using my black fine-line Pilot pen, then pressed the freezer paper patterns to pieces of Dolskin knit and muslin.

Step 2.  I sewed the head and body following the lines on the freezer paper, then trimmed 1/16 inch from the seam line, and removed the freezer paper. Time to turn the head and body right side out and stuff firmly.

Step 3.  I drew facial features lightly with a mechanical pencil. Taking quilting thread and a 4 inch needle, I sculptured the face. I attached the sculptured head to the muslin body,  then I applied Aleen's  Fabric Stiffener to the sculptured head.

Step 4.  After tea-dying a quarter yard of cotton crinkle gauze, I cut a 6 inch square of fabric.  After applying Sobo Premium Craft and Fabric Glue in a thin layer over the face and under the chin, and covered the face with the crinkle gauze, stretching and molding the gauze to the face.  The covered face was  allowed to dry.

Step 5.  Using pencils, pens, colored chalks,  and acrylic paint, I added the features.  The face was too dark compared to the muslin neck and body, so I took a remnant of tea-dyed crinkle gauze and stretched it over the neck and upper body.

Ready for Week 2!