Wild Art Dolls

Sock Dolls – Step-by-Step, in Photos

Aisling — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:14:56 +0000

Last year, I began making sock dolls. I was inspired by the book Stray Sock Sewing.

Here’s how I made my sock dolls for the Wild Art Dolls swap in July 2010.

Supplies

You will need one sock, some batting or stuffing, Fray-Check, and your basic sewing supplies. [...]

Aisling — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:42:00 +0000

A sock doll swap is an exchange of dolls made from socks.

In this Wild Art Dolls exchange, the dolls had to be made from socks and three of them had to fit inside a flat-rate Priority Mail envelope.

Three of us participated. Here are some of the dolls:

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Aisling Dart — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:01:17 +0000

The first rule of cloth doll making is: BREAK THE RULES!

Nobody said the skin fabric has to be pink. Or muslin. Or brown. Or whatever.

Your doll’s skin can be purple. Or green. Or paisley. Or white lace over silver lame that you’ve fused to muslin.

Nobody said that your dolls’ legs and arms [...]