Garden Fairy Doll

Step 1

Steps:

1. Cut a 6" x 6" square from the T-shirt for the doll head. Form a golf-ball sized piece of cotton stuffing and place it in the center of the square. Wrap floral wire around the neck to form the head. Set aside.

Step 2

2. Cut a 12" x 14" rectangle from the T-shirt to form the doll's body. With the 14" side at top, fold the fabric over 4 inches. Cut a small slit in center of the fold and insert the head into the hole. The T-shirt fabric below the neck wire will form the body stuffing.

Step 3

3. Roll the 4" folded piece of the T-shirt to the top fold to form the arms.

Step 4

4. Cut the T-shirt under the rolled arms to 1" each side from the center body area.

5. Trim off 1" from the ends of the arms.

Step 6

6. Wrap the rolled arms with floral wire to maintain their rolled shape.

Step 7

7. Body: From each edge, cut the T-shirt toward the center (same as arms), about 2" down from the underarms. Fold the left side of the strip of T-shirt around the front of the body. Wrap the right side tightly around the body. To hold the body shape, wrap floral wire around the body.

Step 8

8. Cross the wire around the neck and arms.

Step 9

9. Roll the remaining bottom of the T-shirt up toward the body to form the legs.

Steps 10-11

10. Wrap the legs with floral wire.

11. Covering hands and feet: Cut four 2" squares. Cover the ends of the arms and legs with a square to form the hands and feet. Wrap floral wire around the wrists and ankles to secure.

Step 12

12. Paint the head, feet and hands with flesh-colored acrylic paint. Sew on glass beads for eyes. Pull novelty yarn through the head for eyelashes. Cut a variety of pieces of wool and cotton yarns 4" long. Gather them in the middle and tie with three more strands of yarn.