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1. To make your wings, you will need the preprinted,
iron on transfers, fabric of your choice, aluminum foil,
folded double, and an iron.
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2. Cut out the desired wing shapes, leaving room around
the outer edges of the wing design.
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3. Place fabric wrong side down on double thickness aluminum
foil. Place wing transfer right side (printed side) down
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4. Set your iron at the medium setting, NO steam.
Press iron firmly over transfer. Do not move iron, but press
firmly and steadily for 7 seconds. Lift iron straight up
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5. While transfer is still warm, gently peel the paper
backing away from the fabric. If at any point, the
transfer sticks to the backing instead of the fabric, lay the
paper backing down on fabric and re-press. This is
usually sufficient, but if it does not work, repeat,
increasing the heat of your iron in slight increments until
transfer sticks to fabric. (Medium heat worked
beautifully for me, but all irons vary slightly in
temperature, so you may have to experiment.) |
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6. Transfer successfully fused to fabric. |
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7. The possibilities are endless. This pair of
wings was made using white china silk and black
transfers. The design was then colored using my son's
felt tip markers, and accented with fine gold glitter. |
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8. These wings were also made
on white china silk, and then painted with thinned acrylic
paints and accented with fine glitter. Do all painting
coloring or glittering BEFORE cutting wings from fabric. |
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9. When decorating is complete, cut out wings cutting
just outside the outer outline of each wing section. |
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10. Glue fine florist wire or gold wire to the
back side of each wing. I chose to use fine gold wire
because it blended better with the gold outlines on the wings,
and was much finer than florist wire. Shape wire first,
then use tacky glue to attach. Place between two layers
of wax paper, and set under a book until dry. |
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11. Take a shopping trip to the
craft store and look for silk flowers that you can use for
your fairy's clothing. I found this wonderful bunch of
Christmas hydrangeas that was just perfect. In one
bunch, I got shaded rose to pink velvet leaves, sheer pink
organdy petals, and rose satin petals, as well as leaves,
berries and other goodies. Look for flower clusters that
give you lots of texture and colors while keeping to a
pleasant color scheme. |
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12. All of these lovely
different petals came from a single cluster of flowers!!! |
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13. I covered Ariel's bottom
with a petal, bringing the center edge of the petal up to the
waist and gluing well at all edges.
Petals were then used for the
bodice back and bodice front. Play with your petals and
trim, reshape, gather or flatten as desired to form the shapes
that you need to dress your doll. |
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14. A layer of the velvet
petals was placed around Ariel's waist, forming the skirt;
then a layer of sheer petals edged with gold was placed over
the velvet petals, forming a second layer. Make sure
that you overlap your petals, and always glue the center front
petals last, so that their edges are on top. |
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15. I used a 2" plastic
flower pot for a stand for Ariel. It was just the right
height, lightweight, and something that I had on hand!!! |
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16. I wrapped and glued some of
the large green and gold leaves from my flower cluster over
the flower pot, with the pot turned upside down to form a seat
for Ariel. |
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17. Wet and pleat a section of
viscose in your large pleater. Dry in a 150 degree oven
for 30 minutes. |
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18. Run glue from the forehead
back to the nape of the neck. |
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19. Place the center of one
section of waved hair into the glue, with equal lengths of
hair extending in front and back of doll. |
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20. Apply glue across the doll's
head, from ear to ear. |
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21. Apply second section of
hair across head. Allow hair to dry well.
Flip front section back and with a
large needle, blend this hair into the other sections.
Blend all hair evenly, but do not overwork, or you may end up
with a bad case of the frizzies! Trim ends as
needed. Bring small sections over the shoulders to the
front if desired. |
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22. Move the hair well out of
the way, and glue the wings to the dolls shoulders. I
prefer to join the two sections of each wing together first,
then glue each wing into place.
When dry, bring hair back down
between the wings in the back. |
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23. The fine wire allows you to
shape and form your wings, giving them a sense of movement and
life!!! |
