Mimi's Father Christmas is a fabulous teaching pattern and is easier than ever. This magnificent, 20" muslin doll helps you learn new techniques. Learn to make a simple needle-modeled face or a 3-dimensional trapunto face. Learn to make easy mitten hands or beautiful, open-fingered hands. Learn to make wired or stuffed fingers.

Five Star Rating for beginning to advanced cloth dollmakers.

20-inch figure can be made into your own characters. The versatile, anatomically proportioned, quarter-scale body (6 foot 6 inches) will also accept clay, resin, or porcelain head, hands, and feet. It can be used for any middle-aged, over-weight male character doll.

You will learn simple fur trimming techniques. You can draw, paint, or embroider the eyes. Special instructions for easy eye painting help you learn how. This pattern teaches new techniques to serious dollmakers that can be applied to all of their dollmaking.

Use the optional armature to make a wonderful, free-standing figure on a wooden base, or skip the armature for easier stuffing.

Costume includes Union Suit under fur-trimmed robe (can be made as a Santa suit if desired), fur-trimmed hat, leather bag, and mittens.

Full-sized, cut-out patterns and 32-page instruction book filled with pictures, drawings and hints for dollmakers. You can sell dolls made from this pattern.

Variation:
(instructions not included)
Painted Silk over
Sculpted Paperclay Mask,
Silk and Fur Costume,
Mohair Hair & Beard

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