Grandma's Gone To Pieces!

I never liked the big hump that was on Grandma's back. It made it really difficult to make clothes for her. So now she is in pieces. Minus the hump!

I'm following Cynthia Howe's tutorial to try to put her back together. Her arms and legs are too long. That's an easy fix.

Casey sent me the perfect hair for her! It won't even need much styling. Thanks Casey! :D

Hope you have a lovely day!

Grandma's Hair

Troy commented that I could use Grandma as she was for a Halloween or "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" room box. :D

He even mentioned "putting her down!" Oh my!

I've become attached to this sad little doll and really don't want to replace her. Lucille suggested that I remove all of Grandma's hair and start over.


I've decided to try to make her a wig.

There are lots of tutorials and videos out there for making wigs. I like Cynthia Howe's Miniatures tutorial best. About.com has several tutorials on wigs also.

I found this pony tail hair at my local thrift shop for 69 cents. Cheap cheap cheap! There is enough hair here to make a million little doll wigs!

I pulled out some of the blonde hair, cut them into short lengths and glued one edge.













For the wig cap here I tried using cheese cloth over plastic wrap. I don't think this will work. The cheese cloth is too flimsy. I need to go back to the tutorials!



Then I will glue on the little pieces of hair. That's going to take a while.

Hopefully, I'll have something that looks like a wig later?

If not, I will show you what I did anyway. Warning: It could be really messy!

Surgery

Casey suggested that I visit Cynthia Howe Miniatures and check out her free tutorials. I found the perfect one that explains how a doll is assembled.

Grandma is now in surgery.


All I need to do is find my hot glue gun. I haven't used it for anything in a long time! I know it is around here somewhere...

Perhaps I should call in Anesthesia also? Grandma looks a bit frightened!