Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 13

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 13

I am now moving on to recovering the last parts of the Marionette which are the Hands

Hemmed Hand Pieces

I cut and hemmed a couple of pieces of White material

Covering Hand

I joined the material by sewing along the edge towards the tip of the Hand. However I only had a rough guess at how much material I needed.

Trimming Hand

I trimmed off the hem refolded the material and then hemmed it again.

Hand Done

The Hand is finished and all I have to do is cover the other one and that is the Doll part complete apart from the clothing.

Fastening the Cross

Taking some string I wound around the two sticks in order to fasten them together.

Joining the Cross

I then joined the end of the string from the Cross to the string from the Doll.

STOP

I am not carrying on with this part as I have been given some valuable advice from Helen (Laura’s mum*). I therefore have to do some rethinking.

* Laura and Helen of Alyssa Rose Boutique

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Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 12

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 12

This is going to be an extremely difficult blog to write. The reason for this is I have lost my mobile phone. This means I unfortunately do not have many of the photographs that I took.

I will try my best to get it in some sort of logical order. One of the reasons I take so many photographs is that I often have more than one project on the go so it helps me remember what I did.

Material Hemmed for Arms

Although I had already covered the Arms mummy style I thought the effect was too untidy. Therefore I cut and hemmed some material and sewed over the Arms.

Waist Front

 

This is going to be tricky. It concerns making the Waist. If you remember I said do not completely fill the Marionette with stuffing. This is because I needed room to manoeuvre where the stuffing was going to be.

Carefully begin to separate the stuffing inside the Marionette by squeezing and pushing in the middle of the Body. Gently move the stuffing inside towards the Top and Bottom of the torso.

Waist Side

 

There is now less stuffing in the centre of the Body. I took some thread and began to sew about a fingers width either side of the Body. This brought the Front and Back Pieces closer together. I did this several times to make sure it would hold.

Waist Back

After doing the pinching of the material I then needed to help make the Body into a more hourglass figure. This was accomplished by folding over the newly sewn pinched area towards the back.

I then sewed the folded area in place. I had to do this several times to prevent the stuffing making the Body spring back into its previous shape.

Hemmed Rectangle and Circles

Now the Waist is finished I am moving on to the Chest. I have cut out and hemmed a Rectangle and pair of Circles.

Pin Between Circles

Here I lost a lot of pictures. I marked the middle of the Rectangle with a pin. Then I sewed the Circles either Side of the pin. I then part sewed around the Circles clockwise on the right and anticlockwise on the left.

Bra Stuffed

This left me a gap at the Bottom in which to fill the Circles with stuffing. I then finished sewing the rest of the Circles so the stuffing wouldn’t come out.

Rather than just sew it straight to the Body (which would have been much easier) I decided I was going to make it into a Bra so it could be detached depending on what the outfit was.

Thanks Laura for the idea of how to do this and for supplying me with the Hook and Eyes.

Bra Front

Here once again the loss of photographs makes this awkward to explain. The 1^st thing I did was fold the corners of the Rectangle a third of the way across and underneath. This gave the end of the Rectangle three sides and made it less bulky and more Bra-shaped.

I then took two more Rectangles and repeated this on one end of both of them. This would be the part that would be sewn to the stuffed Rectangle. The other ends I folded into a point.

Bra Back

I now sewed all three pieces together. The next step was to sew on the Hook and Eye. I sewed them on the points. The Bra could now be fastened.

However until I had sewn them on and saw how they fitted together I couldn’t properly judge the length of the Rectangles needed. Once placed on the Body and fastened I could see that the Bra was quite loose.

In order to decrease the length without having to cut anything off and resew I came up with a simple but effective trick. On both sides I made a simple fold and tacked across. I then tried the Bra on the Body again.

I felt that it was still too loose so I again added a fold on each side. Now it not only fitted properly but gave the back an attractive pattern.

N.B.
Bra Front Construction Idea by Laura Whaley
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Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 11

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 11

I am finally moving on to the Front of the Marionette.

Checking Width

I have now found my mislaid material and having selected a piece I checked the width.

Hem Front Piece

I then hemmed the Front piece on three sides.

Neck Sewn Shoulder Pinned

After hemming I centred the material and sewed at the Neck of the Marionette. I then pinned one of the Shoulders ready for sewing.

Sewn Across Shoulders

 

I sewed across both of the Shoulders. This would stop the material shifting when I move on to the Sides

Checking Width Stuffed

I pinned the Sides and stuffed the Marionette. That way I could check if I need to attach Side Pieces. I naturally took the stuffing out again before sewing.

Pinned at Waist

After I had sewn the Sides I re-stuffed the Body. As I had run out of stuffing I decided rather than take it out again I would pin the Marionette at the waist. That way the stuffing would not fall out.

Marionette Almost Stuffed

I have now got some more stuffing and therefore can continue. I carry on stuffing the Marionette until it is ALMOST FULL! Under no circumstances fill it completely as this will hinder a future point. Oh and yes I do realise that this photograph looks somewhat indelicate J

Marionette Completely Stuffed

After ALMOST filling the Marionette I then pull the rest of the Front Piece material and sew underneath. That completes this section.

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 10

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 10

This blog is quite a short one. It continues covering the rough material that the Marionette is made from.

Back Piece Sewn Together

I had misplaced the majority of the material I was using to cover the rough section. Therefore in order to continue I hemmed and sewed together two smaller pieces.

Pinned at Neck

I pinned the new section of material to the back of the Marionette’s Neck. I wanted to check that the material would reach across the whole of the Back.

Sewn at Neck

When I was satisfied I had enough material I removed the pin and sewed it in place at the Neck.

Sewn at Sides

I then sewed the Sides of the material to the Marionette part way. In the above photograph you can see that I haven’t as yet hemmed the Bottom section.

Trimmed and Hemmed

I trimmed and hemmed the Bottom of the Back and finished sewing along the sides. I then sewed the two pieces together at the Bottom. That is now the rough Arms, Legs, Neck and Back of the Marionette covered with the smooth material.

NB

I have no idea why some of the text is a different size. It isn't like that on the original.