Make a Garter for a
Dollhouse Bride Doll
by Lucie Winsky
Something
old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.
Supplies needed:
-
A piece of white lace ¼ inch (6mm) wide
and long enough to go around your dolls thigh.
-
A 6 inch piece of 4mm light blue silk
ribbon (this takes care of the “something blue”). Cut a “V” at one
end with very sharp scissors.
-
A piece of unraveled white bunka long
enough to go around your dolls thigh.
-
A 6 inch piece of 4mm white silk ribbon
for a bow.
Step 1:
Run a line of tacky glue
around your dolls thigh where you would like the garter to be.
Wrap the lace around the
leg beginning and ending at the outside of the leg.
Step 2:
Cut the edges of the lace
even.
Step 3:
Take the blue silk ribbon
and pick at the top and bottom part of the “V” with a pin until you can
pull a thread or two from the top and bottom.
Step 4:
Start pulling the threads
to gather the ribbon.
Step 5:
Pull until you have a nice
gathered piece of ribbon long enough to go around your dolls thigh. This is
called ruching (pronounced “rooshing”) and is a great way to make trim for
your dolls clothing.
Step 6:
Glue your ruched piece of
blue silk ribbon around your dolls thigh allowing some of the lace to show at
the bottom of the garter. Again, start and end at the outside of the thigh.
Step 7:
After you cut the blue
ribbon and make sure all ends are glued down as neat as can be it is time to
add the unraveled white bunka to the top of the ruched ribbon starting and
ending at the outside of the leg.
Step 8:
Make a bow out of the white
silk ribbon. I bought one of those hair picks that were used to puff up your
perm (in the old days, lol!) to use as a bow maker. I snipped off the center
prong so I would be able to make several different size bows.
Step 9:
Cut the ends short and
apply tacky glue and glue the bow to the ouside of her leg covering any raw
edges.
Voila! All finished!!
This extra detail in your
bride doll will impress people when they turn your doll upside down.
