OFFRAY'S  CHRISTMAS ANGELS

ANGEL MATERIALS

  • Stiff poster board or heavy cover stock paper
  • Fusible Web
  • Flesh-color fabric
  • Fabric paints
  • Fine-tip paint brush
  • Brown permanent-ink fine tip felt pen
  • Yarn or other fiber for doll's hair
  • Darning needle
  • Graphite paper
  • Powder blush and cotton swab

    • DRESS MATERIALS:

  • 4- 18" lengths of 1 1/2" wide Offray ribbons (can be assorted)
  • 2/3 yd. 1 1/2" wide Offray ribbon
  • 1- 10" length of 5/8" wide Offray ribbon
  • 12" length of 1/16" wide Offray ribbon



    • INSTRUCTIONS:

    1. Follow Manufacturer's directions to apply fusible web to back of flesh color fabric, fuse fabric to both sides of the poster board

    2. TRACE OR PRINT THE PATTERN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. Use sharp scissors to cut out figure and head, glue head onto body.

    3. Use the graphite paper to transfer the facial features to the angel's head.
    a) Paint the eylids a soft pink or mauve color (very lightly).
    b) The pupil (the very most center of the eye) is painted black.
    c) The iris (the colored area which surrounds the pupil) may be painted blue, blue/green, or brown.

    d) Add white to the area outside the iris, and a pin-dot size of white on the right side of the pupil
    e)Paint the top lid (not the top of the eyelid) with a very thin black line.

    f) Paint the lips a soft rose, peach or pink.
    g)Outline the lower area of the eye, the eyebrows and nose, as well as the middle of the lip with the brown felt-tip pen. Use a very light touch.
    h) Use the cotton swab to apply a little bit of blush to the cheeks.

    4. For hair, measure from the center of the top of the angel's head to the waist and double the measurement. Cut a piece of poster board to fit this measurement (for example, 10" might be adequate). Wrap the yarn or fiber around the poster board several times or until you think you have enough hair.

    5. Remove the yarn from the poster board. Cut a strand sbout 6" long and tie the strand tightly around the middle of the fibers. Cut the looped ends of the hair and glue the hair on the head with knot at center of head. Trim the ends of the yarn if needed.

    DRESSING THE DOLL

    1. Fold 1 (one) 18" lengths of ribbon in half and place the fold over the angel's left shoulder. The bottom edge of the ribbon will flow toward the right side of the angel's feet. Take the ribbon to both the front and back side of the angel's waist with a small amount of glue (Fig 1.). Repeat this procedure for the right shoulder using another ribbon.

    2. Repeat with remaining ribbons. When they are in place, pull the ribbons down from the shoulders to reveal first two ribbons. Tack in place with a small bit of glue.

    3. Tie a 10" piece of ribbon around the angel's waist, using a square knot. Trim the ends at- 45 degree angle and fray the ends if you wish.

    4. Make wings from remaining ribbon by forming a double bow which is about 5" wide. Wire center of bow. Glue the bow to the back of the angel's body, about 1/2" below the base of her neck.

    5. Glue a scrap of 1/4" wide ribbon or cording around the angel's head to make a halo.

    6. To hang the angel from your tree, thread a darning needle with the 1/16" ribbon and insert the needle into the hair fiber on the back of the doll's head. Leave a 3" tail on both ends of the ribbon, and tie the ends into a knot.

    METRIC RIBBON CONVERSION CHART

    3/16" = 5mm

    3/4" = 19mm

    1/4" = 7mm

    7/8" = 23mm

    3/8" = 9mm

    1 7/6" = 37mm

    1/2" = 12mm

    1 1/2" = 39mm

    5/8" = 15mm

    2 3/4" = 70mm

    METRIC CONVERSION GUIDE
    Yards x .9 = METERS
    Inches x 2.5 = Centimeters

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