Old Pantyhose Dolls. Ew!

We went to my aunt’s for thanksgiving, and she produced the creepy pantyhose dolls!  They are even worse than I remember.

Behold:

Not the best background choice. I get that.

I'm pretty sure that's a patch of fur fabric used as hair.

It also looks like I used a rubber band to create the nose.  It likely never occurred to me that it would eventually break.  And yes, I just used some blue marker for the eyes.  And stuffed it with cotton balls.

I'm pro with this one.

We’ve moved up to button eyes and yarn hair!  But we’ve lost hands.  Not sure if that’s a wash.

I actually remember this one quite well.  It was a pattern that I cut out, and then cut fabric to match the pattern.  Of course I hadn’t the slightest idea how to sew.  No one I knew did things like that at the time.  In fact, if a coat lost a button….we probably just got new coats.

So anyway, there are the aforementioned dolls.  BTW, I would like to confirm that is indeed a word.

Cabbage Patch Kid Rescue (Part 2)

The fan-drying method worked just fine!  The cat was pissed, though.  My only complaint is that the fabric and yarn does not feel as soft as I think it should…almost too dry.  On their faces, I used a combination of Magic Eraser (but I avoided the paint) and Bon Ami with a toothbrush on the painted areas.  I have such an irrational fear of Magic Erasers, because WHAT MAKES THEM SO MAGICAL?  Seriously, those things can remove any stain from ANYTHING.  HOW????  I always wash my hands after I touch them.

Anyway, here are the CPKs all clean and dry.  The preemie is already hanging out upstairs in her preemie outfit.

Clean and dry and nekkid

Here are some face close-ups for comparison with the “Part 1” posts.

Couldn't get out all the stains =(

Next, I’m starting the hair.  I read that I need to trim all the yarn fuzzies with very sharp scissors.  I started with Jessica’s because that looked the hardest.  Check out all this fuzziness.

Yay!  Anyway, the next (and last) post will be with everyone’s hair complete and with everyone dressed.  The old, stained clothing is another problem…it’s so old that you can hear the elastic break when you stretch anything.  Gah.  Hellloooo Etsy and eBay!!!