Thanks Mamas ~
Cary ~ No I haven't seen the directions in the craft forum.. I followed the instructions in the book Felt Wee Folk. The bodies are made from chenille stems (pipe cleaners) which are bent to form the right length/shape and then are wrapped with embroidery floss. The head is a wooden bead which is glued onto the end of a pipe cleaner (the way you bend the bodies gives you a piece at the top for gluing on of the head) ..so it is very secure. They won't come off unless you REALLY want them to come off. The bodies are totally bendable and are basically one piece so they won't come apart either.. The clothing is wool blend felt and can be removed but I attach mine with needle and thread to the body so they can't be taken off and misplaced (except for papa's jacket in the pic) The dolls aren't difficult to make.. but are very time consuming. You could however omit the embroidery and face painting..and also do simplier design for the clothing.. lots of ways to cut time and still end up with a fabulous doll.
Candy ~ Thank you
Yeah the embroidery is a bugger at first .. believe me I KNOW!!! lol. The first little jacket I made for a fairy took me about 6 hours to embroider I think
... It was difficult for me to "see" how to do it from the pictures in the back of the book too.. so I got on-line and found some great embroidery sites that showed me all the steps I needed. The little buttons were the hardest .. I could NOT do a "french knot" to save my life lol.. It took me an hour alone to finally get it. Once you finally do get the hang of it though .. it isn't difficult at all. I know with your talent you would do great .
Amanda ~ The pavilion is simple to make.. just takes time to find the right twigs and build up the arbor. I wanted my dh to cut a base for it but time didn't allow.. so I ended up buying one for $7 in the wood carving section at walmart (craft department). I drilled holes in the sides (about the diameter of a pencil). I got a collection of thin, bendable twigs and glued them in the holes.. doing just a few at a time.. and kind of weaving them in and out of the other twigs. I then took more twigs and, without glueing, just weaved them around. I had planned to weave some artificial vines through the top as well... I still may..haven't decided.
Thanks again.. They were all well worth the time spent.. I love.. uhm.. I mean Gage loves playing with them
~Sherrie
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Come see the woodland family and twig pavillion I made for Gage
would be more appropriate lol 
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