Charlie will supply (covered by materials fee:

• Fabric for the body and face
• Basic yarns for hair (can be augmented by students if they wish)
• Polyester stuffing
• Needles for hand sewing
• Thread for body sewing
• Hemostats for use (available for sale, optional)
• Use of pens and pencils for face detail

What students should bring to first session:

• Stuffing tools, if you have them.  Hemostats will be available for use
• Fabric scissors – big and small
• Straight pins with a large head
• Ball point pen
• Your “close-up” glasses if you wear them
• Sewing machine in good working order.  Fine needle and open toe or clear plastic foot if possible.  Remember to bring all of the cards you need for your machine.  If you have not used this machine in a while, please give it a good workout in the few days before to become reacquainted with it.  If you don’t have a machine, your might share with a friend or contact Charlie in advance to see what be worked out.

What students might bring to later sessions:

• Fabrics left over from other projects that might be used fro costuming.  Soft, thin drapable fabrics like silk and rayon are great.
• Buttons, beads, ribbon and other embellishments to be incorporated in the finished doll.
• A doll chair if you are planning to make a seated doll
• Thread to match the fabrics you bring
• Fun yarns for hair to go with the basics supplied