In this nice Barbie doll hair detangling and repair video tutorial Guppy shows you how she transformed this Barbie's hair from AWFUL to AWESOME! You'll never throw away an old Barbie again! Step by step instructions that are so easy to follow, i bet you have all of the materials at hand already! She has a Barbied doll hair curling method for perfectionists and a super easy method for kids as well if you would like to re-design your Barbie dolls repaired hair !
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Apart of the "PINTEREST TRIED AND APPROVED" series. I myself could use a hair "makeover." I last had my hair cut and colored in JULY. Yes, July, roughly 2 seasons ago. Thankfully I will be getting my hair makeover this Saturday. Don't sit on the edge of your seats, but maybe I'll take a picture... On to more or less important matters, like doll makeovers. Now I found this hot mess via pinterest Here: The claim was that Rapunzel, who looks like she enjoyed getting out of that tower a little too much, could go from this to this with some fabric softener and water: I was slightly intrigued as a mother of 3 girls and LOTS of dolls. I don't particularly like children alive or fake to have hair that is NOT completely out of control. I thought that we should give this "pin" a whirl. Here is our test subject. We'll call her "Emma." Clearly she is a hot mess. She claims she got this wild hair at "ballet practice." Yeah...I don't buy that, but we'll see if we can help her with some fabric softener & water. I mixed a few TBSP of fabric softener with about 2 cups of water in a spray bottle. You are supposed to acquire a wire bristle brush, I had a plastic one that didn't have little balls on the end-the next best thing. I wasn't looking to invest to heavily in this project. Then I started spraying and brushing. Quite the arm workout. We started to make progress... We made it through all the hair, but Emma had a bit of a "fro" situation at the bottom of her hair, so I gave her a slight hair cut. Be careful NOT to do this in front of your children unless you want them to start cutting all the hair they can find! Then some slight styling in the front with some braids to hopefully avoid further CRAZY hair. And here she is. A new girl: Emma. Hopefully the next few "ballet practices" will be a bit tamer.
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Since a lot of my dolls come naked or wearing ill-fitting clothes; I am always on the look-out for vintage era dresses and slips. Most older doll accessories need repairs from age and mishandling. I just thought I'd share a little about how I refresh the clothes I find. WASHING Frequently doll clothes and dolls get stored in a garage, basement or attic. That doll of grandma's may have stood on a shelf for years. No wonder they get musty! Don't be afraid to wash doll clothes, even older fabrics. Gentle handling is all it takes to refresh old doll clothes. I find most of these old fabrics are helped by a gentle cold wash. It removes dust and odor and refreshes the fabric. Even many stains just dissolve away! I like to use Fels Naptha, dawn or even a tiny bit of laundry detergent on sturdier cottons. Fels Naptha is great for stains. Get the cloth and bar wet and rub gently on the stain. Then I let it soak, sometimes for several days. Never scrub old fabrics - just swish. I always separate dark colors and light colors to prevent the dark dye discoloring lighter fabrics. What is the exception to this? HINT: I've brought faded pinks back by soaking with a red fabric! After washing I lay the clothes flat on a towel to dry. PRESSING All my Vintage doll dresses get pressed after washing. This step really makes your dolls dress look new again. The trickiest part of pressing small doll's dresses are the gathers. Be careful to adjust the iron's temperature to the type of fabric you are pressing. Cottons use high heat, silks, and satins low heat. My grandma taught me to iron gathers. The iron approaches from the hem towards the gathers. As you press towards the gathers lift the garment so the fabric is taught. Lifting allows the iron's tip to reach right up to the waist. If you need practice, use something made of a cotton fabric, they are the most durable. This tiny ironing board was made by my husband to be a prop, but I use it! You could make a small ironing tool by covering a small piece of smooth wood with cotton fabric. This little board is SO useful for pressing doll dress sleeves. REPAIRS If you plan on restoring Vintage doll clothes it will help immensely if you learn to hand stitch. There are lots of how-to videos online. It is much easier than you might think! This doll dress was not in bad condition. It's only real problem was some small tears in the lace. To repair lace, I fray check all around the tear. After the Fray Check is dry, I use a single thread and gently stitch the rent closed. When I've closed the rent, I do a 3 loop tie. (loop the thread 3x on the needle and pull it tight) I like to press the fix and then I am done! The repair is not invisible, but it looks better than before. This is a common problem with older doll clothes. Seams begin to fray and come loose. This little sleeve would be impossible to machine stitch. This sleeve I turned inside out and hand stitched after using Fray check on both sides of the shoulder seam. All done! Fray check really works great to stabilize older fabric that could continue to disintegrate. Adding Elastic Next is my method of adding new elastic to old dresses without tearing open a seam. Many doll dresses need new elastic, but the fabric may be fragile and could be damaged if it is taken apart with a seam ripper. I have made a loop of small elastic that fits the doll's arm. I find something like this altoids can, or a piece of cardboard that stretches the elastic and still fits inside the sleeve. While the elastic is stretched, I sew it into the sleeve with straight stitches. VOILA! New elastic without tearing open fragile fabric seams. This method can be used for waistlines as well. REFRESHING This little brown dress, I believe, is factory made from the 1950s. It has already been washed and pressed. First thing I did was replace the white buttons with these little flowers. This is not a highly valuable doll dress, so I don't mind making little adjustments to add to it's interest. Next I Fray Checked the back of the dress which was rough edge and not stitched. Next I zig-zagged the bodice/waist seam to reinforce it. The dress also needed new snaps. I really just reinforced seams, and made this dress a little less likely to disintegrate over time. And here is the brown dress being modeled by Shirley. And here is the yellow dress being modeled by Nancy. If you know how to do some basic stitching and fabric care, purchasing Vintage doll dresses is a great way to add to a doll's wardrobe and it's so much fun! HAPPY STITCHING!
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