kalady

Hi ladies- I am involved in a quilt along making Rosalie Quinlan's Dollie Dollhouse Quilt. I am altering the patterns some to reflect my Grandparents home in the 60's. If you saw my Baltimore Halloween I posted on this board you know I am not good at following patterns to a T. Anyway...

I have seen on the internet various cloth paper dolls and want to make my dollhouse in such a way to be played with. I am attaching 2 pictures. In the first you will see I redrew the doll from the living room and cut her out with my scroll saw. I was thinking I would put velcro on her torso and make clothes to take on and off. What do you think of that? Would that be bulky?

Then I tried a different way when I made my Grannie for the kitchen block. She is cotton ironed on a stiff pellon with wonderunder. I was thinking that I could make her undies out of flannel and back her clothes with fusible fleece as I have read some about this method. Does anyone know if the clothes actually stay on? Pic 1 on left.

The second picture I cut out of wood again a Grannie and Grandpa thinking maybe I should paint the underwear with magnetic paint and back the clothes with a very thin sticky magnet that cuts and comes in sheets. I don't know if the magnet paint will be strong enough.

So help! Does anyone know anything about any of these methods? Or do you have a different suggestion?

Pic 3 Is my Sun Porch block- Grandpa left his readers and cane, again- what are we gonna do - Grannie will fuss.

Thanks for any insight you can give me.

Tweety2911

Beautiful dolls and quilt. I think if you use very small pieces of velcro, just enough to keep clothes in place in strategic areas it should work nicely.

Diane007

Yes to the Velcro
or maybe flannel would work

Rock Lady

Very unique quilt. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product.

gigi4419

Awesome!Pretty dolls ans quilt!

burchquilts

When I was a little girl (back in the Stone Age... LOL!), I had paper dolls that had flannel on them to keep their clothes on. BTW... this project of yours is ADORABLE! You are sooooo talented!!!

Jammin' Jane

Oh, how precious!