Tools
Hemostats, Stuffing Tools, Turning Tools , Tool Sets , Paints , Brushes and More!
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 QUILTER'S WONDER WHEEL by Collins
Add 1/4” seam allowance around any
shape template evenly & accurately.
(Has also been known as
Quilter's Magic Seamer)
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Hemostats
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Hemostats
Hemostats are the greatest tool for stuffing and reaching into small, tight spaces. The 3 1/2 inch is perfect for working with MINIATURES. The 5 1/2 is great for getting into fingers and stuffing tighter areas. The 10" pair are large doll makers best friends for stuffing .
Warning: Husbands tend to take these for use in their own projects! HIDE THEM!
These
are the hemostats HIGHLY recommended by Gloria Mimi Winer! |
9.5 inch hemostat
Price: $12.00
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Alligator Forceps
have a long
slender neck where just the tip of the tool opens and
closes. (Verses hemostats where the entire tool opens).
The tip is activated with a scissors action from the
finger grips.
Just imagine! Surgical tools now used as priceless
dollmaking tools... they are a must have for stuffing,
turning, grasping or reaching smallest of parts.
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Stuffing Tools
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Barbara Willis' Stuffing Forks
Barbara Willis' Stuffing Forks come in two sizes. The regular size (blue) stuffing fork and the Mini size which is perfect for stuffing those tiny fingers.
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Barbara Willis
Designs - Stuffing Tips
I used to be a victim of
stuffing but no more!! I think stuffing well is one of the
hardest things to learn. It makes such a difference for
something to be stuffed well. A smooth texture with an all
over evenness gives your doll such a professional touch. I
would like to share a few stuffing techniques with you.
When the project calls for stuffing to be in a specific
area like hands, fingers and noses then a STUFFING FORK can be
helpful. You lay a small amount of stuffing in the ditch
between two of your fingers. Lay the stuffing fork on top of
the stuffing the long way over stuffing laying in the ditch
and close over it with your thumb. Turn the handle of the fork
so that the fibers catch - keep turning until the outside
fibers eventually wind themselves over the entire end of the
fork forming a long Q-Tip type shape. It should be even and
compact.
Gently glide the fork up into the finger or other desired
area. Hold from the outside and back the tool out. Your
finger, nose, etc. will be neatly stuffed - firm and
permanent. When you are doing this you need to be sure you
keep a constant upward thrust until you reach the desired
location so your stuffing does not fall off the fork.
I use a combination of STUFFING FORKS and hemostats to
stuff my projects. I find one does not replace the other and
that various sizes are necessary depending on your project. If
I have a long leg to stuff then I use a good size piece of
stuffing and shove it down into the foot with a hemostat. Then
I follow with a compacting shove using a STUFFING FORK. I
always compact my stuffing in the center where the bones would
be. This creates a little hole and as you put your next piece
of stuffing in - it fits down into the hole and you continue
this process until your leg or arm is stuffed. I prefer to use
a stuffing that has a lot of spring in it - I personally use
Fairfield's SOFT TOUCH SUPREME. Use large pieces of stuffing.
The fewer pieces of stuffing you have the less opportunity you
will have to create cellulite!
I am going to give you a little diagram of how to stuff a leg
properly so there is no break at the ankle. No matter how you
pose your doll there will be tremendous pressure at the ankle.
If you can avoid filling the foot and then proceeding into the
leg right at the ankle you will have a much stronger ankle and
a stronger leg. Check it out!!
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Stuffing tool by Clover, 5"
Stuffing tool by Clover, 5" small tool used by quilters for trapunto, loved by doll makers too! A handy thing to keep near your sewing area...great to help glide fabric past the machine needle on small pieces while sewing.
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Turning Tools
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Mini-Maker Turn It Tool .
Rod and Tube - 3 inches long, our thinnest in diameter made
just for the miniature doll maker! Turn fingers and tiny
legs or arms inside out with ease.
This
3" set is even smaller in diameter than the 4" set in
our "Turning Tools - Complete Sets ". |
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"Two Tools better than one" Limited Time Special!
 ESSENTIAL Tools for the Doll Maker!
Our 3.5 "hemostat and our 3 " Mini Maker Turn It Tool - $6.00
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"Turning Tools - Complete Sets "
Four in the package, one set is
very thin in diameter tube and matching rod just
perfect for turning the tinniest if fingers. The other
set is larger in diameter, sturdier and 6" long for
turning larger fingers and extremities.
Brass is smooth and shiny for ease
in turning, and very sturdy. Descriptive instruction
sheet included. Easy to understand illustrations will
teach you how to use this "must have" turning tool. This
set is all you'll ever need to purchase for your turning
needs. You will wonder how you ever did without them.
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Tool Sets
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Set of four tools about 7" long with picks at both ends -
Reg $6.50
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Set of four tools about 7" long - $6.50
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Set of four tools about 7" long, just right for use with polymer and other types of clays - $6.50
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Doll Heads sculpted by Doll Artist Teresa Maylon
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Paints
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Boxed Paint Sets
Marie's OIL Colour, Marie's WATER Colour, and Marie's ACRYLIC Colour, 18 tubes in each package, tubes are 0.4US ounces each.
Price: $12 per package of 18.
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Brushes
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Assorted Brush Set
Synthetic Hair - White Taklon brushes Set of 6, between 7 and 8 inches long. Acrylics, Watercolors. & Tempera Paints. Sizes include rounds 3/0, 2 - Liner 1 - Shaders 4, 6 -Wash/Glaze 3/4 .
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QUILTER'S WONDER WHEEL by Collins
