The Bake Off Queen Doll

Debra Gardiner

Final size:

57cm (221/2in)

USD $9.09

Intermediate

Sewing

For USD $9.09 you get

Easy to print at home digital pattern sheet
Simple step-by-step instructions to follow
Detailed images and diagrams

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Description

Celebrate your baking prowess with a quirky 1950s-style doll to hang in the kitchen. With a doll pattern designed by Debra Gardiner, the Bake Off Queen features retro clothing and accessories, painted hair and shoes and glamorous elongated lines.

A comprehensive materials list ensures that you'll have everything you need to complete all three softies
All shapes are provided full size on the pattern sheet, ready to trace
Detailed step-by-step instructions illustrated with close-up photographs and diagrams lead you through each stage of the project
A fun gift for yourself, a baking guru or a budding chef
Personalise the doll with your choice of fabrics to coordinate with your decor
Includes Debra's expert hints and tips to ensure you enjoy success with this project
Suitable for intermediate crafters. Some previous experience of making softies or dolls is recommended, although a determined beginner prepared to invest the time needed to complete this project is likely to succeed

Materials

Fabric requirements and measurements specified in instructions
DMC Stranded Embroidery Cotton in Medium Red (304) and Black Brown (3371)
Embroidery needle
1cm (3/8in) red button
3mm (1/8in) black bead
Fibre fill
Acrylic paint in black
Dimensional paint in black
Flat paintbrush
Cosmetic blush
PVA glue
Fray Stoppa or similar product
Hairdryer (optional)
Paper and light cardboard
Pencil
Turning tool or narrow chopstick
Pinking shears (optional)
General sewing supplies

Designer

Debra Gardiner

What country do you live in? Australia

Are you in an urban or rural setting? Beach - tranquil, small, pristine … an absolute paradise.

What is your home like? A simple beach house and a very different environment from the last 30 years of inner-city hustle and bustle. Rainbow Beach is a thriving small community and the pace is very laidback. It’s very easy to get distracted when the fish are biting, but I find it the perfect place for me to be creative.

Have you travelled much – what sort of locations have you visited? In my early years, I travelled to Singapore and Hong Kong etc. Then, more recently, my husband and I enjoyed visiting the UK; especially London and Ireland. France and Italy are always favourite places, and we’re looking forward to seeing Japan in the near future.

What’s still on your travel bucket list? Scandinavia, Spain, USA and Alaska.

Have you ever visited the USA? No we haven’t, as yet. I have friends who have and they loved it. I don’t know where to choose as it’s such a vast and diverse destination but, yes, I’d love to go there.

Did you learn anything new about the USA in your research for this design? I enjoyed learning more about early political life in America, especially Abraham Lincoln; the conditions that shaped him as a man, family life and the results he was able to achieve.

Any funny or memorable travel moments you’d like to share from any of your travels? On an early trip to Malaysia, our hotel staff had gone on strike and we needed to walk about a kilometre to the next hotel for meals. We were told to watch for guerrillas in the hill beside our route, as there had been recent activity. I was pretty excited thinking I might get a glimpse of a big monkey. Found out later that’s not what was meant.

More recently I fell in love with Florence and would love to go back and spend more time exploring the streets and visiting the artisan workshops that flourish there.

What are the three travel essential you’d never leave home without?
* My Ipad,

* Notebook and pencil

* Sunglasses.

What’s the best thing about returning home? Family and friends, my own bed and cooking for myself.

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