You'll be amazed at how easy it is to needle felt a lively, bright-eyed Santa Doll to warm up your home this holiday season.

In this fun,selfpaced workshop you will learn how to design and create a sitting or free-standing needle felted doll that is sure to become a family heirloom and a conversation piece in your home.

You will learn Marie's techniques for creating life-like eyes, graceful yet strong necks and poseable hands.

You will get step-by-step instruction on sculpting in wool, creating expressive faces and features, creating a poseable body shape.

	Module 1 - Basic Shapes	This module is needed to sculpt the head, body for our kit doll, and to learn the basic techniques we will use throughout our doll sculpting adventure. Just a few techniques can create so much!
	Module 2 - Creating the Body on Wire Armature	Many teachers offer doll class with armature, and this is just a basic introduction to my method which I developed while creating polymer dolls. It makes a strong body, and strong, elegant necks.
	Module 3 - Sculpting the Face: Nose	Creating the face – Sculpting the nose…your doll’s “centerpiece”!
	Module 4 - Sculpting the Face: Eyes	Creating the face – Sculpting the eyes…the window’s to the soul of your doll.
	Module 5 - Sculpting the Face: Cheeks & Mouth	Creating laughing, happy cheeks and expressive eyes.
	Module 6 - Sculpting the Ears	Sculpting realistic ears with just a few rolls and tucks!
	Module 7 - Dressing: Sculpting the Boots and Pants	Dressing our doll for his holiday adventures!
	Module 8 - Dressing: Sculpting the Torso and Shirt	Dressing our doll and adding character to his mid-section.
	Module 9 - Sculpting the Hands	Sculpting the hands in 100% wool or using a wire armature for posable hands. Hands should be attached before head is attached.
	Module 10 - Attaching the Head and Sculpting the Neck	Posing the head, sewing in place and sculpting the neck
	Module 11 - Creating Santa's Hooded Cloak	Outfitting our doll, simple methods for clothes that look removable.
	Module 12 - Adding Hair and Beard + Final Touches	Give Santa those white curly locks and rosy cheeks that we have all come to love!

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Judy Chapman

Kit includes everything you need to create a complete Santa doll. You will have the option to choose from color combinations after enrollment. The kit is only available with workshop enrollment.

Kit includes:
- Wool for doll face and body
- Wool for clothes, hooded cloak and boots
- Detail pack for realistic eyes and facial accents
- Locks for hair and beard
- Wire armature for creating a posable body
- Wooden 4-Needle Felting tool
- 6 Felting Needles, two of each size
- 1 Doll Needle
- Waxed floss and thread
- 10x7 foam pad
- Full color, printable instruction on CD + videos

CLASS CD: You'll receive 12 image-packed modules taking you step by step through creating a needle felted Santa.

Plus! Video tutorials for extra support - the videos play on your PC!

*SELF-PACED. All class information is downloadable to your computer.

*More information:

Skill Level - Beginner to Intermediate
We take a basic approach to needle felting, you will learn what we consider the basic building blocks which will empower you to create your own masterpieces by learning a few basic sculpting skills. Then we will build on the basics for the detail that will make your doll come to life!

Rather than teach you how to make only one specific doll, this workshop will empower your innovative side with introductions to different approaches yielding different results. One of my favorite things about sculptural felting is that you never have to repeat yourself. We'll show you unique techniques for creating truly one of a kind dolls.

You will receive the classes and videos on CD. Only basic computer skills are required. You should be able to download a file and save it to your computer. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader, which is probably already on your computer. If you don't have this, you can download it here.

You will also want the ability to play video with sound on your computer.