Many craftswomen will confirm that to create booties you simply need your own personal mannequin, on which it will be convenient to create. Undoubtedly, it is difficult to find a suitable option, the method is very complicated, or it is simply unprofitable and easier to buy a ready-made form.
The article contains the best advice from seasoned needlewomen who can help you make a mannequin for booties with your own hands from simple materials.
Brief master class
This is a fairly simple method that is incredibly popular among experienced craftsmen.
Basic materials:
- sushi sticks;
- cardboard;
- cling film;
- putty;
- water;
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- container;
- gypsum;
- PVA glue;
- sunflower oil;
- plasticine;
- non-woven napkins.
First of all, wrap film, preferably food grade, around the doll’s legs, and cut out footprints from cardboard that are applied to the doll’s foot. After which everything is carefully covered with plasticine, making something like pads.
Next, napkins, preferably non-woven, are cut into strips 3 cm wide, wrapped around future pads and thoroughly coated with PVA glue. Now you need to let the product dry, postponing the work for six or five hours. Then you need to cut the mold lengthwise with a knife, gradually remove the toys from the legs, glue them together and coat the inside with varnish. Handicraft experts recommend that beginners play it safe by additionally preparing a regular plaster mold for pouring. In the form of a container, a plastic container is perfect, in which a cutout is made in the side wall for the legs, tightly secured with film and tape.
By the way, so that the plaster comes off easily, it is advisable to lubricate all parts with vegetable oil. Next, add about 200 ml of water to the plaster, mix everything quickly, bringing it to a consistency similar to sour cream. It is worth considering that five minutes are allotted for the entire process, otherwise the mass begins to harden.
The induced solution is instantly poured into molds and half into a tray. Before hardening, sushi sticks are placed in the center of the mold. An hour later, the gypsum mixture is diluted again and added to the bucket. Everything is lubricated with oil and left to dry for several hours.
When the mold has dried, you can disassemble the blanks, putty, prime and varnish them. In total, in about a day you get a wonderful form of mannequin for booties with your own hands.
Form in forty minutes
There is another great trick that tells you how to make a dummy for booties with your own hands. Having previously taken measurements from the legs, purchase expanded polystyrene, at least 50 millimeters thick, from which a parallelepiped is measured and cut.
Having trimmed off the excess, round the bottom, peeling the object in the same way as potatoes.
Having marked the place where the shin is inserted, they round it upward, polishing it with sandpaper.
Of course, sewing boots on such a mannequin is not comme il faut, but knitting miniature booties is just right.
Regardless of the choice, each of these methods is unique, simple and economical, The main thing is to listen to practical tips from professionals in this field.
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