Quilled Wedding Doll Set

Dear Friends,

    A wedding is a beautiful relationship where two people are united . Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. I have taken wedding as my concept and made two wedding dolls ( Bride and Bridegroom ) using quilling .
Let me explain the steps.

Bride :

• Head and Face :

        Make a tight coil using 6 skin color quilling strips (  5 mm ). Make another tight coil using 6 black colour  quilling strips (  5 mm ). Attach the two coils and draw the facial attributes. 

• Hairs :

          Take black colour wool . Take a group of around 20 strands . Stick them to the black part of the head . Weave into plaits to the desired length. Attach a gold ribbon to the hairs .

• Neck :

            Make a tight coil using 3 skin colour quilling strips ( 5 mm ) .

• Body ( Upper part /Blouse  ) :

• For the upper part of the dolls body I have used red color , 7 mm quilling strip.

• First make a tight coil by attaching 20 quilling strips .

• Make one more coil of the same dimension.

• Make a small cone and attach both of them in the pattern shown in the picture.

• Sleeve  :

                For the sleeve , I have used 5mm red color quilling strip. I have used two quilling strips for each sleeve. Make a small cone and attach it to the body.

• Body Lower part :

                 For the lower part of the body , I have attached 40 quilling strips of 10 mm dimension. I have used red colour, You can use any color of your choice. Make a tight coil and and make a big cone .

Attach the upper part and the lower part of the doll . Then attach it to the head. 

• Hands :

            Make a cone using 2 skin color quilling strips ( 5 mm ). Bend the cone to complete the hands. Make two such cones.

• Saree :

                I have used a white and red border for the saree . Wrap the border in a beautiful fashion to give it a saree look . 

Once finished , decorate the doll with bangles and necklace. You can do this using stone line and gold chain. 

Draw the facial attributes to complete the doll . 

     Bridegroom :

• Head and Face :

        Make a tight coil using 6 skin color quilling strips (  5 mm ). Make another tight coil using 6 black colour  quilling strips (  5 mm ). Attach the two coils and draw the facial attributes. 

       

Neck :

          Make a tight coil using 3 skin colour quilling strips ( 5 mm ) .

• Body ( Upper Part ):

           For this I have used 10 mm quilling strips.  Make a a tight coil using 20 quilling strips of skincolor. Make three such coils. Attach the one above the other. Attach the neck to the body.

• Body ( Lower Part) :

                   Take a 10 mm quilling strip of brown color. Attach two strips and  make a tight coil. Make a cone, make two such cones and attach them adjacent to each other. You can give a border to make it look attractive.

• Feet :

          Take a 5 mm skin color quilling strip. Roll it and make a triangle shape. Make two such coils .

Attach  all the body parts to complete the doll.

• Mysore Peta :

           Take a piece of crepe paper ( 6 * 8 cm dimension ) and fold it Accordion Fold ( Z Fold ) as shown below :

Stick a plane gold strip border on one side. Wrap the paper completely around the doll's  head to cover it. Please refer for the picture for further details.

• Dhoti:

            Take a crepe paper ( 8 * 10 cm dimension ) . Stick  a gold border  on one end of the crepe paper.  Wrap the Paper (dhoti ) around the doll. Wrap it in a fashion to cover the legs.

• Shalya:

             Take a rectangular crepe paper ( 8 * 10 cm dimension) , fold it lengthwise . Attach the gold border and put it onto the body of the doll . It can be put on either side of the body.

• Hands :

              Make a cone using 2 skin color quilling strips ( 5 mm ). Bend the cone to complete the hands. Make two such cones.

Draw the facial attributes and put a gold ball chain. 

Your beautiful wedding dolls are ready .
I hope you all liked it . Please share your comments .