The Zebra Fairy

Technical Specs:

Type of Doll: Barbie that was purchased used from a thrift store.
Size: 29 cm/11.5 inches
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Lips: Dark pink
Outfit Description: Wears a dress that I designed using a combination of McCall's Pattern 3897, Dress A (a Barbie-sized fairy outfit) with suggestions from Tina Casey's book Fabulous Fashion Doll Clothing You Can Make. Fairy wings were made out of polymer clay (with details painted with acrylic paint) then glued on the outfit. Accents on the right shoulder of the bodice and the skirt were made out of polymer clay then glued on the dress. Fairy ears were made out of air-drying clay before being attached to the doll's head. The ears were painted in flesh color once the clay dried.

Date I Finished Customizing This Doll: September 12, 2007
Sold: 2007 Crafty Bastards Festival, Washington, DC, September 30, 2007

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Here is what this doll looked like when I first bought her from the thrift store. Unlike many thrift store dolls, this one actually came with an outfit.

Here is a back view of the doll as she originally looked. As for her outfit, while it was very cute, I didn't feel that it was suitable for a fairy outfit.

Here is the doll after her makeover. I made the dress out of felt with polymer clay accents on the skirt, waist, and right shoulder. Strangely her hair was lengthened after I poured boiling hot water on it. (I think her hair seemed shorter due to tighter and kinkier curls.)

Fairy ears were made out of air-drying clay before being attached to the doll's head.

The ears were painted in flesh color once the clay dried.

Close-up of polymer clay accent glued to the shoulder of the dress bodice.

Close-up of polymer clay accent glued to the waist of the dress bodice.

Close-up of one of the polymer clay accents that were glued all around on the black areas of the skirt.

The Zebra Fairy

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