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Sauce Bottle Dog


A simple but cute looking dog can be made from a glass bottle and some wool. This is an easy to do craft requiring maybe an hour of your time. So get going.. have a cute dog waiting on your table when your loved ones come back home.

Materials:
Sauce Bottle or any other medium size glass bottle
Double Knit wool ( any colour of your choice)
A Plastic Bangle (diameter same as or less than the base of the bottle)
Two eyes, 1 nose
Glue ( Fevicol)
Procedure:
First make an external cover to the bottle with the woolen thread. Cut out a long thread of wool say four times the length of the bottle. Fold the thread two fold and tie knots around the plastic bangle at intervals say around nine knots. Now you have nine pairs of wool thread hanging from the bangle. Take one thread from a pair and another from the adjacent pair and tie them together. Repeat all around the bangle and now we have nine triangles with nine pairs of wool thread hanging from it. Then again tie one thread from a pair together with another thread from the adjacent pair and so on all around to get nine diamond shapes. Repeat the process till it reaches almost the length of the bottle. Insert the bottle into the thread cover with the bangle at the bottom. Tie together all the hanging threads at the top of the bottle tightly.
Those who know crochet can alternatively make the covering on the bottle with crochet stitches.
To make the legs, hair and tail of the dog, cut out threads, say 12inches or more depending on the length of the bottle. Hold them together uniformly and tie a small thread around in the middle to make a bundle. Make four such bundles of equal length and two more lengthier bundles. Tie one of the 12inch bundle in the middle at the top of the bottle to form the hair. Tie two bundles on either sides around the mid portion of the bottle to form the hind legs and one at the back for the tail. Then tie the lengthier bundles on either side as the front legs.
To make the face, make two balls; one slightly bigger than the other. Wind 6'inch length thread around the hands for a number of times, slip off the windings from the hand, tie with a thread in the middle and cut off the folded ends. Let this be the bigger ball, then make a smaller one in the same way. Tie the balls together. Stick the eyes with glue on either sides of the bigger ball and the mouth in the middle of the small ball. Tie the face at the top of the bottle just below the hair. Now your cute sauce bottle dog is ready.

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Soft Toy - Rabbit




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Materials Required
Fur cloth
Fibre Cotton
Felt cloth
Chart Paper
Marker Pen
Scissors
Eyes, Nose
Needle and Thread
Fevi Bond or glue
Method
The designs of the body, ears and the base needed to make a rabbit is given below. You must draw bigger versions of the designs as required.
Draw the figure of the body on the wrong side of the fur material. Cut it. You need 2 such pieces.
Draw the ears on the wrong side of the fur. You need 4 such pieces.
Draw the figure of the base of the rabbit on the felt cloth and cut it.
Now join the top part of the body piece with the other similar piece on the wrong side.
The unstitched part of the body is fixed on to the base. Thus you get a sitting rabbit.
Now what we have is a rabbit with the right side of the fur inside.
In order to get the right side, cut, approx 4" on the felt cloth at the centre without cutting the fur.
Using this cut, reverse it, (pull the right side out) to get the right side outside. Now fill in the fibre cotton and close the slit.
Similarly do the ears. Do not fill in fibre cotton, in the ear.
Fix the ear on the body using thread and needle. The stitches won't be seen outside as they will be covered with fur.
Stick the eyes and nose with fevibond or glue.

Rag doll



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A Rag doll, as the name suggests is a doll that is made from your old throw away clothes.
Materials Required
White Baniyan or soft white cloth
Printed Material -1 Meter
Plain Material- 11/2 Meters
Plastic- 3 Meter
Black Double Knit wool
Fibre Cotton-11/2 KG
Eyes (2 Black Buttons)
Fabric Paints (Black and Red)
Ribbon
Method
Printed waste material is used for the arms, body and cap and the plain material for the legs, waist and collar . The Baniyan or soft white cloth is used for the head, palms and feet.
For the Legs - 14 circles (5 inch diameter each)For the hand (printed material) - 8 circles (4 inch diameter each)For the chest (printed material) - 2 circles (6 inch diameter each)For the collar - 1 circle (7 inch diameter each)For the waist - 1 circles (7 inch diameter each)For the head - 2 baniyan pieces each of 10 inch breadth and 8 inch lengthFor the hat (printed material) - 1 circle (3.5 inches in diameter). Extra printed material is required to make the frills on the hat.For the palm - 4 Baniyan pieces each of 2 inch breadth and 3 inch lengthFor the feet - 4 Baniyan pieces each of 2 inch breadth and 3 inch length
Now draw one circle each of each part (except head, palm and feet) on to a chart paper and cut it in shape.
Place the cut out chart paper on the material and cut the material according to it.
Next, along the seam, using needle and thread do running stitch. Do not end the stitch.
Now pull one end to bring the edges together. Then fill it with fibre cotton till it is compact. Now end the stitch. Like this make the rest of the balls.
For the face, two pieces of baniyan are joined along the seam leaving one end open. Through this opening fill the face with fibre cotton and then close it.
Similarly, do the palms and the feet in the shape given in the figure
Now lets start to make the doll.
Fix elastic of length 12" approx at the bottom of the head.
Fix a needle and thread on the elastic.
Using this needle and thread push the collar, chest and waist by taking it through the centre.
Pull the elastic and tie a knot.
Now take elastic (length 16") and tie a knot below the collar. Leaving equal proportion on both sides.
For the legs take 24" elastic and tie it below the waist.
Now just as you have threaded in the collar, chest and waist, thread in the legs and hands.
For the hair fringes in the front take approx 48" black wool and fold it to approx 3" length. Now tie a knot at the centre. Now fix it on the face. Similarly make 10 such bunches and fix on the face.
For hair plaits-Make two plaits or braid strands of black wool and fix it on the head.
Stick the eyes and paint the eye brows and lips.
For the cap, make frills around the piece of material and stitch it on the head.

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Soft Toy - Pompon Bear




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Materials Required
Double Knit Wool
A rod of diameter 1/2 inch (Approx) and length 12" approx.
A big needle
Eyes, Nose
Fevi Bond.
Method
The Pom Pon Bear consists of several wool balls (of various sizes) joined together appropriately to make the bear. So first lets see how to make the balls. The basic procedure to make the balls is the same.
First take four strands of the wool, each of approx 12" in length.
Now keep the 4 strands along the length of the rod.
Now using the wool ball wind it over the 4 strands and rod
After completing a single layer repeat the process over and over again
For a normal size Pom Pon:
Body will have 12-14 windings.
Legs will have 09- 10 windings.
Hands will have 08 windings.
Head will have 10 windings.
Ears will have 06 windings.
Snout will have 06 windings.
Tail will have 06 winding.
5. After completing the required windings, slide off the wool. Now using the 4 strands tie a knot which brings the two ends of the windings together.

6. Now cut off the folded edges neatly. After this, roll the piece between your palms and make it into a small ball. Similarly make the rest of the balls.
7. Join the head and the body using the 2 strands, by tying a knot.
8. Next Join the hands, legs, ears and snout accordingly using needle and wool.
9. Stick the eyes and nose to complete the Bear. You can also tie a bow around its neck.To make a bigger bear, you can increase the windings accordingly.
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Materials :
Plastic wires (Known as 'sutali' in Kerala)
Doll (With the Head & arms detachable)
Crochet Needle
Nail Brush

Procedure :
You must know Crochet to do the dress and cap of the doll. But anyone can make the fluffy flowing skirt which gives the doll its unique look. Dress
At first undress the doll and detach the head and arms of the doll
Now put couple of chain stitches and close it with slipstitch getting a ring so that both the legs together fit into this ring comfortably.
Now put 6 chain stitches and then one single crochet on alternate chains of the ring in order to get a petal like look.
Now when you reach the last petal put 3 chain stitches and connect it with slip stitch onto the third chain. So that is complete.
Continue these steps till you reach the waist line of the doll.
Insert the doll into this.
Now go on doing slip stitches around the doll till you reach its underarms.
Now put slip stitches only on the chest area of the doll. Continue till you reach the neckline.
For the strap of the dress use chain stitches and join it to the back side of the doll's dress.
To give a better finish and a lacy look to the dress, stitch slip stitches around the arms and neck with a wire of contrast shade.
Skirt
Take double the length of sutali wire depending on the length of doll's dress you want.
Now fold this wire into half and tie it into the slip stitch loop's from the waist line. Method of tying the wire is shown in the figure on the right.
Make sure you fill all the loops till the bottom to give a flared skirt.
While you go down reduce the length of the wire to be tied so that the bottom part will be level.
Now using a needle separate each wire into tiny strands.
Now finally brush the skirt with the nail brush to make it more smooth and beautiful.
Cap
Put 10 chain stitches and close it with slip stitch to get a ring.
Then put 20 single crochet stitches into that ring and close it with slip stitch.
On the next row put 2 single crochet into each single crocket in order to get 40 single crochet.
Continue the above steps till you get a shape of a cap.
Note :
This craft would be easy to do if the person knows crochet.
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function cnn_open () {
window.open('http://weather.cnn.com/weather/select.popup/content2.jsp?region=as&country=India','weather','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=260,height=250')
return;
}

Water painting



Water Color Painting




Picture Gallery

Materials Required :
Handmade paper
Camel Water Colours tubes
Brushes ( numbers 00,0,3,4,5)
Water
Waste Cloth
Pencil
Design
Palette
Bowl Procedure :
At first draw the design onto the handmade paper.
Now with a brush gently pat water onto the part where you are going to apply water colours.
Now paint the design using camel water colours.
Let the painting dry.
Tips :
Patting water onto the design helps the colour to blend better and also gives a better finish. Avoid mixing paint straight with water as it will make the paint too watery. To get a lighter shade of a colour, mix a little white paint with the dark shade. We can get Peach by mixing scarlet and white, brighten green by mixing sap green and yellow. To darken a colour, add a tinch of black colour.
Water colour always looks better with free hand drawing. When you trace a design, the trace (pencil) marks will always be seen through the painting. Watch the design and try to do a free hand drawing. If you need to get an outline you can use Burnt Sienna with a thin brush (no.00) to give a rough outline and fill it up with the required colour. This paint will blend with the colours and the outline made with it won't be visible through the painting.
At least five brushes of different thickness should be kept ready when you start painting a design. You can use thin brushes in narrow spaces and thick brushes in broader areas as per your discretion.
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Painting




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Materials
Fabric Paint - different colours
Brush
Palette
Leaves -any thick veined leaf different shapes and sizes
Cloth
Plain fabrics can be made attractive by Leaf Printing.A very easy method that anyone can try out, to make beautiful designs on your Saree, shawl or table cloth etc. The perfection and beauty of the print depends on the colour combinations you choose. If the fabric is dark then light colour paints will look better and vice versa. It can be done even on expensive silk fabrics.ProcedureTake leaves of different shapes, especially thick veined leaves with curved edges will look nice.
Iron the cloth in order to make it wrinkle free.
Decide on the design and paints.
Paint the back or wrong side of the leaf completely with the chosen colour.
Stick the leaf on the cloth and press well.
Before making the print on the good material it is better have a trial on the rough cloth.
Leaves can be stuck in a straight line or randomly according to your aesthetic taste.
Let it dry for 24 hrs or dry it in the sun for an hour.
For the painting to last longer, iron the back side of the design. Ironing should be done only after drying.
TipsTo make the work look extra rich, you can stitch thin laces in between the prints as shown in top figure. Material used in this is white silk, golden thin lace and green, red and blue paints.