I wasn't totally happy with Milo's shiny straight hair, so spent the past two days making him a new wig out of mohair. The KIDs have such large upper heads that I needed to keep any bulkiness to a minimum, so I tried a new technique which is way more labour intensive, but yielded a much better result.
I separated the mohair curls and cut them into thin 1 3/4" lengths, then stitched down the middle of it onto a line drawn on paper. But at the end of the row, instead of turning around and folding the mohair over on itself, like I used to always do, I stitched a second row 1/8" away from the first. After removing the paper, I pinned the mohair strips onto a plastic-wrap-covered placemat, and spread 'Gem Tack' glue along the stitching lines. The Gem Tack glue says it's 'washable', so I figured it would be safe to use on a wig that would probably need to be wet when styling. After the glue dried, I cut between the two rows of stitching to make two separate wefts of fine mohair, which i then hand-stitched onto a crochet wig cap. I also figured out how to make a much flatter crown, and the finished wig wasn't nearly as bulky as if I'd used hot glue. Then I covered Milo with plastic wrap, saturated the wig in styling gel, put it on his plastic-covered head, and styled it. After the wig dried, I removed the plastic wrap.....
I think this new wig looks so much nicer on him....
I separated the mohair curls and cut them into thin 1 3/4" lengths, then stitched down the middle of it onto a line drawn on paper. But at the end of the row, instead of turning around and folding the mohair over on itself, like I used to always do, I stitched a second row 1/8" away from the first. After removing the paper, I pinned the mohair strips onto a plastic-wrap-covered placemat, and spread 'Gem Tack' glue along the stitching lines. The Gem Tack glue says it's 'washable', so I figured it would be safe to use on a wig that would probably need to be wet when styling. After the glue dried, I cut between the two rows of stitching to make two separate wefts of fine mohair, which i then hand-stitched onto a crochet wig cap. I also figured out how to make a much flatter crown, and the finished wig wasn't nearly as bulky as if I'd used hot glue. Then I covered Milo with plastic wrap, saturated the wig in styling gel, put it on his plastic-covered head, and styled it. After the wig dried, I removed the plastic wrap.....
I think this new wig looks so much nicer on him....
..and Milo posing with Lonnie....
I don't know if anyone noticed, but when Charie painted Milo, she also modified his default
hands, bending some of his fingers, so his hands wouldn't look quite so 'feminine'.
hands, bending some of his fingers, so his hands wouldn't look quite so 'feminine'.
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