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Barb Stein and Felix work together to create a split cat-dog doll for Halloween, facing challenges in making the body symmetrical and deciding to transplant limbs from different dolls to create the illusion of two bodies. They customize the doll with different colors, makeup styles, and handmade accessories, completing the project with acrylic yarn hair and various decorations like a lightning design and a fluffy tail.

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  • Barb Stein and Felix, sisters with differing preferences for pets, compromise by creating a split cat-dog doll for a Halloween project, showcasing their collaborative and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Through meticulous customization involving cutting, painting, sculpting, sewing, and even hair styling with acrylic yarn, Barb and Felix transform a vinyl doll into a unique creation, demonstrating their attention to detail and dedication to achieving a harmonious blend of their individual tastes.

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Summary

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Sisters create split cat-dog doll project

  • Barb Stein and Felix are taking a test to determine what pet they should adopt together as they are sisters living and working together.
  • Barb prefers staying indoors and thinks a cat would suit her, while Felix, an outgoing person, prefers dogs.
  • They decide on a compromise of having a split cat-dog doll for a project with File Kitty's World for Halloween.
  • They use dolls Kiyomi Hunter Lee and Venus Mark Flytrap, customizing Kiyomi by cutting her hair and face.
  • They face challenges in cutting the vinyl doll and making the split body symmetrical.
  • They decide to fake the split body by transplanting limbs from different dolls and sculpting to create the illusion of two bodies.
  • They paint the doll with different colors for the cat and dog sides, adding details like ears and shoes.
  • They create a skirt, blouse, and cropped sweater for the doll, sewing and hemming by hand.
  • The doll's face is painted with different makeup styles for the cat and dog sides, with added details like lashes and irises.
  • The doll is completed with shiny powders, animal ears, and faux leather shoes, along with a handmade bag.

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"Split Color Doll with Frankenstein-Inspired Accessories"

  • The process involves creating a doll with a split color style, using green and blue acrylic yarn for the hair, which is brushed, straightened, and glued onto a plastic document sleeve to form wefts. These wefts are then applied in a round fashion, starting from the bottom at the back, with a split color effect to match the doll's skin tone.
  • Various decorations are added, including a lightning design on the top to symbolize Frankenstein's resurrection with electricity, a craft foam bow hairpin, a chain choker resembling a dog collar, an Arrow hairpin, and a fluffy tail made with flexible wire wrapped in medical tape, attached to the doll's body with a magnet hidden under wefts.
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