Assembling my first reborn...help please :)

[bettybarchetta]

Hi Guys

OK...I am about to assemble my very first reborn....soooo exciting!! i just want to check first about the weighting materials.

I have ordered a weighting pack from Lillian Trigg which contains the following:

plastic pellets
ultra fine glass
tender touch (baby fat?)
super poly
virgin fibre

I think I know where everything goes, but please could someone else tell me in case I got it wrong.

Thanks in advance....can't wait to get this bit done

Kathryn
xxxx

[scrumptiousbabies]

I fill the limbs 2/3 of the way with glass sand (or 1/2 of you want a lighter baby) then stuff well with the poly filling. The head I again use glass sand, a pouch at the back of the head, then fill with poly filling again. The body I put a pouch of tender touch baby fat in the bum, some people use a pouch in the tummy also... for the weight, I tend to use steel shot, but glass sand works as well.. you can use polypellets but they don't weigh so much - it just personal preference really - I like heavy babies!! Put a pouch of whatever you choose in the centre and surround it well with virgin fibre. Hope this helps!

[bettybarchetta]

Thank you so much Fiona...I am so excited to get started on this bit, the kids might not get any lunch today

Love Kathryn
xx

[swiftcrafter]

hi, i do pretty much the same as fiona!
i always use glass to weight my body just 1 bag in the centre surrounded by fibre fill and baby fat in the bum

also i put fibrefilling in the shoulder and top of the leg then make a little hole in the centre and add a few pollypellets
then add a little more fibre filling so you can't feel the pollypellets inside the shoulder of the body

hope this helps

[bettybarchetta]

Thanks Swiftcrafter

I guess everybody just finds the right way for them, huh? I am using a Berenguer doll with full limbs, so I shouldn't need to put anything extra at the joints, should I? Also, I don't have any plugs for the limbs. Do you glue felt over the end or anything?

Kathryn
xx

[Amazinggrace]

Yep gluea small square of white or flesh coloured felt over the limbs to seal them.
Wait till glue is dry then cut round the limb to remove excess felt.

[bettybarchetta]

Can i put the glass sand in a stocking or will it leak?

[swiftcrafter]

i normally put mine in a plastic bag (like a sandwich bag) then seal it and put that inside a stocking!
putting it in the stocking stops the plastic bag ruffling when baby is moved