Hi! I am Joan Mayo I have been living in Casa Grande Arizona for 6 yrs. I am disabled and love to do crafts to keep my mind off the pain I have everyday. I have 2 daughters and 1 son they live in Albany New York. They each have one child. Nicholas 5, Ian 3, and Desirae 5. The two oldest like crafts. Desirae is doing crafts and always wants me to send her something, so a friend found the garden glove doll and told me about it. When I went to visit the grandkids we made them. We made clowns, Firemen, train conductors, flower people and many more. I have a wounderful husband that is always interested in what I am making. I also love to sew for the grandkids and my self. Hope everyone enjoys the dolls.
God Bless all of you
your friend Joan

What you need:

• 1 cotton garden glove
• 2 12" chenille stems any color
• 4 pony beads any color
• one 1/2' light pink pom pom
• two 1/4'"and one 1/2" lavender pom pom
• two 3mm black pom poms
• 12" of 3/8" wide lavender satin ribbon
• wire cutters
• needle, thread to match the glove

What you do:

1. Trim 2' from chenille stem slide a bead on to the end and twist to secure. Repeat the other end.
2. Do this on two chniell stems Hold them together and twist a 2" piece around the center of the two pieces this will be the neck.
3. Cut across the glove just unger the thumb. Cut the cuff of and discard the thumb section.
4. Slide a beaded chinell stem into each of the four glove fingers and gather the cut edge around the neck. Thread the needle and stitch through the gathers.
5. Spread the fibers of the pink pom pom and glue it over the neck and gathered edge.
6. Glue the black pom pom on for eyes.and the 1/4" lavender pom pom to the glove foe buttons.
7. Use the ribbon to make a ribbon around the neck.
8. Gather one end of cuff for hat and glue on head put pom pom on top of hat.
   
   Joan Mayo - Arizona

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