My Tutorials
Patchwork Angel Cane
Supplies: 2 copies of pattern-blow this one up or sketch your own.
Clay
  • flesh
  • white
  • black
  • background color
  • "fabric colors"
Rigid Blade
Scissors
Brayer or roller
Glad plastic wrap
The initial sketch. Finished product should vaguely resemble this image. Ha!
Step One Make up several canes to look like fabric. You can leave some plain if you like. Marble some and make into a square. Up to you. This is even better than shopping for fabric cuz you can make the clay "fabric" any way you want! Here are some that I used. Leftover canes work very well here.
Step Two Roll over stack of fabric lightly just to make 'em stick together.
Cut up one of your patterns and save one to refer to. Mark pieces if you need to.
Step Two Stick all your fabrics together in a pleasing way. Combine them into a rectangle that the skirt pattern will fit over.
Lay skirt pattern over your fabric stack. Begin to trim around pattern.
Step Four Trimmed. See the lovely scraps? They'd make beeyoutiful beads to go with your angel cane.
The pattern has slipped here. It really is trimmed correctly. Really. However thick you have made this stack is how thick all the others need to be.
Step Five Pick clay color for sleeve. Make triangle roughly the size of the sleeve pattern and as thick as the skirt. Lay pattern on top and cut out.
Sorry, no pictures! Step Six Make logs of flesh color and cut out head, hands and feet. Wrap with black. Wrap wing with black and place on skirt.

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Step Seven Lay sleeve pattern on top of skirt. Cut into skirt from hem to top of sleeve. Do the same on the bottom of sleeve. Remove piece and set aside. Wrap sleeve with black and insert.
Lay hand at top of sleeve (Not at bottom, like I did!) Cut out plug of skirt piece you removed to fit the difference.
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