Participants will create their own doll in their own image with step-by-step instructions. Why a fiber doll? Because when held they are pleasantly soft and snuggly. Participants will learn to sew the doll body, paint the face, attach hair, add clothing, accessories. and more. All materials provided. Just bring your smile and imagination!

Workshop will be led by Pat McLean-Smith who is a multi-disciplinary artist. Using fabrics, printed paper, yarn and paint, she creates mixed media works on canvas. In addition, she creates one-of-a-kind hand-crafted crochet, felt, and fabric dolls. Pat believes that fiber is a wonderfully dynamic medium. Free from any notion of patterns but armed with a lifetime of technique.

This program is part of a month-long series of free arts programs in libraries, presented by the Philadelphia Folklore Project. To learn more, visit www.folkloreproject.org. The program is made possible in part by federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries.  It is also supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.