I was asked to make the Christ Child for a Christmas Cantata. He is finally finished and just wanted to share. Did a little research as to the swaddling used and used tied muslin. Hope you like him.
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Beautiful
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The baby is beautiful. I think you should launder the fabric a few times and maybe stain it a little in tea so it doesn’t look so clean and new! I love the baby!
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Which sculpt is this? You did a great job!!!
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Pia. I was thinking of soaking in tea to change the color but was just a little afraid of getting it to dark. I think I will give it a shot though and thanks for your input. When I was looking for the muslin was hoping to find the more tan color but had no luck.
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If you get it too dark, just wash it with bleach to lighten! Seriously, just make weak tea and keep pulling it out and checking it. I would wash it first so it will take the stain better since it is probably “sized” . Then dump it in the tea bath while it is still wet.
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Nikki that is the Meg by Marissa May. She was wonderful to work with.
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Thanks Pia I will be trying it tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
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So adorably precious! 
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Beautiful work. They’ll love it. Everyone’s going to want to take baby Jesus home.
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Beautiful!
What a lovely use for a reborn.
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I am in LOVE!
He’s adorable x
Wow! He looks great!
I would think any fabric store would have “unbleached muslin”, odd that you couldn’t find it.
I found the unbleached muslin but it was all stark white so as Pia recommended to dye it with tea. That’s what I am going to try.
Thank-you all for the nice complements. I am going to do the tea dye to give it a light color instead of it being so white. I’m hoping it will turn out ok and still look good.
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Muslin is a great idea… I used burlap!!! Poor baby!!!
