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Can anybody PLEASE help me with the above question????

Hi Pat,  thanks for answering.  Unfortunately I am no whizz with a computer and only really use it to look at the net and use the forum so I really don't think that I can get a link up, what a dumbo, he he.
I will try to describe everything as best as I can.

The doll head has no neck flange at all. It has a hollow underneath with a hole in the centre. The rounded part on top of the shoulder plate fits up into it.

The neck adaptor that I ordered from Jayne showed (in the picture on her site if you want a look)  a large white piece (which I wasn't going to use) that would take the place where the flange would be on a normal kit. It also had the elastic and wooden ball. on the elastic there was a small piece of plastic (I think) to push inside the head and a piece that looked as if it sits on top of the white Part. All I got was the wooden ball and the large white piece.  I  sat in front of the computer with the kit and I have worked out where the wooden ball goes.   All I really need to know is what could I use to put on a piece of elastic to attatch inside the head to hod it on. I wondered if maybe a toggle button would work and then glueing it with E6000 to keep the toggle still, then passing the elastic through the shoulder plate and tying it all underneath around the ball to keep it tight. 
I hope that all made sence.  Am I on the right lines?

If you want a look at the doll kit it is on www.nikkidolls.com and it is the cryer doll by Donna Rubert.

sorry for being a pain.
Thanks
Karen. X

karen, I have been making porcelain dolls for 21 yrs, is this kit vynal or porcelain kit. I have searched the net and cant find a picture, I know  there was a cryer doll made in all porcelain. I looked in nikkidolls, doll artworks,under donna rubert molds and cant find it. I,d love to be able to help. Sorry.June M from Oz

karen wrote:
The doll head has no neck flange at all. It has a hollow underneath with a hole in the centre. The rounded part on top of the shoulder plate fits up into it.

The neck adaptor that I ordered from Jayne showed (in the picture on her site if you want a look)  a large white piece (which I wasn't going to use) that would take the place where the flange would be on a normal kit. It also had the elastic and wooden ball. on the elastic there was a small piece of plastic (I think) to push inside the head and a piece that looked as if it sits on top of the white Part. All I got was the wooden ball and the large white piece.  I  sat in front of the computer with the kit and I have worked out where the wooden ball goes.   All I really need to know is what could I use to put on a piece of elastic to attatch inside the head to hod it on. I wondered if maybe a toggle button would work and then glueing it with E6000 to keep the toggle still, then passing the elastic through the shoulder plate and tying it all underneath around the ball to keep it tight. 
I hope that all made sence.  Am I on the right lines?

If you want a look at the doll kit it is on www.nikkidolls.com and it is the cryer doll by Donna Rubert.

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You are definately on the right track...

I thought maybe I had kept that post from the old forum where I answered someone doing the same exact doll and also getting their parts from Jayne.

Ok here goes, usually with porcelains the rounded part is on the neck and "IT" fits into the shoulderplate (not usually the other way around).
You would take the 2 domed plastic discs with the elastic threaded through them and put them into the hole in the neck. The smaller one is a sort of lock so the elastic doesn't pull out of the larger one. So tuck them in there. make sure the ends of the elastic are even at the bottom. Stick them through the hole in the shoulderplate, and through the hole in the wooden ball, then tie securely at the bottom. You may also want to put a few drops of tacky glue in the knot so it doesn't wiggle loose inside the doll shoulderplate.

Then to put that assembled section on the doll body, we usually use good quality ribbon and a long large-eyed needle. Put the shoulderplate/head section on the top of the body (after sewing the top of the body closed, you can use a whip stitch). There should be 4 holes in the plate and these are for securing the plate. Take your needle threaded with ribbon, push it through the front hole (or back hole, makes no difference) all the way through to the other side and out the other hole. Then go just below the bottom edge of the plate and go back the other direction through the other side under the plate. You will do this on both sides of the body. Remove the needle and tie the ends of the ribbon and there you have it!

You can also use a toggle (kinda looks like this -v-, well I hope you get the idea anyway) like a V with wings. You can then tie the elastic to the middle of the v part and glue it as so to make sure the metal peice doesn't work loose and come out.

If you have any other questions about this, just come back, also if anything is unclear here.




-- Edited by Buffington at 01:57, 2008-06-25

Yes,  you can also use a toggle instead of the plastic discs (sorry I wasn't more clear)
" You can also use a toggle (kinda looks like this -v-, well I hope you get the idea anyway) like a V with wings. You can then tie the elastic to the middle of the v part and glue it as so to make sure the metal peice doesn't work loose and come out."

Wow Karen, if that's what I think it means - congratulations to you!

Congrats!