subject: Cute Rag Doll Patterns To Sew [print this page] Sewing a doll is something my mother taught me when I was a young child. I wound up with a variety of the handmade dolls. Many of them remain with me now. If you want to learn for your own enjoyment, to make gifts, become a crafter or teach a child, here are the particulars you need to know.
There're many doll patterns to sew which you will find. If utilizing a pattern seems easier to you, then one could certainly buy one. There are also the very basic, printed, back-and-front fabric dolls that need just to be stitched together. If one doesn't want to buy doll patterns to sew or preprinted panels, one can design your own pattern. All you require is a bit of paper to get started.
Mid- weight works best. The thinner paper used in purchased pattern making is hard to work with. Thicker paper is difficult to fold perfectly and harder to cut.
The dimensions of the paper will depend on the size of the dollies one wants to make. If you are really using rags or remnants of fabric, one may want to make the body and head separately. Otherwise, one will want to design a one-piece pattern. That's the way I was instructed how to sew a doll. It seems to be the easiest method.
To create your own doll patterns to sew begin by folding the paper in 1/2, lengthwise. To ensure that each side looks identical, you will draw just half of the dolly's body, head, arms, and legs. Remember how half of a cookie cutter used to form a gingerbread man looks. That's the least difficult drawing illustration to use.
You will want to be positive that the neck is long and wide enough to hold up the doll's head. Otherwise, the head will continuously fall back and forth. When drawing the arms, one usually wants them to connect to the body at about a 45 degree angle, although some crafters have the arms pointing straight out from the doll's sides.
You'll do your sketching on only 1 half of the sheet of paper and cut out both sides. Don't forget to keep a seam allowance when you're drawing. When the pattern is created, the next steps for sewing a doll are quite uncomplicated. One simply cuts their desired cloth using your pattern. Before sewing together the front and back, you will want to decorate the face.
One could use fabric paint or pieces of felt for the nose, cheeks, eyes, and mouth. Buttons are traditionally utilized for the eyes and what I utilized when I was taught how to sew a doll, but if you are talented at painting, one can paint those, also. Several crafters do. Embroidering the eyes and other facial features is a choice. Yarn has typically been used for hair, but now crafting stores stock doll hair that is glued on to the top of the head. If one uses yarn, it is best to attach it when one is stitching together the two sides of the doll's head. That could be a somewhat painstaking chore.
The finishing step in sewing a doll is to stitch the halves of the head and body together, leaving an opening at some place to allow for stuffing. Once stuffed, one needs to sew up the seam by hand. Then all one has to do is add clothes and your doll is finished. Now have a good time!
