Looking for a new hobby or just decided to try his hand at another form of art?Want to know how to make fabric dolls?The article details the process and given the pattern.Select the desired option.Sew together with the children.This fascinating process can turn into a pleasant experience everyday.
enjoy for yourself or work with a daughter
create souvenirs with their own hands is always a pleasure.Ability to sew - a useful skill.If you decide to find a new hobby, and tell his daughter how to make a doll with his own hands at home.If the interest of the child, you will be able to spend time together with the use of, coming up with different characters and embodying them in fabric.
necessary materials and tools
To understand how to make a doll with his own hands at home, should be explored, that this would require.But need the following:
- cloth body of beige or white color.It is better to take a natural material (calico, cotton, satin) or use nylon tights.
- Tea, coffee staining the white cloth, if you can not find the right tone.
- wool, padding polyester or other material for stuffing.
- material for clothing.
- pattern paper and pencil.
- template.
- thread, needles, pins.
- Sewing chalk for drawing contours.
- Threads for embroidery of facial features or paint with brushes and PVA glue for the same purpose.
- decorative elements to decorate clothing.
- sewing machine, but you can use hand-stitching.
number of materials and a list of them will depend on the chosen method of creating products.
How to make a doll with his own hands: manufacturing
The whole process can be divided into two stages:
- Create a character's body.
- Performing attire.
In the first step you need to do the following:
- head;
- person;
- hair;
- body;
- hands;
- feet.
clothes made separately, but for interior dolls usually make it permanent.It can be sewn directly to the base or even glue.The most important and responsible - to make the body itself.It is made both for individual parts and make, for example, together with the head of the body, the limbs with the body.
When packing parts synthetic padding should take into account that the density of the head should be higher than the feet.If too tight fill limbs, there will be virtually no flex, which is why not turn to put the doll.When the neck will be a little full, the head can fall.It should also be taken into account.If at first you do not succeed, should not get upset.Everything comes with experience.
worth noting a small caveat about the performance of joints.Some stitched by them to cut parts of the flap, and then take up the scissors and very close to the seam bypass circuit.You can make and traditional way.In the complex curved contours make cuts to the tissue does not contract after screwing and printing element on the front side.
to turn out long and narrow parts of legs and hands, and this is the characteristic feature of the popular interior dolls, difficult.It is necessary to use a pencil or stick, with seam allowances do minimal.
Now you know how to make a doll made of fabric: first make a head and then the rest of the body, the least performing outfit.This is the most interesting, exciting creative stage, but we need to take the rest.
How to sew a doll with his own hands: a master class on manufacturing head
Dolls usually start sewing from that element.The head is made of fabric or the cut parts from nylon pantyhose.In the first case the two parts are sewed on the wrong side.Through the hole left by the product is turned out, filled with synthetic padding.In the second embodiment, once stuffed cotton wool in the nylon "pouch".With contraction of tissue thread in certain places can be formed relief face.If you want a natural, and the volume can even be used as a basis for the bottom of the plastic bottle.To him enough wool to add roundness to her cheeks and chin.
If you decide to make the head of calico or other natural fabrics, but did not find the right shade, take a white material and by staining with natural pigments of tea or coffee do create the desired shade.Coffee gives a darker color.
dyeing technology is that white cloth dipped in a hot solution of (real) natural ingredient, keeps it to cool.Pulled out to hang out or expanded on a flat surface so as not to get a divorce, to incomplete drying, ironing.After these procedures, you will get the desired shade, which is due to last operation will not be lubricated.
fabric is better to paint large patches in the pan for a uniform color, but first it is worth trying to do it on a small piece.Tea should always be strained, or by welding spots remain.The infusion is possible not only to hold, but to boil about 0.5 minutes.
facial features usually paint colors.Suit acrylic.To the pigment does not sink into the tissue is primed right place with white glue.The second way - embroider the eyes, lips, nose form a fabric by padding.It can be purchased glued plastic eyes.This option is typically used if the doll is made in the form of the character of the animal world (cat, hare).
hair made of yarn sewing yarn for knitting or other available material.If you have an old wig unnecessary child's toy, and you can try it.Usually, the hair is first collected in her hair, and then gently attached to the head.
outfits for dolls
Now you know how to make fabric dolls, but still need to decorate them.A certain image is created not only by the facial features, but also due to wear.The basis of any character can be done using the same template.This will significantly speed up the process.Vary your characters are just clothes.Sew for a sundress for another dress, a third outfit pants and shirt (this will be a doll-boy).Dresses can be themed, and you can use the costumes.As already mentioned, clothing is usually a non-removable, so it can even be glued, not sewn to the base.
Thematic collection
If you make dolls for the interior of your home, choose some general idea, for example, to fit povaryata kitchen, bedroom - or a fairy princess.The living room can be arranged characters in traditional costumes.If you sew gifts to friends and family, pick a character according to a certain profession a man who is a souvenir.So, you get a doll-teacher, an artist, a driver, and so on. D. Funny dolls out of fabric in the form of animals: cats, dogs, sheep, goats, bears and mice, rabbits.
Characters do and just as cute baby animals without elongated body proportions.
Souvenirs for sale
Now you have learned how to make cloth dolls have seen how varied may be the idea of their registration.You can transform a lesson not only an interesting hobby for himself, but began to make souvenirs for sale.Now the goods in style hand-made are very popular, especially in interior design dolls.That they may vary discreetly room, give it a unique style and flavor.Customers for its products can be found through the Internet on special thematic platforms, social networks, and you can set the items for sale in the gift shop of the city.There are even some stores that specialize in any particular form of products or implement only the manual work of local artists.
You learned how to make cloth dolls.It's easy, if you have a ready sample, several patterns of patterns of body parts and clothing.Choose your favorite idea.Turn interesting to do in the family hobby.
