To sew the body, we used a piece of thick knitwear measuring approximately 50 x 40 cm. We print the proposed pattern on a printer or redraw it by attaching a sheet of paper to the computer monitor.
We transfer all the details to the knitwear except the wedges. They are cut out of white calico or calico in the amount of 6 pieces. We sew them together, leaving a small hole in the center. We sew along the contour using a machine. We leave small holes (1-1.5 cm each), through which we will turn the workpieces inside out and then fill them with filler.
You can turn out the parts using a sushi stick. It is also convenient for her to fill the parts with holofiber or padding polyester.
We put a covering on a ball sewn from wedges and tightly stuffed with filler, and tighten the top.
On the opposite side we make a depression in the filler, into which we push the knitted “branch”.
We insert the neck into this hole.To fix it, you can drop a little Moment glue on it or fix it with a thread, connecting it to the top of your head. We connect the junction of the neck with the head with a hidden seam.
We fix the legs to the body with pins, making sure that they are attached at the same level. Then we sew them through the body using buttons. This fastening allows the finished doll to be planted and its legs and arms to be rotated.
We sew tights from an adult sock. To do this, we cut off the toe part of the product, cut it in half, and grind off the sections.
Next, we sew a school uniform for the doll. Since our future “first-grader” will not be a playroom, but rather an interior one, her dress will not be removable. Only four parts are needed - two sleeves, a bodice and a hem.
We first draw an approximate bodice pattern on paper, apply it to the body, and adjust it in circumference and height. For the hem, cut out a strip of fabric measuring approximately 6 x 30 cm, and gather in the top edge.
We apply the handles to the fabric, trace them along the contour, thus obtaining blanks for making sleeves.
We connect the bodice and hem, process the cuts, you can immediately sew a lace collar in the neck area.
Sew a vertical section on the back. We also sew lace braid on the sleeves and put them on the handles.
Now you can fix them on the body. We pass through the body with a long needle with a double thread; we grab the handles only through their inner part.
We sew a white apron using lace, braid or regular white chintz.
At the next stage, we create a hairstyle on the doll’s head. In this master class, wefts with artificial hair one meter long were used. Instead, you can use felting wool, knitting threads, satin ribbon, foamiran, etc.
Sewing on the tresses starts from the bottom of the head and is carried out along its entire circumference.
First, you can fix the hairs with Moment glue, and also sew them on for reliability. From the remaining piece of tress 8-10 cm long we form a bun, insert it into a small hole on the top of the head.
Then we straighten this “palm”, put a piece of fabric on top, and a heated iron on top of it.
In this case, the top of the head will be smoothed out and will not puff up.
At the last stage, we create the final image of the doll. We put on our shoes and attach a white bow to our heads. You can sew a bouquet of artificial flowers or a bell into your hands. In this master class, the “first-grader” was given a small teddy bear to hold in his second hand, because the girl had just graduated from kindergarten and had not yet played enough with toys.
The bear is fixed on the handle using a button. We draw dotted eyes on the face, create a blush on the cheeks, well, now the doll is completely ready.
