Doll Clothes Tutorial - "Coat"

Step 1: Cut out your paper patterns

Step 2: Pin and cut your fabric out using the patterns, make sure to align the folds of your fabric with the appropriate arrows of the patterns. The sleeves and "back" should be on folds, make sure to cut 2 sleeves as pictured below. The hood and "front" are not on a fold. The cut pieces are pictured in the second image - double check that you have the correct number of pieces.


                  Top: Hood and Front                                            # of fabric pieces you should have
         Bottom:  Sleeve 1 & 2 and  "Back"                                 


Step 3: Pin and sew the hems for each individual piece


     2 sleeves     "back"        2 "fronts"                          2 identical "front" pieces

Step 4: Lay out your work so you can see how to align and pin the pieces properly



Step 5: Pin and sew the sleeves to the front bodice pieces for both the right and left side - right sides together



Step 6: Pin and sew the sleeves to the "back" on both the right and left side - right sides together



Step 7: Hem both indiv←dual halves of the hood

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Step 8: Sew the two hood pieces together at the curve to the bottom of the seam - make sure right sides are together





Step 9: Pin and sew the hood to the body of the coat, aligning the center seam to the center of the "back" piece and working out in either direction



Step 10: Pin and sew the final hemming portions at the top of the two front pieces



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Step 11: Pin and sew the front to the back, and along the sleeve seams and VOILA! You're done. Great work on a hard project!

Sewing- Remembering the backstitch and tying knots

Doll Clothing Tutorials - Pajama Pants and Shirt

1. Pinning your pattern to your fabric and cutting it out - pajama shirt and sleeves

If you have the "camping" fabric, you will need to lay out your fabric as pictured below, to ensure that the imagery is always right-side up. Make sure you bodices and sleeves are both aligned on the fold where indicated with the double arrow. The pants will have to be cut out, single layer, twice to ensure the pattern is again, facing the correct way. 

2. Pinning your pattern to your fabric and cutting it out - pajama bottoms

3. How to align your 2nd  pajama shirt and sleeve patterns on your fabric

4. Pinning and sewing your pajama pants- part 1

5. Pinning and sewing your pajama pants- Part 2

6. Pinning and sewing your pajama shirt - Part 1

7. Pinning and sewing your pajama shirt - Part 2

Waldorf Doll Head Tutorial

I started a new project this year of having my 4th-8th grades make handwork lesson books. I was looking for some Waldorf doll head images and stumbled across this great tutorial.

Waldorf Doll Examples

The 6th grade did a doll parade through the lower grades and kindergartens.  They did a marvelous job and worked really hard to finish, quite a feat with class being only 50 minutes once a week. 

Lavender Dolls

The local paper is coming to interview the class about the lavender dolls we made for the orphanage in Haiti - exciting. We missed the Hearthstone village troupes going over this summer, so were in luck that we still have the dolls. By the end of the year the little ones should have them tucked into their tiny hands.

Waldorf Doll Hair Ideas

Looking for ideas for some doll shirts for boys that are less complicated and more beautiful - happened upon this site, love the hair.

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