DIY Felt Doll Tutorial

DIY Felt Doll Tutorial

Cue the confetti! We are so excited to share our brand new doll die cuts are here! Available in over ten colors, the options are endless creating and designing your own adorable doll creations! Today, we are going to walk you through how to make and assemble your first doll body using our felt doll die cuts. These dolls are great for beginners and pros alike. So let's grab our crafting fuel (aka coffee) and our supplies and let's get started!

You will need:

First you will need to cut out your doll hair from your preferred color felt and grab your two doll head pieces. We will start by putting the hair and face onto the doll.

Using a fabric pen, you can mark where you would like the eyes and mouth and then using your embroidery thread, stitch your mouth onto the front head piece. Next add your eyes. You can create eyes out of felt or find some crafting eyes that secure on the backside so that they won't fall off. 

Next you will need to glue your hair into place. Be sure to leave at least a 1/4" space around the top edge with no glue so that you can sew with your embroidery thread there later. 

For the back side of the head, you will need to mark a line 1 1/2" long in line with the bottom side of the ears and cut this open. 

Then glue the backside hair onto just the top half of the head, leaving the bottom half open. You will also need to leave 1/4" free of glue around the edges. The slit will later be used to insert the neck into the head and it will sit in between the head and hair.

Once you have both head pieces ready, sew the two sides together with your matching embroidery thread along the hair line, stopping at the top of the ears.

Next, you will want to add some stuffing to the head. Be sure not to over fill as you will still need to sew the bottom side together. You will be able to add a bit more through the slit if needed. 

Then sew the bottom half of the head shut with your matching skin tone thread and fill any space with additional stuffing though the slit in the back.

Now it is time to assemble the body! Line up your two body pieces and sew all the way around the edges, leaving one side of the neck open for easier stuffing. Try not to over stuff any part of your doll or it could pull apart your stitching. 

Once your doll is stuffed, sew the neck completely shut.

Time to attach the head!

Slide the neck into the opening in the back of the head about 1" in and glue around the opening to help hold it in place.

Next you will glue the hair down onto the neck and rest of the head to close and seal off the rest of the head. 

And that's it! Your new doll is now ready to accessorize!

Create your own felt outfit or check out some of our fun designs! 

Be sure to tag us in your photo! We want to see your creativity and how amazing your doll turned out!


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