Dolls of Tilda with their own hands

The history of these cute and naive toys leads us to Norway. That's where their mother-creator Tony Finanger lives. Very kind, funny, with gullible little black eyes, they won hearts and needlewomen, and designers, and children around the world.

How to make a doll Tilda?

Tilda-insanity has reached such proportions that even people far from sewing and sewing decided to make themselves into the light of appetizing bathers, soaring cats in an embrace with a bird, strange angels in night caps, fish with legs on buttons, index moose and many more all-different Christmas geese, coffee bears and motorized snails. For such people in foreign stores are selling special kits for making Tilda dolls. Such a set contains not only a pattern, but even threads and fabrics for dolls Tild. Our women are confidently holding a needle in their hands, and only a generation of winged pigs and panamaric hares will have enough of the strategic stock of rags inherited from grandmother to granddaughter.

Secrets of making a rag doll Tilda

To sew a doll to Tilda, as well as any soft toy it is not difficult. Even making a pattern will not be very difficult - all the toys are so primitively primitive that they could be easily sculpted for them from the picture of the finished doll. These naive characters love to be sewn with their own hands. Tilda dolls sewn by hand look and neat, and more consistent with the style of the Tilda textile doll, conceived by her ancestress.

Before you sew a doll to Tilda, pick up the necessary tissues. One of the features of Tilde's sewing is the sewing of the body fabric of the doll and cloth for her clothes before cutting out.

If the seam passes in the middle of the face or the face of the toy, before cutting out the doll, make a notch near the tip of Tilda, not reaching 2 mm to the seam.

If you make a doll with your hands Tilda, leading a sedentary lifestyle, do not overstretch her thighs too tightly so that they can bend freely after they are sewn. To the legs bend at the knees, when padded, they are stitched at the level of the knees. It is necessary to stuff a doll rather tightly. To do this, you can use sintepon, holofayber or even finely cut kapron tights.

To sew a doll Tilda, as conceived by its author, you need to use fabrics of the color of the southern tan. Pale-faced sisters can be colored. To do this, pour 5 teaspoons of tea with half a glass of boiling water, cool, then add PVA glue to fix it.

What fabrics can be used for sewing Tild?

In the west, these specific interior toys are sewn from a special material with a difficult-to-pronounce and similarly memorable name. We have this material and it is difficult to meet, and there is no big need for it. So we will support the domestic producer and with a feeling of pinching patriotism to sew foreign Tild from our fleece, flannel, flax, cotton, calico, wool or spandex. It is necessary to avoid only jersey - toys from it turn out rude and not very accurate. Clothing for dolls can be modeled from any matter - from the cheerful sitch to the iridescent silks. A fine drawing is preferred.

How to make hair doll Tilde?

It is best to use yarn like "Plush" for making hair, characteristic disheveled hairstyles are obtained from it. However, you can try and any other thread, do not be afraid to experiment.

The face of the doll

The eyes are the mirror of the soul. The puppet eyes of the Tilde reflect her entire naive ideal inner world. They can be painted with two acrylic dots, embroidered with two black knotted mulines, and two beads.

On the face of the finished doll Tilda you need to apply a light make-up. Everything you need for sure is in your cosmetic bag - it's dry shadows or dry blush.

Here, in fact, and all the simple technique. Now you know everything. Let the colorful history of the Tilda doll will be modestly sewn and your man-made page.