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Free Cloth Doll Patterns - Over 50 designs!
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| Life-sized Baby Doll Nunodoll |
| Silly Girl Doll Missy Balance |
| Sarah Doll* Cranston Village |
| 52 of the best free Cloth Doll Patterns & Tutorials on the web! |
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| Clown Pouch Doll Nunodoll |
| Fashion Dolls Nunodoll |
More Cloth Doll Patterns & Projects from These Popular Books!
| Big Girl Doll Nunodoll |
| Two-sided Kokeshi Doll The Magic Bean |
| "Mr. Right" Valentine Doll Craftstylish |
| 8-inch Baby Doll Stitch 'n Stuff |
| Hand-sewn Felt Dolls Purlbee |
| Dammit Doll Welcome Home Farm |
| Santa Clause Doll Nunodoll |
| Ruby the Christmas Pin Doll Doll Street Dreamers |
| Blume Cloth Doll Artdolls |
| Auntie Stressy Anna Dollmaker's Journey |
| Dancing Diva Doll Sewing.org |
| Fancy Nancy Dolls Judith Prior |
| Baby Bows Doll Judi's Dolls |
| Indian Girl with Foxes The Doll Net |
| Black Apple Dolls Martha Stewart |
| Captain Underpants Dollmaker's Journey |
| Tea Cozy Doll Craftown |
| Waldorf-style Simple Doll Sleeping Baby |
| Handcrafted Dolls Gross Grain Fabulous |
| Little Love Cherub Doll The Doll Net |
| Gingerbread Doll Crafty Visions |
| Nekomimi Doll Nunodoll |
| Butterfly Doll Vrije Opvoeding |
More Cloth Doll Patterns & Projects from These Popular Books!
| Mini Mermaid Japanesque Nunodoll |
| Slim Santa Claus Doll Nuno Doll |
| Nettie Doll from Rug Strips Rugmaker's Homestead |
| Wide-eyed Wendy Judi's Dolls |
| Shoe Deoderizer Dolls The Magic Bean |
| Basic Waldorf Doll Echos of a Dream |
| Charity Ragdoll Ragdolls 2 Love |
| Gingerbread Man Sew Much 4 Retirement |
| Hobbit Sock Doll The One Ring |
More Cloth Doll Patterns & Projects from These Popular Books!
| 15-inch Annie Doll Bella Online |
| Kimono Doll Nunodoll |
| Mermaid & Merman Dolls Nunodoll |
| Dolly and Polly Craftown |
| Poseable Guardian Angel Doll Dollmaker's Journey |
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*Patterns marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a PDF file.
| Half-size Girl Doll Nunodoll |
| Tall Boy Doll Nunodoll |
Sew an assortment of adorable cloth dolls with this collection of over fifty free cloth doll patterns & tutorials gathered
from all over the web.
And because cloth dolls often consist of small pattern pieces, they can be ideal for using up those smaller scraps of fabric
(and scraps of trimmings like lace and ribbon) you may have leftover from other projects – particularly for the doll’s
clothing. (And for the doll's clothing it might be best to stick with either solids or prints that are scaled to the size of the
doll. In other words, a large print on a small doll may not look quite right.)
And one of the simpler doll designs might make a fun project for an older child, particularly the hand-sewn dolls. And even
the dolls that call for machine sewing could probably also be sewn by hand.
For more precise sewing of the small fabric pieces for your doll, you may want to cut your pattern pieces from stiff
cardboard (with no seamline added) instead of from paper. Trace around the cardboard templates onto your fabric with a
fabric marking pen, then draw a second line outside the first as your cutting line. This will give you an exact seamline to
follow when stitching, instead of trying to sew a certain distance from the edge of your fabric.
And for safety reasons, if your doll will be for a baby (or a very small child), don’t embellish the doll with anything that
could come off and become a choking hazard (like buttons).
from all over the web.
And because cloth dolls often consist of small pattern pieces, they can be ideal for using up those smaller scraps of fabric
(and scraps of trimmings like lace and ribbon) you may have leftover from other projects – particularly for the doll’s
clothing. (And for the doll's clothing it might be best to stick with either solids or prints that are scaled to the size of the
doll. In other words, a large print on a small doll may not look quite right.)
And one of the simpler doll designs might make a fun project for an older child, particularly the hand-sewn dolls. And even
the dolls that call for machine sewing could probably also be sewn by hand.
For more precise sewing of the small fabric pieces for your doll, you may want to cut your pattern pieces from stiff
cardboard (with no seamline added) instead of from paper. Trace around the cardboard templates onto your fabric with a
fabric marking pen, then draw a second line outside the first as your cutting line. This will give you an exact seamline to
follow when stitching, instead of trying to sew a certain distance from the edge of your fabric.
And for safety reasons, if your doll will be for a baby (or a very small child), don’t embellish the doll with anything that
could come off and become a choking hazard (like buttons).
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Sewing Quick Tips:
Tip #1: Fusible interfacings are fast and convenient, but a non-fusible interfacing may be more
appropriate for the following fabrics: highly textured fabrics, napped (fuzzy) fabrics, fabrics
that can’t take the heat of an iron, and open-weave fabrics such as laces or meshes.
Tip #2: If you have a difficult time threading a sewing machine needle, consider using a self-
threading needle, which has a tiny slit in the side of the eye. You just slide your thread down
the side of the needle and the thread snaps into the eye on its own.
Tip #1: Fusible interfacings are fast and convenient, but a non-fusible interfacing may be more
appropriate for the following fabrics: highly textured fabrics, napped (fuzzy) fabrics, fabrics
that can’t take the heat of an iron, and open-weave fabrics such as laces or meshes.
Tip #2: If you have a difficult time threading a sewing machine needle, consider using a self-
threading needle, which has a tiny slit in the side of the eye. You just slide your thread down
the side of the needle and the thread snaps into the eye on its own.