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| Finished doll with the pattern. |
Before Christmas I hand-sewed an Ugly Doll for my nephew, who was about 8 months old. The felt is pretty cheap to buy at Spotlight - something like $7 per m. I think I just got some half-metres, and also some small packets of black and white that have adhesive backing for the eyes
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| Cut out with the bits placed on - sewed them first, then turned him inside out to sew up the outside. Stuffing was through the head. |
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| With his face and pouch on (he's a marsupial monster). The pouch is not centred - a mistake - but hey the kid can't talk to criticise. |
Even with the stick-on felt. I still stitched around the eyes and mouth though, because infants tend to chew on everything. Stuffed with cushion stuffing.
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| Finished little dude. |
Design tips - don't make so much of a 'neck' as it a place where the stuffing will shift around and the doll will fold. The body was a bit too tubular which made stuffing the feet a bit tricky. He's meant to look goofy not scary - I think it worked!
