How to embroider a face on a doll

If you are just joining us now, we have already been in the process of creating our dolls! I will give you the links to the entire series, so you can catch up if needed. My suggestion is to start with a quick pocket doll, to work on your stitching and practice working with wool! […]

Wild Olive is a blog about handmade crafts and cuteness, embroidery patterns, projects and printables, with a dose of kawaii things with sweet faces!

A quick run through of embroidering the face on a cloth doll… I embroider my dolls’ faces after I’ve stuffed the bodies and sewn down the yarn hair. I prefer placing the features after everything else is in place. I use pins to mark spots for eyes and nose, using a tape measure to center …

A handmade doll is made with love, not in a distant factory by machines. Adding the face to the stuffed doll or animal is key to creating the toy’s identity. Embroidering a stuffed toy takes a little more attention than embroidering a flat piece of material.

In this tutorial I'll be showing you Step by Step how to Hand Embroider my Top 6 Favorite Embroidery Stitches for Doll and Soft Toy Plushie Faces. These are all very basic, easy stitches so that even a beginner doll or softie maker can embroider lovely faces for their new creations that are not only beautiful but baby safe! Don't be intimidated, it doesn't have to be perfect, that is the beauty of handmade, each doll is unique! What you will need is some good quality kona fabric for your…

Oh my goodness, why are dolls so expensive?!? In my never-ending must-make list, rag doll moved up to the top of the list this week out of sheer sticker shock. What do you think of this little lady? I know she needs better clothes, (that’s a project for another hour) and a rag doll 2.0...

A doll’s face creates her personality, and unlike her clothes cannot be switched out, so it’s worth spending a bit of time on to get right. I would encourage you to think of your doll as a...

Here is the next installment of the rag doll tutorial! Face supplies: Embroidery floss Scissors A long needle I like to sew the fac...