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Welcome to ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s head to body’.

Fill the head with polyester stuffing. Try to make the head as round as possible. Be generous with the stuffing, otherwise the face will look ‘deflated’/ ‘wrinkled’.

The head should be full like this. Get ready to attach the body to the head. I prefer to sew the front of the body (red dotted line) to the head (green dotted line) as shown below. Take out some stuffing if you find it hard to sew. Remember to replenish the stuffing after you are done with sewing.

Sew the red dotted lines using hidden stitches after you have filled up the body with stuffing.

Congratulations! You have made your first doll!

Thanks for following my tutorials 🙂

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Welcome to part 3 of ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s face’.

Sew the back of the head to the face along the red dotted lines. Leave some allowance for the ears later.

Sew one ear along the red dotted line.

Turn it to the front to see if the ear is at the desired location.

Flip up the chin and attach it to the ear by sewing along the red dotted line.

Finish the remaining stitches of the back of the head (purple fabric) on top of the ear.

Sew along the red dotted lines of the chin fabric (this will be the back of the neck where the hair ends)

Finished look. Repeat the steps for the other ear.

That’s all for today.

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Welcome to part 2 of ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s face’.

Sew the ears along the red dotted lines.

Turn the ears out and fill them with polyester stuffing if you want the ears to be ‘voluminous’, otherwise it’s fine to leave them empty.

Trace the face using the template. Remember to leave sewing allowance.

Sew the ‘triangle’ parts circled in red.

Trace the back of the head using the template. Likewise, remember to leave sewing allowance. Sew the red dotted lines first followed by the green dotted lines.

Side and front profiles of the back of the head.

Sew the chin along the red dotted lines as shown in the photo.

That’s all for today. 

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Welcome to part 1 of ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s face’.

Draw doll’s face using heat erasable fabric pen on water soluble paper. Make sure the paper and velboa fabric (I used 22cm x 22cm) are secured tightly (but not too tight as the facial features might get out of shape) in the embroidery hoop. Embroidery takes a lot of time. So, your patience is worth it.

Proceed with the hair (I used 22cm x 22cm) after you have finished the face. Working on hair is very cumbersome. It took me a while to cut out the shape and secure it together with the fabric and hoop. I would sew the hair together with the face fabric so that they won’t get out of shape. Usually my hair style will be different from my sketch. Lol. But still looked decent. The beauty of using heat erasable pen is that you can use hair dryer to erase undesirable patterns! And you can reuse the water soluble paper as long as it fits well inside the hoop. Sew the hairline as drawn. Once again, it takes a lot of time using hand sewing…

Tear away the paper once you are done with all the sewing. I would usually do another round of touch-ups in case I missed some spots.

Rest well after sewing the hair and face!

Note: I used 22cm x 22cm fabric for face and hair as I would usually cut out the doll’s body parts using those pieces. But in my earlier tutorial, I had to use another piece of fabric to demonstrate how much fabric would all parts require.

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Hi! This is last part of ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s body’.

Sew along the red dotted lines as shown.

Above 2 photos show the little triangle on the front body that you must sew.

Sew along the red dotted lines as shown in the above 2 photos. These are the parts near the legs.

Next, sew along the red dotted lines as shown. The little opening is for you to fill up the body with polyester stuffing.

Tada! You are done with the body except filling the body suit with stuffing!

That’s all for today. Hope you have enjoyed my tutorials 🙂

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Welcome to part 3 of ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s body’. We will work on the legs!

Thighs: Sew along the red dotted lines as shown.

Ankles: Attach ankles to the thighs by sewing along the red dotted lines as shown.

Straighten the thigh and ankle, and sew along the red dotted lines. Repeat the same for the other leg.

The red dotted lines are what you have sewn.

Sole: Sew it to the ankle as shown in p7. Repeat the same for the other leg as shown below.

That’s all for today 🙂 

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Welcome to part 2 of ‘How to sew a 15cm doll’s body’.

It’s my habit to sew the arms first. 

Follow the red dotted line for the location of the stitches. Do the same for the other arm.

Next, attach 1 piece of body (back) to the body (front) as shown above. I embroidered the pink patterns before I cut the fabric.

Attach the second piece of body (back) to the body (front).

Lastly, attach arms to the body. This is the trickiest part of sewing because the hole is small and I always get pricked >.<

Finally, the red dotted lines are what you have sewed if you follow this tutorial step by step.

Final product for this tutorial.

~ Pinkmoon Crafts

Trace body templates, including chin using a piece of 28cm x 22cm velboa plush fabric in skin color. In the end, you will get:

Chin x1

Body with embroidery (front) x1, Body A & B (back) x2

Arm (longer piece) x2, Underarm x2, i.e. we need 2 arms

(From left to right) – Thigh x2, Ankle x2, Sole x2, i.e. we need 2 legs

Ear x4, 1 ear=2 pieces, i.e. we need 2 ears


~ Pinkmoon Crafts