Let's first dive a little into the history of the creation of such a “toy” as the Tilda doll.
Initially, the rag doll was invented Swedish designer Tony Finnanger at the age of 25 years. This was not some kind of commercial project, but, after a while, it gained enormous popularity, now unless the lazy one tried to make this cute toy with his own hands.
There are several distinctive features of the original doll, namely: plump volumes, no bright facial features, eyes and mouth may be absent, the fabric for the doll’s skin is of rich but calm shades.
You will need:
- pattern;
- sewing threads;
- old threads, cotton wool, padding polyester for filling the mannequin;
- stand.
To begin with, we propose to make a slightly simplified and more practical version; below we will try to figure out how to sew a Tilda mannequin. To do this, we will need to make patterns that can be drawn on thick paper or cardboard or printed.
The second stage of the work will be selection of “clothes” and fabrics for the upper body. For a dress, it is better to choose fabrics with a bright, romantic print. Fold the selected pieces in half, cut them into halves and draw the silhouette of the future mannequin on the reverse side.
Next, sew the pieces for the dress and top along the edge of the material, leaving a small space at the edge for extra space. Don't forget to leave a small hole at the bottom of the figure's body so that in the future we can fill it with fabric and insert a stand on which the mannequin will stand. After this, make small cuts throughout the entire material next to our seam so that when you turn it over to the right side, the fabric does not stretch or wrinkle.
Use a sewing machine to stitch the resulting product so that the finished doll does not tear. You can skip this step if you are confident in the strength of your stitches.
Turn the doll's fabric inside out and iron it. Then fill the mannequin using any thin stick or pencil. As a filler, you can take old threads, cotton wool, padding polyester.
At the last stage, sew up the hole through which we filled our product and insert the stand. If it is not at hand, then you can leave the mannequin in this form, using it as pincushion.
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