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instructions before
starting your
project.

Materials
. Green felt (8” x 10”).
. Orange felt (8” x 5.5”).
. Black with dots felt (8” x 3.5”).
. Flesh tone felt (6.2” x 3.5”).
. Black felt (4” x 2”).
. Scrap of grey felt for crews.
. Stuffing.
. Big black button.
. Tiny black button.
. 4 bows (2 orange, 2 green).
. 1 Tiny black bead.
. Chain.
. Pencil or felt marker.
. Embroidery floss: red, black, green, flesh tone, orange and white.
. Embroidery needle.
. Scissors.
. Chopstick or pointy tool.
. Pipe cleaners.
. Tweezers or pliers.
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 Print a page 14 of this pdf, and
cut out templates using scissors.
Trace templates onto felt using a
felt marker or pencil and cut out
on the line. Cut carefully so edges
are vertical, not slanted.

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 Sewing and embroidery
This doll is embroidered and stitched together with embroidery floss.
In case you´re not familiar with one of the stitches, you can practice the stitches a few
times on a felt scraps before working on a doll. None of the stitches are difficult, but can
take some practice to get perfect. Always keep your stitches and the space between them
the same length. Be consistent with your sewing tension.
Or, if you want to keep embroidery to a minimum, you can sometimes glue on certain
elements, instead of embroidering them.
You can experiment and use your imagination to customize the project. These illustrations
will help you with any unfamiliar stitches:

1. Overcast Stitch: Simple stitch over the edge of the felt. Also called whip-stitch, is used to attach
two pieces of felt. This isn´t a decorative stitch, so always use floss that matches the color of the felt and
make the stitches small and neat.
2. Appliqué Stitch: Stitching a felt piece onto a felt surface. Place the appliqué on the background felt.
Make tiny stitches perpendicular to the edge of the appliqué.
3. Running Stitch: The running stitch is simple to make. Make this stitch by weaving the needle
through the felt at evenly spaced intervals. Just be careful to keep the length of your stitches and the
space between them same length.
4. Back Stitch: This simple stitch creates a solid line so it´s great for outlining shapes or creating text.
A backstitch gets its name because you create it moving the needle a stitch backward before moving it
forward to create the next stitch
5. Straight Stitch: Use a simple straight stitch to create a motif.
6. French Knots: The French knot produces a rounded knot that can be used to create a series of dec-
orative dots. To make it, bring the needle up at the point at which you want to make your French knot,
hold the thread and wrap it around the needle twice, as shown. Bring the needle back to the starting
point and put the pointback through the fabric very near where it emerged (be careful not use the same
exact hole) . Pull the needle to the back of the felt and pull taut. To make a bigger knot, wrap more
twists of thread around the needle and/or use more strands of floss in your needle.
7. Satin Stitch: The satin stitch is composed of parallel rows of straight stitch and is often used to fill
in an area with floss. The make very nice eyes and noses on softies.

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 Head

Carefully position the hair at the top of the face piece. Adjust the hair so that it´s centered
correctly and pin in place. Sew the hairline onto the face using tiny running stitch.

Draw the face (see page 15)

with a felt marker or a pencil.
If you use a pencil, be careful.
You will have to be precise and
be sure to cover every mark
when stitching. The pencil is
not easy to remove. You can
practice the motive a few times
on a paper before working on
a doll.

Thread an embroidery needle with two strands of black embroidery floss and sew the eyes
and lashes onto the face piece, checking against the picture to get the placement right. The
eyes are made using a few curving backstitches, and the eyelashes with two small straight
stitches for each eye. Embroider the pupils with tiny circles of satin stitch.
Make doll´s eyebrows by sewing two tiny straight stitches for each one and placing at a
slight angle.
Rethread the needle with red floss and embroider a small, curved mouth with a few
backstitches. Now, stitch the lips, using horizontal straight stitches positioned very close
together.
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Overcast stitch the darts on front and back head pieces with one strand of orange floss,
making sure to sew them up on the wrong side of the felt.
Align the two head pieces, right side out. Thread an embroidery needle with one strand
of embroidery floss that matches the colour of the felt and use small overcast stitch to
sew the head pieces together. Stop stitching when opening is small enough for stuffing.

Fill it with toy stuffing. Before ending

overcast stitches, push in polyfil
using a stick and stitch it closed.
Knot thread and cut off excess.
Paint the cheeks using artist pastels.
Rub the pastel on a piece of paper
and then apply the resulting powder
with a soft brush.

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 Arms and legs

Fold the arms and legs shapes in half. Thread an embroidery needle with one strand of
floss (using floss that matches the color of the felt) and overcast stitch around the edges
using small stitches, leaving the top open. Make the same with the two arms and the
two legs.

Use pliers or an old scissors (don´t use good scissors to cut wire, it will ruin them) to
cut three pipe cleaners: two 4.7 and one 3.3 long. Blend a small loop on each end of the
short pipe cleaner to form hands (use round-nose pliers or your fingers).
Using the picture as a guide, push the legs onto the long pipe cleaners and the arms on
each end of the short pipe cleaner.

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 Body

Stick the white neck onto the right sides of one of the body pieces, lining up the edges
carefully, using just a tiny quantity of craft glue and sew it on, using one strand of white
floss. Embroider the suture with two strand of black floss using back and straight stitches.
Check against the picture to help you position it. Now, again using the embroidery needle,
threaded with two strands of green floss, add two buttons, by embroidering two French
knots.

Turn the body piece face down and pin or glue the legs and the arms in place on the
wrong side, using a pin or a small quantity of craft glue.
Align the two body shapes together, right sides out, and thread an embroidery needle
with one strand of green embroidery floss. Stitch the pieces together around the edges
of the body using a neat overcast stitch, sewing through all four layers of felt in the arms
and legs areas, leaving the top open.
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 Pad with toy stuffing, using a
toothpick to distribute it evenly, then
sew shut.

Assembling

Position the head so that it overlaps the body. Pin head to body. Using an
embroidery needle and one flesh tone floss, attach with embroidery thread
using a ladder stitch and going round and round till the head is nice and
secure.
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 Tie four small bows (2 green
and two orange) and sew them
in place.

Bag

Position the hair at the top of the face shape and pin it in place. Sew the hairline onto
the face using tiny running stitch. Thread a beading needle with one strand of black floss.
Using the picture as a guide, sew one tiny black bead to make one eye. Use small straight
stitches to make the other eye.
Make eyebrows by sewing two tiny straight stitches for each one and placing at a slight
angle. Re-thread the needle with two strands of orange floss and make the cheeks with
two tiny French knots. Embroider a small, curved mouth with a few backstitches.
Align the two bag shapes together, right sides out, and thread an embroidery needle with
one strand of floss. Stitch the pieces together using a neat overcast stitch leaving the top
open. Sew the chain in place.
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 Mask

Position the hair at the top of the face shape and pin in place. Sew the hairline onto de
face using tiny running stitch.
Using the photo as a guide, glue the cheeks on one of the head pieces, using a dot of craft
glue. Stitch around the edges of the cheeks using an embroidery needle threaded with
two strands of black floss.
Thread a needle with one strand of black floss and sew the buttons in place. Embroider
a brow above the little eye and a scar with a few backstitches and straight stitches above
the other eye. Embroider a curved mouth with a few backstitches. Checking the picture
to get the positioning just right.

Align the two mask shapes together, right sides out, and thread an embroidery needle with
one strand of floss. Overcast stitch the mask front to the mask back. Leave the bottom of
the mask open so it will fit over the doll´s head.
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Photo gallery

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You can get the downloadable ghost girl project from my etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Noialand

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 Patterns
Doll pattern
Hair front
Cut 1 (orange) Hair back
Cut 1 (orange)

Neck
Cut 2 (white)

Face
Cut 1 (flesh tone)
Arms
Cut 2 (flesh tone)

Body
Cut 2 (Green)
Legs
Cut 2 (black with dots)

Hair
Cut 1 (Black)

Mask
Cut 2 (Green)
Mask pattern

Cheeks
Cut 2 (orange) Crews
Cut 2 (grey)

Bag Bag
Cut 2 (green)
pattern Hair
Cut 1 (black)

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 Embroidery
face template
(real size)

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 Please, visit my etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Noialand
for more downloadable PDFs.

©2012 Paloma Rocha.

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