Snowball doll - cute textile charm

Making dolls is a special kind of creativity. Not everyone who is keen on needlework will decide to create a toy, especially if you need an elegant uniqueness, which, for example, is given to the Snowball doll. These lovely creatures, invented by the craftsman Tatyana Konne, probably conquered the whole world. They are loved, collected. And many try to copy them.

Lovely features

The Snowball doll is a charming resident of a toy country. Of all the diversity of the world of textile dolls, Tatyana Konne's toys stand out at a glance - they have disproportionately large legs and stylized faces, with only two eyes marked with small, closely spaced beads. It is believed that the name of the Snezka doll was obtained precisely because of such special feet - the big legs conjure up thoughts about the Snowman. But on this similarity with the mythical character ends. But the sweet name - the Snowball doll - got the toy and carries it to all corners of the globe.

Start from the beginning

For those who like to hang out, mastering a new kind of creativity always carries something new - skills, knowledge, result, hobby. The art of creating dolls is an unusual sphere of activity, especially if the result is to be a copy of the known model.

The master class of the Snowball doll begins with the selection and preparation of materials. Initially, these interior toys were made, and originals are made all the time, only from natural fabrics - dense cotton knitwear or skin color flax serves as the basis of the doll. As a filler, the creator of the Snowball doll recommends using holofayber or sintepuh, and not cotton wool. Wadding is a heavy material, it falls down and thickens into heavy pieces that will damage the appearance of the toy. Also need will be thread for sewing in the tone of fabric, hair yarn, fabric for clothing, cardboard or plastic, cut with scissors, small accessories for the doll.

Pattern of a doll-boltozhki

An interesting toy is the Snowball doll. Its pattern consists of ordinary details - head, handles, legs, body. But here's the result of the work will be a surprisingly cute big bolus. All the details should be laid out on the fabric, not forgetting the pair to cut in the mirror image. Also need an increase in the seams of 5 mm.

Peculiarities of sewing Snowball

Tatiana Conne's doll-bolt is unusual in its appearance. It is obtained due to the details of the toy. But it is not enough to cut the parts of the calf, it is necessary to collect them correctly. Handles, corpuscles are sewn along the contour along the wrong side, except for small areas, so that the part can be turned out and filled with filler. All allowances for seams are cut at intervals of 3-5 mm for smooth, smooth seams. The details are turned to the front side and sufficiently tightly packed with holofayber. The holes are sewn with hidden stitches. The legs are sewn along the shin. Before sewing feet with legs, they need to insert parts from cardboard or plastic. Only then these two parts are sewn together with a hidden seam. By the way, according to the same pattern, shoes for the Snowball doll are made.

The head of the doll, according to the proposed pattern, consists of three parts. They sew like this:

• Two details of the nape should be sewn together;
• Then, having folded the parts with the faces, connect the face and the back of the head, leaving a hole for the neck in the bottom of the head;
• All the seam allowances must be cut so that the seams lie smoothly and neatly, without creases.

Then turn the doll's head to the front. The head is filled with sintepuhom, connect the head and the body and gently sew them together, trying to make the seam as noticeable as possible. Collect all parts of the doll in one piece.

Face and hair

The Snowball doll is a special toy. Her little face is marked only by eye-beads and a gentle blush. Eyes can be made in different ways - sew two small beads, draw with acrylic paint, make decorative nodules from threads. A blush on the cheeks is applied pastel or real blush. With hair is much more difficult. For puppet hair, different materials are used - from natural hair to ordinary yarn. Cutting the required length of the pastern, they are sewn by hand with small stitches along the contour, filling the necessary space. Hair Snowball plaits in braids, twist tails, leave loose. Experienced needlewomen have a little secret: to make the doll's hair curly, use threads from loose knitted fabric.

Doll-fashionista

The Snowball doll is undoubtedly great legs and a stylized face. But another remarkable feature of these toys is that they are very, very elegant. Every detail of clothes, shoes, hats, jewelry, accessories that a particular doll has, is thought through to the smallest detail. Not only that that everything must be done with utmost care, realism is the basis of the wardrobe of the Snowball doll. She, by the way, is a great fashionista and will never refuse to dress up in accordance with the latest word of fashion. The creation of the outfits for the dolls is a separate kind of fascination, it is very exciting, with its secrets and features.

The Snowball doll is an amazing resident of the toy world. She became popular and loved due to her unusual, but very cute appearance. These toys adorn many homes around the world. But for a real needlewoman to sew a doll Snegka with their own hands will not be difficult, if you put to work a maximum of accuracy and love. Good luck!