OOAK Dolls: How to Change Facial Features
BeginnerFreeHere's how to reshape an OOAK doll's facial features with nail files and buffers: smooth down the large areas, adjust the nose bridge, remove scratches, and polish the surface.
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Handmade doll master classes from Komok: textile dolls, knitted dolls, doll clothes, faces, accessories, and beginner-friendly details.
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10BeginnerFreeDIY Antoshka Baby Doll: A Tutorial with Patterns for the Doll and Its Clothes
IntermediateFreeA step-by-step tutorial for sewing the Antoshka baby doll: cut and sew the body pieces, stuff and cinch the arms, legs, and torso, reinforce the neck with a cardboard tube, attach the limbs with a hidden button-joint method, sew on the head with blind stitches, and sew the clothes from separate patterns with no seam allowances.
"Sandy Girl" Doll
Beginner15 minFreeA crochet master class for the body of the "Sandy Girl" doll using a No. 1.5 hook: arms, legs (with crocheted shoes and leg warmers), torso, and head. In the next master classes the author will show how to do the face and knit/crochet an outfit and a toy for the doll.
Doll Body Proportions: Calculating by Head Height
BeginnerFreeThis tutorial explains how to work out doll proportions using head height: dividing the total height into 8 parts, and marking the torso, legs, waist, collarbones, and arm length.
How to paint a doll body with acrylic: changing the color
IntermediateFreeThis master class shows how to change a doll body color with acrylic paint: disassemble the joints, mix a generous batch of thick paint, apply thin even layers with a sponge, add blush shading, and seal the result with spray varnish.
How to tint a doll body with pastel: soft shading and blush
BeginnerFreeA soft doll-body tinting tutorial with pastel: prepare the surface, mix the shade, rub in the pigment, add blush to the joints, and seal everything with matte acrylic varnish.
Dress Barbie: Simple Doll Clothes Ideas
BeginnerFreeThis master class shows simple Barbie doll clothes made from leftover fabric scraps. For a midi dress, cut two rectangles — one for the bodice and one for the skirt — plus narrow trim straps, finish the edges, fit the bodice on the doll, mark darts, gather the skirt to the bodice width, sew the two pieces together, and add a narrow strip of hook-and-loop tape along the side edge. For a bell skirt, cut a narrow waistband and a wider skirt rectangle, gather the skirt with a running stitch, baste on the folded waistband, sew the back seam partway, and leave space for hook-and-loop tape. For simple trousers, choose a non-fraying fabric, fold it in half, cut directly around the doll, baste and sew the two pieces, then finish the top with a wide tie belt.
How to Make a Doll from an Old CD
BeginnerFreeThis tutorial shows how to make a doll from an old CD. Cover the disc with fabric using a 3 cm allowance, make hair from yarn wrapped around a wide ruler or cardboard, and make the head from two 7 cm cardboard circles, batting, and white fabric. Finish by gluing on the hair, drawing the face, and adding decorations.
Doll Wig from Wefts: Wig Cap and Spiral Gluing Method
BeginnerFreeMake the wig base directly on the doll’s head: protect the head with film, form a cap from napkins and PVA glue, trim the hairline, and glue the wefts from the nape toward the crown in a spiral.
Santa Claus Baby Doll: Face, Hat, Beard, and Costume
Beginner12 minFreeContinuing the baby doll tutorial: we finish the face, knit a hat with bangs, a beard, a coat with a sash, pants, and boots for a Santa Claus baby doll.