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ITH Baby Doll Softies Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on June 20, 2025

SKILL LEVELSome Experience
TIME REQUIRED00:35

Description

Sometimes a girl just needs someone to hug. A little flannel, a little felt, stuffing and 35 minutes is all you need to make these sweet babies. Available in 4”, 6” and 8” sizes.

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Materials

4” Doll:

5” x 7” hoop

Flesh colored felt or flannel 3” x 3 ½”

Front Blanket – flannel print 4 ½” x 3 ½”

Back Blanket – flannel print 5 ½” x 3 ½”

6” Doll:

5” x 7” hoop

Flesh colored felt or flannel 4 ½” x 5”

Front Blanket – flannel print 6” x 5”

Back Blanket – flannel print 8 ½” x 5”

8” Doll:

6” x 10” hoop

Flesh colored felt or flannel 5” x 6”

Front Blanket – flannel print 8” x 6”

Back Blanket – flannel print 10 ½” x 6”

All Dolls:

Poly mesh stabilizer

Spray Adhesive

Poly-fill stuffing

Hand sewing needle and thread

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/BD01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

The use of flannel and felt makes these dolls especially soft and cuddly but you can use quilting cottons if desired. These “Comfort Dolls” would make a great project for your sewing guild or embroidery club to stitch up as a community service project.

Step 1:

Hoop poly mesh stabilizer in the appropriate sized hoop for the doll you are making and cut the fabrics per the materials list above.

Step 2:

Run color stop (CS) 1 in the same color thread as you want the satin stitches to be on the blanket. The same color thread can be used through the first 4 color stops.

Step 3:

Spray adhesive on your face flannel or felt and position over the face shape on the placement lines. Have the fabric about ½” above the top of the head and centered from side to side. Run CS 2 to tack down the face.

Step 4:

Trim the fabric about ¼” at the bottom of the face only. Take note of the stitches that come out of both sides of the head. These will be used to line up the blanket front fabric.

Step 5:

Spray adhesive on the blanket front fabric and position over the body aligning the top of the fabric with the stitches protruding from the sides of the face.

Step 6:

Run CS 3 to tack down the front blanket fabric.

Step 7:

Trim the front blanket fabric right up next to the tack down line at the top of the blanket only.

Step 8:

Run CS 4 in the desired color for the satin stitches on the blanket.

Step 9:

Run CS 5 in the desired color for the hair.

Step 10:

Run CS 6 in black for the eyes and mouth.

Step 11:

Place the back fabric flannel over the doll having the top edge of the flannel ½” right side down over the top stitching of the doll. If you are using flannel you do not need to tape the fabric in place as the flannel will stick to itself. However if you are using quilting fabrics you may want to tape the fabric into place.

Step 12:

Run the final color stop, CS 7, to stitch the back blanket to the doll.

Step 13:

Turn the hoop over, cut the bobbin thread across the hair to release the ends of the hair.

Step 14:

Trim the excess stabilizer and fabrics ¼” around the final stitching leaving about ½” of fabric at the opening to turn the doll. Notch around the curves for smoother turning of the doll.

Step 15:

Turn the doll right side out through the opening.

Step 16:

Use a wooden dowel or chopstick to lift the hair to the top of the head.

Step 17:

Stuff the doll to the desired firmness, turn in the opening seam allowances and hand stitch the opening shut.

Step 18:

Changing face and blanket fabrics and using a variety of thread colors for the hair will give each doll a unique personality.

Step 19:

Make all of the sizes to delight every child.

For the love of embroidery…
Pat Williams

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Meet the Author: Pat Williams

Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.

ITH Baby Doll Softies Embroidery Project

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ITH Baby Doll Softie

Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.

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