How to sew a boy doll

Absolute Sweet Cindy
Soft cloth doll
Free pattern and instructions!
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How to make boy dolls
"Adorable Dimpled boys" by "Arphi"

Adorable dimpled boy dolls Adorable dimpled boy dolls are designed by Arphi. She released pattern for this doll with good grace. Thank you so mauch.
His patterns are drawn by Arphi, and the instructions for him are written by Doku. His height is helf as tall as Sweet Cindy. Of course youcan make full size doll to enlarge patterns.
Since adorable dimpled boy dolls are covered face to breast with a piece of fabric, they have more smooth neck line. So they can wear a low-cut shirt finely.

Structure (Base and Cover)

He is covered with jersey cloth over the base body made by cotton sheeting cloth.
He is like Sweet Cindy doll in basic sewing way. If you have something unclear in instructions, refer Sweet Cindy's instructions for more information.

Pieces for base and allocation of them

Pieces for base and allocation of them Base of boy dolls are composed of pieces shown above. No patterns for head and neck. Use Sweet Cindy's head and neck patterns for him, reducing in half.

Pieces for cover and allocation of them

Pieces for cover and allocation of them Body bases are covered by cotton jersey cloth, using expandable wise horizontally.
There are no patterns for arm cover. Cut out arm cover pieces in accordance with arm bases from cotton jersey cloth.

Printing patterns

Printing patterns

Printed six page of pattern Pattern pages are provided by a PDF formated file. An acrobat reader program needs to install in your P.C. to browse and print this file. In many case, P.C. have thsi program. If not, you can install the program from below pages without charge.

An acrobat reader program is necessry to browse and print PDF formated file.
If you can't look patterns, download Acrobat reaer from this page

It might take a while to download and show patterns for boy dolls. To download the patterns for boy dolls, Click the link below and wait a moment. Patterns are shown in another window.
Six patterns are there as shown in the picture above. Joint two patterns in page 4 and patterns in page 5 and 6 with tape etc.

To display and print all patterns for the boy doll. (about 500k byte)

Toughness of stuffing

To dress various clothes smartly, stuff firmly. To get a soft touch doll, stuff lightly.

Sewing arms and legs

Pieces for arms and legs Sew and stuff pieces above, with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy.

Sewing shoulder joint

Pieces for shouler joint Sewing and stuffing pieces above, make two shoulder joint look like balls, with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy.

Sewing arms and hands

Sewing arms and hands Sew a hand on an arm, with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy.

Sewing bodys

Pieces for bodys Sewing and stuffing pieces above, make two body base, with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy.
At first sew darts, then sew front and back pieces wrong side out. Turn right side out and lightly stuff. Close opening with ladder stitch.

Sewing legs

Sewing legs Sew a foot on a upper leg, with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy.

Sewing leg covers

Sewing leg covers At first, Sew folded leg cover wrong side out. Then puting foot tip flatly, sew foot tip. Turn right side out.

Covering legs

Covering legs Sock leg covers to cover them.

Sewing right body to left one

Sewing right body to left one Sew right and left body together.

Sewing the head

Head pieces At first, Sew darts of pieces. Then sew eace pieces wrong side out leving open for stuffing. Turn right side out. Stuff firmly and sew close opening.

Sewing the neck

Sewing the neck Wrong side out, Sew the folded neck pice except top end. Turn right side out. Stuff firmly. Secure top end of the neck like a sawsage end.

Attaching the head on the neck

Attaching the head on the neck Sew the head on the neck, with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy.

Sewing a body cover

Sewing body cover At first fold right side facing and sew two bottom potions of body cover. Then folding the center line at top portion right side facing, sew back head line. Turn right side out.

Inserting head into cover cloth

Inserting head into cover cloth Insert head into the top end of the body cover. If you like. putting and glue on or sew on some filling on the head base before covering, arrange the shape of facial contour.

Attaching neck to body

Sew the neck on the body Insert the neck into the body. Sew neck and body with ladder stitch.

Body and neck

Body and neck The photographs above show the figure of attached the bodies and the neck.

Fitting cover cloth

Fitting and sewing cover cloth Fit the cover cloth on the face and neck. Sew cover cloth on the head, neck and body.

Sew close cover cloth

Sew close cover cloth Fit the cover from chest to shoulder. Cut the excess fabric at the bladebone. Then close opening using blind stitch. Fit back bottom portion of body cover to the buttocks. Glue them at the bottom of cleft of the buttock.

Covering the arms

Covering the arms Cut out arm cover in accordance with arm from cotton jersey cloth. Sew cover fabric like a pipe. Turn rightside out. Cover arms with armcover.

Attaching arms and legs

Attaching arms and legs Sew arms and legs on the body.

Finishing

Finishing Attach eyes ears mouth with reference to the instructions of Sweet Cindy. Attach the wig on the head. Securing body cover a little with the thread, sink in it to make the dimples, a bellybutton, nostrils and eye sides etc.

About DOKU

EMAIL (doku@newon.org)

The "DOKU" does not mean a doctor. "DOKU" originates in the Japanese word "DOKUTOKU", and it means unique and original.