Amore a prima vista... lo so, lo sento! Piccole creature/creazioni dolci, fatte a mano, col cuore ago e filo, da scambiare, regalare e coccolare! Mamma mia... sto entrando nella "voragine della dipendenza"
Incollo qui sotto il tutorial di Mrs.Dot , la signora che le ha praticamente inventate, e ora è "mania" nel mondo craft e nel mondo degli swap :-)

OK, as promised here is a little tutorial on how to make my little art /therapy dolls! The most important ingredient in making these is f...u....n... and l...o....v...e...

I figure if you are having fun when you are making them and put love into them you will create something beautiful. It is very hard to be depressed when you hold one of these in your hand!

First you need to cut out 2 shapes the same size for the body. I don't use a pattern so find that my dolls vary in shape and size. Then you need to cut out a little felt face to fit.
Place the blank face onto the front of the fabric you want to use for the front.

Then sew on a little face. It doesn't matter if her eyes, nose and eyes are a bit wonky. Just adds to her charm!!
Sew the front and back together. Leaving the top open.

Turn inside out. This can sometimes be a bit tricky with the little felt face on the inside but I found it didn't take too long to get used to doing it!!!
Yay, she is becoming a little person now and is ready to be stuffed!
I usually use cotton wool to stuff my dolls as it is nice and soft. Leaving the stuffing a bit thinner at the top.
Turn the edge of the top fabric over and sew to the felt.
This is what the doll looks like from the back.
There will be a little bit of felt over hanging the top edge.
Trim this felt so the top edge is nice and neat.
Sew beads, buttons etc for her hair (I use what ever I have on hand).
Then embellish her body (you can do this before sewing the front and back of her body together if you want to). This is the finished beading on the bottom.
If you want to hang your art doll you will need to make a loop of beads.

I find if you make the loop at the top of the doll approximately the same size as the one at the bottom it works well. Makes the little doll balanced (you didn't realise it was so technical did you ? he heh).

Make sure you sew the loop very securely to the back of the doll. Voila!!! - your little doll is ready to be hung, or to leave on a journey to someone else's home!


Have fun, and remember art dollie lurve is goooood lurve......