{"id":2030,"date":"2014-03-12T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T07:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=17070"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:33:25","slug":"baby-doll-sewing-pattern-stuff-to-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/baby-doll-sewing-pattern-stuff-to-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Doll Sewing Pattern – stuff(ing) to note!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I got some feedback about my<\/span> Bedtime baby Doll Pattern<\/span>‘<\/span><\/strong><\/a>s HEAD!<\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Pauline,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have finished making my first ever funky friends pattern. Was easy to follow and my lil munchkin loves it. I have a question. The head when finished looked long. I am not sure what I did wrong but I have managed to shape it and hand sew under the hood to make it more round. Do you use 100% cotton or a more stretchy fabric. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks Kirsty<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Bedtime<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What a lovely email and what a cute picture!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

BUT… let’s get back to<\/strong> the problem of the LOOOOOONG head! <\/strong>Kirsty used 100% cotton, just like I did, for the doll’s head so it looks like the elongated head has something to do with toy stuffing…<\/span><\/p>\n

or NOT ENOUGH toy stuffing!<\/span><\/h1>\n

Looking at Kirsty’s photo, I can see that the doll’s head still looks a bit wrinkled. Not wanting to be too critical BUT I don’t know ANYONE who likes wrinkles!!! \ud83d\ude42 When I make softies from cotton fabrics, I use a lot more toy stuffing than I do when I make a toy out of fleece\/stretchy fabrics. Fleece is very stretchy so you can get a nice round shape with much less toy stuffing. When you are stuffing a doll’s head made of cotton fabric you must carry on stuffing until you can get rid of most or ALL of the wrinkles….it can take a LOT of toy-stuffing,<\/span><\/p>\n

you will be AMAZED!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Stuffing is such a personal thing! I know that some people like to ‘UNDERSTUFF’<\/strong> their dolls\/toys to make them ‘squidgy’ and some people ‘OVERSTUFF’<\/strong> to make them nice and firm, feel a bit weightier and solid, or because they KNOW they will receive a lot of hugging which will compress the stuffing! I would never dictate to you – one way in not better than the other – all I would say is to have a look at the official pattern photo of the original doll or toy you are sewing and try and make your head (or body or other toy part!) look as well-stuffed as that photo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bedtime Baby Doll has a very round, baby-shaped head<\/strong>, and if your head looks like an egg – keep adding more stuffing until it looks round like a ball!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"doll<\/p>\n

I took some photos as I went along for my photo tutorial to show you the doll’s head with wrinkles compared to a well-stuffed head. I think I had explained this in the pattern instructions – BUT you just can’t beat a PHOTO!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

* The one with the wrinkes is already stuffed a lot more than Kirtsy’s doll’s head, so she still has a long way to go! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

\"doll<\/p>\n

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It’s not often you can tell someone to “get stuffed!” and NOT upset them! So here goes – If YOUR Baby Doll’s head looks like an egg, GO AND GET (it) STUFFED!!!! Haha!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>I wonder, are YOU an ‘UNDERSTUFFER’ or an ‘OVERSTUFFER’?\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pauline.<\/span>
\n.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Till next time,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Sewing,
\nPauline<\/strong><\/span>
\n\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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