Interested in Dollmaking?

I have written several posts about making dolls, you can find them all here for you to reference:

How to start making natural fiber art dolls | discussing the differences between Waldorf dolls, Waldorf-inspired dolls and natural fiber art dolls, while giving you an idea of what you need to learn to make fiber art dolls, where to learn and more.

Starting your dollmaking adventure | why are Waldorf dolls made of all natural materials, why are they called like that, how do you make one, tools and ingredients you need, giving you my best advice to the very beginner doll maker. This is the best article to read if you have never made a doll before.

Doll Making Materials and Tools for Natural Fiber Art Dolls | A comprehensive list of most of the materials I regularly use in the making of my dolls, with a list of suppliers. I discuss their properties and which ones I like best for what purposes.

Doll Body Proportions | If you are designing a new pattern or want to alter one, it helps to know how big to make the head, or how long to make the limbs and how to portray a certain age in your dolls. 

5 Tips to Needle Felt Doll Faces | A blog post with accompanying video, discussing 5 tips to help you in your doll sculpting journey with felting needles and wool.

Guide to Doll Skin Fabric for Doll Making | Discussing the different qualities of the specific fabrics I use in my doll making.

Wool stuffing, why, how and where to find it | I discuss the wonderful properties of wool, where to buy it, and what tools may become necessary in order to work with it.

How to roll wool to stuff your dolls | a very handy technique that gives you firm and smooth results. 

Making doll hair | I talk about all the methods I have used, with brief explanations on how to achieve each method, links to demonstration videos and tutorials.

How to use Suri Alpaca to make doll hair | a small tutorial where I share the process I am currently under taking to create doll hair with this lovely material.

Mohair Yarns for Doll hair review | the creators of these wonderful lines of mohair yarn gave me the opportunity to write my thoughts in regards to their beautiful products. So happy to use ‘Wild Brushable by Little Oke Dolls’ and ‘DollyMo’ by Kamrin’s Craft Cottage on my dolls.

Tips on embroidering doll eyes | I share a detail overview of my process, as well as give you a few tips to create embroidered eyes on wool stuffed dolls.

Achieving sturdy necks | some advice on how to alter your pattern in order to create a little neck for your doll.

How to make a belly on your waldorf doll | I discuss different methods in order to achieve a more protruding belly on your doll.

Don’t forget the shoulders | I share with you my thoughts on why it’s so very important that dolls have shoulders, it will save your sanity when making doll clothes, and steps on how to create them.

Doll Clothing Patterns and Tutorials | A handy list of many makers and designers creating finished clothing and patterns to dress your waldorf or natural fiber art dolls. 

How to Sew Doll Underwear | A photo tutorial with the whole thing downloadable as a PDF. It now includes a sped-up video as well.

If you are interested in accessing a lot of other Tips and Tricks, please visit this index.

Online Classes

You can find my current schedule over here: Workshops and Online Classes with Fig and Me.

Explorations on Doll Movement

A long doll making adventure of mine, here you can find an array of posts where I have documented my explorations:

Exploring a bendable knee without a joint | This method requires a 3-part stuffing system. Only works if you are rolling wool.

Dolls with Moveable Head | A technique I implemented in 2018, one I have continued to evolve and make improvements on.

A Doll with an Inner Wire Armature | While I create my Mannikin dolls with an inner armature, this doll is also entirely needle felted but assembled a completely different way.

Perfecting the Bendable Leg and Knee Movement | Through this exploration I managed to make the leg bend further back than previously achieved, and I added a lot more curves to the leg design with the help of needle felting.

Free Doll Making Series

In 2020 I created a free beginner doll making series, walking you through the creation of a set of dolls, their clothes and carrier, entitled Hansel and Gretel. You can find all the posts here, and each post has a corresponding tutorial video that walks you step-by-step on how to create these cute and simple dolls.

On the Subject of Doll Making

I have shared over the years a few soulful posts on what it is to create dolls for me:

My Doll Making Life, a Story in the Making | retelling my story, how I started and slowly grew my skill set, business and passion for doll making. I like to think of this as an inspirational story that is still being developed.

The Journey of a Doll Maker in Natural Fiber Art Dolls | talking a little about some things that I still struggle through, when I was 14 years in as a doll maker.

The 5 Steps I Would Follow If I Was Starting My Doll Making Adventure | A little bit recap of what I did right, what I did wrong and what I would do differently if I was starting out. 

Form and Substance in Doll Making | About the thought process of designing my first doll pattern for sale.

The Handmade Doll Business | Where I talk how over time you keep adding things to your pattern, and you delve into other areas of running your business, like social media.  

Self-doubt as a creative | After all these years, I still wonder wether someone will like the doll I am making and I speak about originality and having faith in your own process.

On how she found me | Detailing the psychological, emotional and creative process that went on as I decided to create the Petite Fig pattern, through the hands of Poet, my lovely muse doll.

Doll Making as a Business

This 2019 series hosted via Instagram Live sessions, was later repurposed to my YouTube channel, and also got some blog posts offered so you can download the corresponding PDFs.

For the video series, go here:
How to start selling your handmade dolls and for the post go here.
How to price your handmade dolls and for the post go here.
Marketing your handmade dolls, and for the post go here.

Doll Patterns

For my doll making e-books, clothing tutorials in pdf form and knitting patterns, please visit my shop: Fig and Me on Etsy.

Monthly Vlogs and Tutorials

I run a monthly membership channel, where I publish behind-the-scenes of my doll making adventures, sharing thoughts and ideas as I am creating my dolls, as well as a monthly tutorial for dressmaking or doll making techniques.

You can sign up (I recommend to do it at the beginning of the month) and cancel whenever you want. Please feel free to join via the tier that is more suitable for you.

We have a lively community of dollmakers from all levels and parts of the world, where we support each other in our making life.

If there are other resources you wish me to share with you, just drop me a line to let me know. Hope you find all this useful to you in your doll making journey.