Online Classes & Workshops

Online classes and workshops for dollmaking with natural fiber art dolls. Visit www.figandme.com/workshops

 

Here is an index of all the online courses currently offered.


Upcoming Online Classes

waldorf baby doll online class

Making a Baby with Fig & Me

Price $385 USD (taxes may apply)
July 21st - 31st, 2025
Limited space available

Join me in creating a 14”/15” weighted baby doll. This summer you can learn to needle felt a baby doll’s face, how to add weight (both to the head and torso) and make doll heads and bodies with a lot of movement without needing plastic joints. You will also learn how to make fuzzy baby hair and the clothes pictured: a crossover top, comfy pants, a diaper and a knitted fox hat.

If you are curious to learn more, please visit this dedicated page to the baby class.


Online Courses

These on-demand courses are hosted in the Doll Making Academy, where I teach you through step-by-step videos with written annotations in English. You have a detailed list of ingredients, online suppliers to purchase materials, tips, tricks and more. The classes have different periods of allowed access, to motivate you to complete your class within a sensible time frame.

Learn to make a little 14” tall Waldorf-inspired doll.

Beginner Waldorf Doll Class

Price 219.50 USD (VAT charged separately)

Learn traditional, but updated, Waldorf dollmaking techniques to create a beautiful and full of tenderness natural doll. Spend time diving into your creative spirit and creating from the depths of your imagination, with gentle instructions and step-by-step videos.Doll is 14” (35 cm) tall. She can be made as a suitable doll for a child 4+.

You can read more about the class here. Access to this class is granted for 4 months from enrolment.

 

Doll Dressmaking Course

Price 137 USD (VAT charged separately)

Explore different sewing techniques to assemble doll clothing, play with different fabrics and designs, gain more confidence and experience in doll dressmaking, while you build a full wardrobe for a 14” tall doll: undergarments (underwear, under shirt, socks), ruffle boots, quilted jacket, pincushion dress, pinafore, bunny overalls, spring outfit (top and shorts), shirt and trousers with pockets, flannel pyjamas.

Plenty of time to go through all 9 lessons, access is for one full year from enrolment.

 

Making a Dollhouse Family Class

Price $217 USD (VAT charged separately)

This self-paced class teaches you how to create a 5-member (Dad, Mom, Older Sibling, Little Sibling and Baby) dollhouse family. Work in your own time to make a family inspired by my little characters: The Woolykins.

You will learn how to make their wire armatures, sculpt them in wool, cover them in doll skin fabric, make their little wigs and all of their clothes. Patterns are provided for everything.

Access to this class is for a year, more than enough time to create your little dollhouse people. Materials are not included but kits are available from reputable online suppliers.


Needle Felting Classes

The following classes are taught via step-by-step videos in English, with all explanation on the video. They include a glossary, FAQs, troubleshooting, a PDF that gives you guidance to the materials you need and patterns that you can use to finish a doll as the classes teach you the intricacies of sculpting doll faces. You can ask questions as you are working through the class and you have access to them for 1 year after enrolment.

Needle Felting a Doll Face in Wool | Online Class by Fig and Me.

Beginner Sculpting Class | Child Face

Price: $325 USD (VAT charged separately)

This class that teaches you how to firmly needle felt a doll’s face with the sweet proportions of a young child.

If you want to get started needle felting doll faces, while learning successful techniques with the aim for high quality, and your main aim is to make dolls that resemble young children then this class will be perfect for you.

Sign up, read more about the content, watch an introductory video and more here. Access to this class is granted for 1 year after enrolment.


Learn to needle felt a more realistic baby doll face, online class via Fig and Me.

Intermediate Sculpting Class | Baby Face

Price: $325 USD (VAT charged separately)

This class teaches you how to create a doll’s head while sculpting the features to resemble a baby face with closed eyelids. If your heart mainly aches to make baby dolls then this class is for you.

If you have been sculpting more traditional Waldorf-style dolls and want to take your sculpting to a next level, then this class is for you as well.

You will learn how to properly drape the skin fabric over the face in order to bring to life all the wool sculpting you did, without using glue to keep the fabric tight.

The class does not provide a body pattern or covers embroidery of the doll’s eyes, it does show you how to sculpt the fabric around the eyes for the closed eyelids version.

You can sign up, read more about the class content and watch an introduction video here. Access to this class is granted for 1 year after enrolment.


Learn doll making: online classes, masterclasses and in-person workshops for waldorf-inspired or natural fiber art dolls, via Fig & Me. www.figandme.com/workshops

In-person Workshops 2025

At the moment I am not contemplating teaching in person workshops. I will however continue to teach online and support your dollmaking journey via my membership channel and dollmaking patterns.


Membership channel

If taking an online class or attending one of my in-person workshops is not something you can venture at this moment in your making journey, wether in time commitment, travel arrangements or finances, please feel free to visit my Patreon channel, where I discuss a lot about the journey of a dollmaker, sharing tips and tricks, and where I publish dressmaking tutorials, news from my studio and occasional dollmaking articles.


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