20 Felt Doll Patterns and Ideas
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If you're into sewing felt dolls or looking to indulge in a new sewing hobby, this felt doll patterns collection is a perfect place where to start. I've selected 20 felt doll patterns and ideas, some easy and some advanced. These patterns feature cute and mini designs that will bring joy to anyone who sees them. Whether you're interested in crafting a woodland creature, a princess, or a superhero, there are felt doll patterns and ideas to suit every preference. Not only are these felt doll patterns fun to create, but they also make great gifts for friends and loved ones. With various ideas and patterns to choose from, sewing your handmade felt doll can be a delightful and fulfilling craft to explore.
Last year, I sewed my first felt doll following the pattern and detailed instructions from Shelly Down in the felt doll book called My Felt Dolls. I enjoyed sewing the doll and learned many new sewing tricks and techniques. My daughter helped with the felt color choosing and felt cutting. She is happy with the doll, and I hope she can start sewing some clothes for her soon.
Felt Hand Sewing Tips for Handmade Felt Dolls
Before starting with the felt doll sewing patterns, you might want to go through these felt crafting tips. They help to make your felt cutting easier, teach you what glue to use for felt, and how to sew felt. With these tips in mind, you'll be ready to tackle your handmade felt dolls with ease.
TIP for sewing with felt: Explore the felt sewing tips to help you while sewing felt. You get to know what types of felt exist, what’s the best needle and thread for felt, how to trace on felt, and how to cut felt shapes.
TIP basic embroidery stitches: You can read the guide on nine basic embroidery stitches for felt if you want to know how to stitch French knot, running stitch, backstitch, or whip stitch.
TIP felt glue: Have you wondered what is the best felt glue? Find the findings of a test comparing 8 different glues for felt.
TIP felt scissors: Are you curious about what scissors to use for felt? Learn the secrets of the best scissors for cutting perfect felt shapes in Felt cutting made easy.
TIP for cutting felt: If you would like to learn tips on cutting out felt pieces, you can read my post about 6 techniques for cutting felt shapes.
Felt Doll Hand Sewing Patterns (Free)
I'll start this roundup selection of felt doll hand-sewing patterns with the free patterns. The first patterns are easy to make felt dolls, which you can sew with kids as well. The latter patterns require some more sewing and embroidery skills for the doll making process. These felt doll ideas will have you itching to pick up your needle and thread and get crafting.
1. Frida Kahlo Doll Free Sewing Pattern
I like how simple it is to sew this Frida Kahlo doll. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter and artist with challenging life story. I lived 4 years in Mexico, where she is a very important figure for many reasons. The pattern uses a combination of fabric for rag doll and felt. I think you can sew the doll interily from felt. I would sew the body using the whip stitch. Bear in mind that if you sew the body with whip stitch, it’s going to be slightly bigger that the original one.
2. Mermaid Felt Doll Pattern
Are you ready to dive into the whimsical world of mermaid felt doll patterns? Get inspired with these mermaid dolls and let your creativity soar as you sew your very own little mermaid. This pattern is easy and great to sew with kids.
3. Free Cat Sewing Pattern
This free cat sewing pattern is an enjoyable and simple project to sew by hand. This tiny felt cat is cute and fits in a pocket. I imagine it would be great to take on trips.
4. Little Rabbit Soft Toy Free Pattern
How fun is this colorful rabbit toy with free pattern! It's an easy pattern meant for kids and beginner sewers. You learn how to sew running stitch and French knot.
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5. Easy Felt Bunny Sewing Project
The Inspiration Edit shares cute and easy sew plush felt bunny. Follow the tutorial and make your bunny softie. This can be a great project for Valentine’s day.
6. Felt Paper Doll Tutorial
Do you remember playing with paper dolls? I didn't like cutting out the paper dolls and doll clothes, but dressing the dolls was lots of fun. Find the tutorial for the felt doll and the clothes pattern in the blog post.
7. Little Felt Mermaid Pattern
Follow the doll tutorial and sew an adorable Little Felt Mermaid. You can also learn a lot about felt doll sewing from this pattern, such as how to sew doll eyes and hair sewing, fill the doll, and embroider on felt.
8. DIY Gingerbread Plush Pattern
This free gingerbread plush sewing pattern is a fun pattern to make. It’s an easy pattern for sewing beginners. You make an adorably silly DIY gingerbread man plush toy.
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9. Felt Doll Tutorial Hummingbird with Free Pattern
This free pattern is fantastic, though more complicated; I love it. With the flowery headband and glittery wings, this hummingbird doll is adorable. In the tutorial, you can learn how to trace the doll's face before embroidery.
10. Nutcracker Dolls Tutorial
Get ready to create your own adorable Nutcracker felt dolls! Not only are they perfect for decorating, but they can also become toys for kids. The tutorial will walk you through every step of the doll-making process, from choosing materials to adding those special little touches. So get ready to unleash your creativity and make some felt dolls!
11. Cathy Felt Doll Pattern
What a great felt doll pattern to get for free! Make a 7-inch felt doll called Cathy with an adorable dress, shoes, and hair bows! The pattern teaches several hand-sewing stitches and basic embroidery stitches for tiny details! An illustrated stitch guide is included.
12. Matryoshka Doll Free Pattern
The following free felt doll pattern is the Matryoshka doll pattern. You can sew a Matryoshka doll following the tutorial. The pattern also includes SVG cut files. These doll toys are usually very colorful and decorated.
Image: Benzie Design
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Image: Benzie Design
13. How to Make a Felt Doll
I was happy to find this free kitty felt doll pattern from Gingermelon shared on gathered.now. A step by step photo tutorial is included in the post. Though looking sad (I would probably alter her lips into smiley ones), this kitty doll is a great sewing pattern.
14. How To Make A Girl Doll with A Free Pattern
Learn how to make a doll with the free doll pattern. This felt doll project is an easy hand-sewing project. I like the dress and shoes of this doll.
15. Bunny Doll Free Pattern
DalilahIris shares a printable PDF file for a bunny doll. It's a cute pattern. It includes instructions and even a dress pattern for the bunny.
Other round-up felt crafts projects posts that might interest you:
Felt Pocket Doll Patterns
Sharing the most adorable miniature dolls with these felt pocket doll patterns! These cute dolls are perfect for kids' pockets and will bring endless joy and creativity. Let these patterns be your inspiration to craft with felt and create something truly special.
Miniature Doll Free Pattern
Wau, I was amazed at how tiny this doll is. Seriously, check it out! The miniature doll pattern is simple to sew. This little fairy is excellent for kids' pockets and can be taken anywhere.
2. Waldorf-Inspired Felt Pocket Doll
If you want to make a pocket doll inspired by the Waldorf dolls, visit this tutorial. These pocket dolls are easy to sew. I found it interesting that the tutorial uses the pipe cleaner to reinforce the body.
3. Mini Felt Dolls from Delilah Iris (ETSY, Paid)
If you are searching for adorable patterns of felt dolls, DelilahIris is your go-to. She creates felt doll PDF sewing patterns and has several mini doll printable patterns. All her patterns use safety eyes.
4. Pocket Pets, Chibi Angel, and Pocket Pixie PDF Pattern from Gingermelon (ETSY, Paid)
If you are looking for beautiful and cute patterns for felt dolls, Gingermelon is definitely a place to visit. I have Shelly's book My Felt Doll and can highly recommend it. Shelly's patterns include pocket dolls, midi dolls, and standard-sized dolls. There is lots to choose from. For this selection of pocket dolls, I've chosen Pocket pets, Chibi Angels, and Pocket Pixie patterns.
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Felt Doll House Patterns
I found two free doll house patterns, but I couldn't find more. If you know about a free felt doll house pattern, let me know so that I can add it to this selection.
The Tiny Doll's House from Matchbox
This tiny doll house from Trixi is such a great idea and inspiration. It's made from a larger matchbox. If you don't have this size of matchbox, you can probably use another small suitable box. This tiny traveling doll's house is easy to make and great for taking on holidays.
Tiny Doll House
Following the sewing pattern PDF from DelilahIris, you can make your tiny doll house. It's stitched by hand and has a 3D form. It's meant for 4-inch tall dolls.
Conclusions Felt Doll Ideas and Patterns
In conclusion, there are so many amazing felt doll ideas and patterns out there to explore. I chose 20 patterns to share with you. From simple doll templates to more intricate designs, most of these felt doll patterns are free patterns. Whether you choose to work with wool felt or a wool blend, the possibilities are endless. With the right pattern and tutorial, creating your own felt doll can be a fun and rewarding experience. Once your doll is complete, you can fill it with soft stuffing and customize it to your liking. Not only are these dolls fun to play with, but they also make for a thoughtful handmade gift. So, the next time you're looking for a unique gift idea, consider making your own felt doll and delight someone with your creative and personalized present.
If you want more inspiration for your Free Felt Crafts, head over to my Pinterest Felt Free Patterns Board!
Be sure to visit this website for more embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. For free felt patterns, visit my Freebies page.
Let’s craft together!
XO, Anna
