Doll tilde: Christmas angel with your own hands

Tilde dolls have become popular quite recently - since 1999, after the publication of the books "Tilda Paskha" and "Tilda Christmas". It was from then on that all the women of the world loved these wonderful dolls. The needlewomen are constantly looking for new ideas for creating wonderful dolls.

So, Tildes New Year's designed not only for interior decoration. They can also be hung on the Christmas tree, sewing small teddy-style Christmas toys. But the most popular decoration is a tilde Christmas angel. We also offer you to make such a doll.

To sew a Christmas angel, You will need a special material. For the body of the toy, any naturalMaterial: cotton, linen, wool or coarse calico. Fleece and flannel can also be used. It should be remembered that the tilde's body is never white: any dolls should have a tint of well-tanned skin.

You can use different materials for making clothes: jeans, organza, silk, tulle, knitwear, etc. The only recommendation - the fabric must be fine-grained. Drawing on the fabric can choose any: flowers, geometry or abstraction.

A tilde doll, an angel can be cut out as with clothes, and without. Most often sew two different tissues,designed for making clothes and body. In this case, the seam on the sewn fabric is combined with the pattern. But you can sew the doll itself, and then dress it up in clothes. In this case, you will have the opportunity to change clothes for the doll from time to time.

We give recommendations, how to sew a tilde "Christmas Angel". Determined with the size of the toy and foundparts of the tilde, you can start sewing dolls. You can sew all parts of the Christmas angel on the sewing machine, which will speed up the process of making the toy. But here hand-sewn tildes are obtained much more accurately. Therefore, you can sew the tilde as you like.

The Christmas angel doll can be hung on the wall or decorated with a New Year's wreath, so the legs do not need to be stitched in the middle at the knee level. It is enough to make a seam in the places marked on the pattern. Unshielded upper parts of the legs can be sewn with a hidden seam.

Handles of tilde dolls can not sew up, and sew directly to the body with a hidden seam. You can also sew the angel handles at the wrist level.

To to give the wings a beautiful form, do not forget to flash them on the specified labels. You can change the pattern of the seams on your wings, thus making them more unusual. Wings can be made from white felt.

When all parts of the tilde are already sewn and stuffed with soft material (sintepon or holofayber), you can start assembling a Christmas angel. Sew the legs, hands and wings to the body. From above on legs put on trousers and sew them under a dress. A Christmas angel should have long hair. The length can be chosen according to your taste. You can also choose between curly or straight hair. If you have decided that your Christmas angel should have a pretty disheveled hairdo, you can use a "plush" type yarn. For the manufacture of straight hair, you can use any other yarn or thread floss.

In the last turn, embroider a tilde pretty face. The eyes are made with the help of French nodules. Blush can be made by ordinary blush, made without an oil base. If desired, the face of the tilde can be completely painted with acrylic paints. The tilde doll is ready!

Since the tilde is more intended for interior decoration, it can be filled not with a simple sintepon, but with making a sachet bag. To do this, in the middle you can put a variety of fragrant herbs or vanilla or cinnamon sticks.

Try and you will complement the New Year decor of your house with such an angel. Also, the Christmas angel will be a wonderful New Year gift for a person who is dear to you.