Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy
Creating Basic Shapes with Fabric
A course by EFI Little things , Toy Maker
Joined July 2021
About the video: Creating Basic Shapes with Fabric
Overview
“Finally, we will cover the basic geometrical shapes: the circle, triangle, trapeze, oval, and rectangle. I will show you how to cut these into abstract forms and turn them into animals. Also, you will see how this process works with fabric and how to transfer them from 2D shapes into 3D. ”
In this video lesson EFI Little things addresses the topic: Creating Basic Shapes with Fabric, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy. Learn how to design and make your own soft toy from scratch by creating a pattern, cutting then stitching it, and adding the final touches.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to create a number of basic shapes using the fabric. We are going to get ready for our next step. is basically sketching the main pattern for our toy And you might think that you never sketched anything before, and you might think, how do I do this? And I just want to demonstrate here that all parts of the fabric toy. is based on basic geometrical shapes and we will now see how to Use the template of this base. and how to recreate this in fabrics. If you see any toy, you will see that there is always some geometrical shape as a base of any details. ...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Character Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Toy Design
EFI Little things
A course by EFI Little things
Elena Ilyasova is a toy maker and pattern designer based in Oxford, England. Raised in a family of creatives, she learned to sew, knit, and crochet from a young age, making her first soft toy when she was just seven, and hasn’t stopped since. Her career took off when she started sharing the stuffed toys she had made for her own children on social media, which quickly led to a stream of orders and the creation of her brand Efi Little Things.
Through her brand, she makes soft toy patterns for companies and individuals. Her designs are inspired by the woodland creatures that populated traditional tales. The aim of her work is to support both small businesses and craft lovers in keeping this tradition alive while promoting sustainable, handmade items over mass-produced toys. When she’s not creating her own designs, she shares her knowledge with others through online classes and tutorials.
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