Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy
Adding Details: The Facial Features 1
A course by EFI Little things , Toy Maker
Joined July 2021
About the video: Adding Details: The Facial Features 1
Overview
“Congratulations! You've arrived at the most exciting phase of the building process: adding the details. Ears and facial features will make your toy recognizable and unique. To achieve this, I will now teach you how to embroider the eyes and nose. ”
In this video lesson EFI Little things addresses the topic: Adding Details: The Facial Features 1, 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, we're going to finish our toy by adding face features and a tail. Firstly, I'm going to show you how to embroider eyes for our toy. So this is our complete toy with so far just pinned ears because remember we will stitch them later when we have face features ready. To make eyes, i would recommend you to use all-purpose embroidery needle and all purpose embroidered cotton threads. It can be a bit thicker, it can be a bit thinner, just the one you prefer. I would recommend, of course, some darker colors. If you use lighter fabrics for the toy's head, So, but it can be just thi...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy
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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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