Patti-Cakes For Your Kitchen

Materials
2" circle of nylon for head
1.5 " x 1.25 " strip nylon for right hand
Needle and thread to match nylon and fabric
Fiberfill
2 "E" beads tor eyes
Blusher
2" x 5" pc. fake fur
30 in. of 1.5"-wide eyelet
12 in. of 0.5"-wide lace for cuffs and collar
7.75" x 5.25" pc. heavy cardboard or 1/8''-thick balsa wood
7" x 9" scrap cotton for background fabric
1/8 yd. cotton calico for body
7.5 " rolling pin
10 in. of 1/4 "-wide grosgrain ribbon for bow
Stem of miniature silk flowers
Tacky glue
Hanger for plaque
Optional: Hot glue and glue gun

 Instructions 

 Eyes:
Bring needle from back of head through fiberfill to the front a little above and to the right of the nose (Fig. 5).

Add the proper bead size and take needle through the same stitch as entered, going through to back of head. Tighten up thread slightly to give eye an indented appearance and secure with a knot (Fig. 6). Repeat same procedure for other eye.

 

 Cheeks:

Bring thread from back through fiberfill to front corner of right eye. Move needle over a few threads, insert it again, and bring needle downward vertically through fiberfill approximately 1" (Fig. 7).

Draw up thread between the 2 stitches. Move needle over a few threads and go back in beside where you came out, taking needle up through fiberfill to the stitch beside eye (Fig. 8).
 Draw thread up tightly to create fullness in cheek. Bring needle through fiberfill to back of head and secure with a knot. Repeat same procedure for other cheek. Rub on blusher sparingly to cheeks until desired shade is achieved.

 Mouth:
Bring needle from back to front of head through fiberfill, coming out just below one cheek indentation. Go back in a few stitches over from where you came out and through fiberfill to back again. Stitch back and forth from back to front and front to back, forming a V-shaped stitching line, until you reach the other cheek (Fig. 9). Pull the last stitch from front to back through fiberfill to back of head and secure with a knot. Cut thread.

 

 Hair:

A. Curly chenille: Cut length needed and glue in place.

B. Fiberfill or Feel 'o" Fleece Fiber Cut length needed approximately 1½'' wide and glue in place.

C. Fake Fur: Cut length needed approximatety 1.25'' wide. Place on heed with fur down over face. Use hot glue and glue gun or stitch in piece around hairline (Fig. 10). Flip

hair back and brush down carefully to back of the head. Style as desired and glue or sew excess hair down to lower back of head.

 

 Hands:

 A. Cut a length of panty-hose 1.5" x 1.25". Fold in half lengthwise. Use tiny overcast stitches to sew seam across length and down one side (Fig. 11). Secure with a knot and turn inside out so stitches are not visible.

B. Take a small wad of fiberfill and stuff in tube until you create a nice oblong shape. Sew tube shut.

C. To make hand details, start between fingers and stitch through fiberfill back and forth from back to front and front to back until about .25'' from tip, Wrap thread around tip and secure (Fig. 12). Repeat same process with each finger until finished.

When making a pair of hands for a project, remember to make a right and a left hand (i.e., thumbs to inside). For smaller dolls, you can simplify the hand by making only a thumb (Fig. 13).

 Arms and Bodies:

Most sleeves and bodies are made from varying widths and lengths of stretch fabrics and cotton calicos sewn into tube shapes. The tubes can be machine-stitched or hand-sewn. With right sides together, fold fabric in half lengthwise. Use 0.25" seams and sew down one side. Turn fabric right side out and follow directions given.

NOTE: To avoid raw edges, always turn fabric under slightly to form hems, necklines, and cuffs, and when stitching to other body parts.

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1. Cut plaque by pattern from heavy cardboard or balsa wood. Attach hanger at center top on back.

2. Glue background fabric and eyelet edging to plaque with tacky glue. Glue rolling pin to bottom. Let dry.

3. Stitch remaining eyelet into a circular shape for hat (see photo). Tie off.

4. Follow General Instructions (steps 1-8) to make head, hair-do, and hands.

5. Cut body by pattern from calico. Stitch into a lengthwise tube. Stuff tube loosely with fiberfill and attach a hand to each end of tube. Add lace for cuffs.

6. Use vertical stitching lines on pattern as a guide and make very tiny stitches back and forth through fabric and fiberfill to create arms and bodice as shown in Fig. 1.

Assembling

7. Glue bodice to center of plague snugly against top of rolling pin. Glue hands to ends of rolling pin.

8. Glue head to plaque and to center of bodice neckline. Add lace for a collar.

9. Glue hat to head at an angle. 

10. Glue silk flowers and grosgrain-ribbon bow onto plaque (see photo). Patti-Cakes is ready to make her favorite pastries.