This is a  Doll Making Tutorial / Digital PDF download to create a 36 cm/ 14″ weighted bunting style baby doll and outfit for your doll.

The Weighted baby or Heavy Baby doll, sometimes known as Millet baby or Sensory baby is a weighted doll filled with organic, lavender-scented millet and wool and is designed not only to have weight like a real baby but to also to provide a calming and therapeutic effect when held on a lap.

This tutorial is suitable also for those who have never made a doll before, but some sewing experience is required.

This video on YouTube HERE should help ytou to roll the head of your doll.

This is only a tutorial, with the pattern, materials are not included.
There are lots of pictures to guide you through the steps.

You will need the following materials to make your doll:

• Wool batting approx. 150g for the head, hands and some for the body -Skin colour jersey ( I use Laib Yala Swiss Doll Jersey) Tubular Bandage 4.5cm wide, 40 cm longCotton poplin for the body. I use natural colour.
• Fabric for the outer bunting. Velour, but could be other soft fabric like jersey 90x40cm
• Elastic for neck and wrists of the outer bunting. I use 3mm wide.
• A small ribbon for the hat.
• Embroidery floss for eyes and mouth. I use dark brown for the eyes, dark pink for the mouth.
• Extra strong thread for shaping the head of the doll
• Strong thread for sewing by hand. I use Glütermann upholstery thread. -For sewing machine, you will need skin colour thread, matching thread for the outer suit and for the cotton poplin.
• 1kg Organic Millet
• One safety pin to lace the elastic through the chasing
• Embroidery needle
• 12 cm long doll making needle
• Sewing needle
• Funnel
• Glass headed pins
• A chopstick could come handy

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the tutorial!

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Thank you for looking!