Doll on the teapot with his own hands master class, patterns / Toys with his hands, patterns, video, MK

March 18, 2018 handmadebase

Author: Elena Varygina Tea drinking has always been treated with reverence and special respect in Rus'.Tea traditions were not interrupted during the Soviet era.One of the attributes of this ceremony was the so-called woman on the teapot - a doll with a warm, quilted skirt that kept the brewed tea warm for a long time. It was in the USSR that teapot dolls became a fashionable trend and were produced on an industrial scale. They were made in the form of a plump Russian lady or merchant's wife and were a very fashionable element in the interior. At present, hot water dolls are experiencingreal blossoming. Almost every needlewoman who makes dolls with her own hands certainly creates her own unique item. These can be classic warmers based on ready-made dolls, funny characters crocheted or knitted, warmers sewn from tilde fabric or funny animals. There can be an incredible number of options for making such a useful thing. Our master class and several interesting ideas will help you make real masterpieces with your own hands.

Doll on the teapot in the form of a doll tilde. Master Class

In order to sew a tilde on a teapot with your own hands, you will need to prepare the following in advance:

pieces of material from natural fabric (cotton, satin, flax or calico) and fleece for the upper part of the dress;
sintepon, holofayber for warming warmers;
wool for making hair;
buttons, ribbons, braid or lace;
tools for sewing: scissors, needles, thread, sewing machine.

1. Measure the dimensions of your kettle and make a pattern based on the template in its size.2.Place the pattern pieces on the material (linen is preferable) and cut out the future doll pieces taking into account 1 cm seam allowances. 3. Sew the body pieces together except for the bottom, making cuts in all the bends. Turn the stitched pieces right side out. 4. Stuff the head and arms with filler. Make a stitch between the top of the doll and the skirt to prevent the filler from falling out. 5. Cut out the lining pieces from the fabric according to pattern #2, leaving 1.5 cm allowances at the bottom and 8 mm at the sides. Cut out similar pieces from padding polyester. Use a sewing machine to connect the lining to the padding polyester, leaving a small opening. 6. Sew the body piece with the insulated lining in a circle and turn it inside out through the prepared opening, which you then sew up. Insert the insulated part of the heating pad into the doll’s body. 7. Sew a slightly gathered strip of colored fabric to the bottom of the body. 8. Cut out two dress pieces and one collar piece from fleece using patterns #3 and #4. 9. Form a hairdo for the doll from wool and glue it to the head. Embroider or draw eyes, blush the cheeks. 10. Put a fleece dress on the tilda-warmer, fasten an apron sewn from fabric to it with a button and ribbon. Decorate the doll with lace or braid to your taste.The doll on the teapot in the form of a touching tilde is ready!

Warmer on the teapot from the finished doll

An old doll can be turned into the simplest onein making a version of a teapot warmer. Even dolls from the USSR era are good for this. Surely you have such broken plastic toys lying around at home or at the dacha. Even if the doll has no legs, it is still suitable for creating a teapot warmer with your own hands.This teapot doll doesn't require any construction.special pattern. It is enough to take two rectangular pieces of fabric of the length and width equal to the dimensions of the teapot and metal wire. You will need to connect the material in such a way as to get a cylinder. Sew the lining part of the skirt with padding polyester, and then connect it along the bottom circle with the front part of the skirt.From the metal wire, tworings equal to the circumference of the top and bottom of the skirt, and then connect them with pieces of the same wire with each other. Insert the resulting frame into the skirt. Fold the top of the skirt onto the underside of the structure so that the upper ring closes and sew it with threads. Place the doll in the inner upper ring of the skirt. Now it remains only to make your own clothes and decorate the pupa to your taste.