Star Waldorf Doll: Free Sewing Pattern!

Print your free pattern, then follow along with my tutorial to make your very own little star Waldorf Doll!

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This little Waldorf doll is perfect for small hands and works up quickly.

It can easily be made in an afternoon!

Making dolls brings me so much joy! I’m so excited to gift this doll to a special little one!

I hope this doll brings a smile to your face, too!

Print out your free pattern at the bottom of the page, then follow along my tutorial to learn how to make it!

I’ve included lots of pictures to help you along the way!

Let’s get right to it! 🙂

Supplies needed:

Small amount of fabric (a medium weight knit fabric recommended)
Cotton Interlock fabric for skin
Wool to fill your doll with
Unwaxed Dental Floss to shape your doll’s head
A sewing machine
Hand sewing needle and thread
Small amount of thread to embroider facial features with
Tubular gauze/inner head tubing in 7/8 size
A crochet hook or something similar to help shape the head
Sewing measuring tape for measuring how wide the doll’s head is
Scissors
Free printable pattern (print at the bottom of this page!)

Step 1: Sew first, Cut second.

For Waldorf dolls (and for many smaller toys), it is standard practice to trace your pattern pieces onto the fabric, to sew directly on the traced lines, and THEN cut AFTER sewing.

This is what we will be doing today.

Print your pattern pieces, and cut out your paper pattern templates.

Use these paper templates to trace your pattern onto your fabric as instructed.

Note the dotted line on your patterns that say “leave open” — don’t sew over this part!

Also note the directions on the arrows on your patterns that indicate which direction your knit fabric should stretch.

You’ll want to fold your fabric (right sides together!) before tracing so that there are two layers of fabric to sew.

Your head will be traced right onto the fold of your cotton interlock fabric (your “skin” fabric).

There is generally very little difference between the “right side” and the “wrong side” of cotton interlock fabric, so don’t spend too much time fretting over which way you fold it.

The main thing to keep in mind with your cotton interlock fabric is that you want it to stretch in a “left to right” direction, not “up and down.”

The stretch is indicated with an arrow on the template — this will ensure that your head will stretch “wider” and NOT “taller.”

Your head fabric should be cut with your skin-colored cotton interlock fabric. My favorite place to purchase this is from Weir Crafts.

The body and hat pieces should be cut on another stretchy cotton fabric. I just got this particular fabric from a local secondhand store.

Step 2: Stuff the Body

Stuff the body of the doll with wool.

You don’t need to stuff the body of the doll terribly firmly.

Leave a little empty space at each “point” of the doll’s hands and feet (we’ll gather those at the end).

You’ll also want to leave some empty space in the belly/neck area of the doll, as we will be placing the doll’s inner neck here later on.

(the inner neck will already be filled with wool)

Be sure to turn your doll’s body right side out before filling it with wool!

Step 3: Create your doll’s inner head

Next we’ll create your doll’s inner head.

Don’t be intimidated by this part! This doll is a great first project for creating a Waldorf doll Head.

The first thing you will want to do is cut about 14″ of tubular gauze and tie a knot at the top.

Turn the tied tubing inside out so that the knot is on the inside of the tube.

This gauze tubing is what will contain the shape of your doll’s head.

Make a small, hard ball of wool with your hands.

Continue wrapping wool around this ball until you have created a head somewhere between 6-7″ around.

Place this ball inside the tubing all the way against the closed end, and tie it shut with some unwaxed dental floss.

Lightly stuff the bottom half of the tubing and tie it shut.

This lightly stuffed portion is your doll’s inner neck.

Tightly wrap unwaxed dental floss around the center (wherever you want the eye line to be) of the head.

Sew the floss into place on each side with a hand sewing needle and thread. Sew very firmly, making lots of knots.

Use your hand sewing needle to shape a nose right below the eye line on the front of the doll’s face, picking up pieces of wool with your sewing needle and pulling it forward.

Take a crochet hook and pull the floss on the back of the doll’s head down to the neck. This shapes the doll’s cheeks.