Attic dolls: a history and a master class on making

If you happen to see attic dolls, you will never forget them. They are born to bring a smile, a sense of peace and peace. They are able to bring you back to your childhood for a short time and give a good mood.

The battered dirty looks like they were returned from a century-old reference to the attic. Holes, stains, scrapes, broken buttons, protruding threads, uneven seams and details of the trunk ... It seems that a seven-year-old girl sewed them many years ago. And meanwhile, to make these funny toys look exactly like this, masters spend hours, especially aging all the details in all sorts of ways.

Author's dolls are created, first of all, not for games. It is a representative of interior decoration. Emanating warmth and comfort dolls decorate the house and serve as mascots to their owners. The legend of their appearance says: a woman sewed a doll from the remains of old things to her daughter. The girl was playing with her in the baker's loft, when her mother took her to work with her. There the doll was forgotten by the little mistress. The toy lay in the attic for many years, until it was found by the matured owner, already herself a mother. The doll managed to get dusty-soak and soak up the smell of bakery - coffee, vanilla, cinnamon. The touched woman carefully kept her dirty, and her daughters sewed similar dolls.

Master-class "Sew an attic doll"

Natural fabric (ideally - old and shabby), cotton and woolen threads, needles, buttons, decorations for decor (lace, beads, beads), tea and coffee - that's all you need to create a masterpiece in the style of "attic dolls" . Patterns you can find on thematic resources or take advantage of this:

Step-by-step instruction

1. The natural fabric (cotton, linen, wool) of bodily shades needs to grow old. To do this, splash on the fabric by brewing black tea, add a few drops of coffee and paint with a burned match, pencils or felt-tip pens. Scratch the fabric with a blade, but do not cut it. Wash it.
2. While the material dries, make a cutting of the details. Remember: attic dolls are simplicity, so do not look for patterns with complex details. You can create your own pattern, and small irregularities - this is even a plus.
3. Sew carved details - legs, hands, trunk, leaving small holes. Fill with cotton wool and sew holes. Collect with the help of a needle and a thread all the details in a single whole.
4. Before you sew a head, you need to work with it for a bit. Prewashed in very hot water woolen thread sew to the head. Attic dolls look very nice with uneven braided pigtails and different bows. Sew eye-buttons. They can also be painted in light blue watercolor colors. Let the paint spread out a little. Sew your head to the torso.
5. To create a dress, stop at a perfectly shedding red cloth with a printed pattern. After washing with colored things in hot water, the material will be the right one. A sewn sarafan in a rustic style or dress should be decorated with a slightly torn lace, scratched beads and / or make uneven stitches finishing stitches. Put it on. Often masters wear garments made of bits of felt or worn leather to attic dolls.