Tilda: history of origin, world popularity, secrets of tailoring, patterns of dolls

First Tilde Tony Finnanger

In 1999, the first tild appeared. Its creator - Norwegian Tony Finnanger - not only came up with the doll herself and developed her pattern, but also built a whole business based on the doll-tilde. The story of Tony and Tilda is somewhat reminiscent of the story of Joanne Rowling and her character Harry Potter: first, obscurity and belief in a dream, then - laborious work, and as a result - world recognition, years of hype, real popular love.

So, Tony developed the patterns of dolls in the style of tilde, sewed a lot of toys, invented furniture and clothes for them ... And she set up a store, conducted an extensive advertising campaign, found and trained staff, formalized documents for entrepreneurship, developed a business idea. And besides that, she published two books: "Tilda. Easter "and" Tilda. Christmas".

Her store opened and earned. It sold and sold thousands of textile toys and accessories, patterns of dolls, descriptions of master classes, suitable for sewing fabrics.

As a result, 25-year-old Tony became the owner of a beautiful business, her cause inspired many other people and marked the beginning of "tildomania."

Tilda and her distinctive features

• Only natural fabrics: dense cotton, quality coarse calico, linen, poplin, staple.
• Pleasant colors for the eyes.
• Laconic, some asceticism: as a rule, only the eyes are drawn, the fingers of the feet and hands are not decorated.
• Almost always tilde "in the body," excessive leanness is unacceptable.
• Brightness of images, thoughtfulness to the smallest detail.

Dolls-tildes. Secrets of Excellence

The most famous toys in this style are calm dormouse in pajamas, figure skaters, gentle ballerinas, vintage girls, dwarfs and Santa, angels ... Equally popular are dolls-animals: hares, mice, elephants, birds, ducks, snails ... Of course , Patterns for dolls are already being built not only by their creator, but also by many other craftsmen.

Sewing a doll-tilde is not so easy. These toys do not tolerate negligence and untidiness. In order to create the simplest doll, you need perseverance, accuracy and, of course, love of action. Start better with a simple toy, such as a snail:
To produce it, you need flaps of at least two colors, a sintepon and suitable threads. Like the patterns of dolls, schemes for sewing textile animals can be slightly changed and supplemented at their own discretion.

Sewing dolls is not much more difficult, but still requires more skill. All patterns of dolls are similar, they can be increased or reduced to the desired size and printed on the printer. For beginners, you can try to sew a tilde according to the following scheme:

Hair can be made from yarn, hair can be absolutely any. This and many other patterns of doll-tilde allow you to experiment and create a variety of types and characters. Eyes are usually painted or embroidered with a black thread. The puppies of the doll-tilde are slightly roughened (this can be done with the help of blush or a usual red pencil).

Tilda-World today

In the distant 99-m appeared not just a doll and not even just a store of goods for creativity. There is a whole world of Tilda - the world of vintage accessories, as if brought from a flea market or taken from a grandmother's trunk, a world of natural fabrics painted in calm tones, a world decorated with handmade laces, wooden buttons, ribbon ribbons ... After all, the tilde is not just a disproportionate girl In a romantic dress, this is almost a living character with a recognizable appearance, with character and style.

So, tildomania is almost 15 years old, but it does not even think of going into a recession!