Needle sculpting

Add a delightful look to stuffed animals with this tutorial on Needle Sculpting the Face on Plush Toys! The beginner sewing tutorial is easy to follow, too. From the blogger: "Needle sculpting is hands down one of the most transformative techniques you can use for making plush toys. You can completely change the expression on the face of the toys you are making, or you can use it to transform your pieces into realistic works of art. This video tutorial shows how to create eye indentations on…

I have been preparing to share my needle sculpting techniques on a pin doll pattern I designed with the ADU doll club that I belong to in Ottawa and thought you might enjoy this needle sculpting tutorial that I am posting today. Step One: Marking the Face To start off, make sure you have a very firmly stuffed head. Try to make sure you have stuffing filling out the nose. You can mold the head with your hands to get the shape of head that you find pleasing. For the placement of features many…

Trimming muzzle and needle sculpting for poofy cheek effect

Needle sculpting! That's how I made the cute kissable toes on that softie? Do you think that's probably really hard to do? Not at all! Take a look at the video and see how easy it is. :-) See? You will need one specialized tool for needle sculpting - a long doll needle. You can

Usually, when sculpting dolls, the face seems the most complicated part to sculpt. And I get why - the facial features will be defining the character of your doll - making mistakes can be frightening for sure! If you want to sculpt a more realistic human face, the proportions are very important to c

I have been preparing to share my needle sculpting techniques on a pin doll pattern I designed with the ADU doll club that I belong to in Ottawa and thought you might enjoy this needle sculpting tutorial that I am posting today. Step One: Marking the Face To start off, make sure you have a very firmly stuffed head. Try to make sure you have stuffing filling out the nose. You can mold the head with your hands to get the shape of head that you find pleasing. For the placement of features many…

Hi everyone! Big apologies that this post has come two weeks late - I've been awfully busy recently and haven't found time to update my blo...

I’ve been sculpting with air-dry clays for the past five years, during all this time I’ve accumulated a few tips and tricks to make the process easier and more enjoyable. I’m pretty convinced that air-dry clays are very friendly to beginners and can be pretty magical in the experienced hands. But th

Creating Faces: Needle Sculpting from the Beginning: How to Needle Sculpt the Perfect Face: Barb Owen, Race Owen: 9781499749847: Amazon.com: Books

Barb Owen teaches you a fun and easy method to create cute expressive faces in cloth. She shows you step by step and before you know it, a new face arrives!