Stitch in Time
A Catalog of My Hand-Made Dolls
A Catalog of My Hand-Made Dolls
Aside from drawing, I also have a passion for sewing and creating stuffed dolls.
This hobby stemmed from the lack of plushies of certain anime characters. Since I could not find any dolls anywhere, I decided to create my own. From then on I branched into making dolls of my own characters.
Often I'll use felt and old clothes for the fabrics, rarely do I go out and buy a new bolt of fabric. I'll use about anything that I find around the house that could be useful, so it's good that there's some recycling involved.
I don't make a lot of these but when I do, I try my hardest to capture the characters' personalities and spend days and hours on end working on them.
This hobby stemmed from the lack of plushies of certain anime characters. Since I could not find any dolls anywhere, I decided to create my own. From then on I branched into making dolls of my own characters.
Often I'll use felt and old clothes for the fabrics, rarely do I go out and buy a new bolt of fabric. I'll use about anything that I find around the house that could be useful, so it's good that there's some recycling involved.
I don't make a lot of these but when I do, I try my hardest to capture the characters' personalities and spend days and hours on end working on them.
The very first one I made, this is the character, Hayate, from Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto.
It is made entirely of felt, and took about four days.
Completed in 2005
It is made entirely of felt, and took about four days.
Completed in 2005
The second of my felt dolls, this is a close up of Jack Spicer from the series Xiaolin Showdown.
He took two days to make.
Completed 2006
He took two days to make.
Completed 2006
The third doll is the larger one seen here. He is one of my own characters.
I used fabric from old clothes for his body, shirt, and pants.
The boots were created from felt.
His goggles were some wire wrapped in embroidery thread with a flexible plastic (cut from one of those removable stickers you put on car windows) to back it as the lens.
I knitted a wig and then sewed it onto the head.
He took about five days to create.
Completed 2007
His little companion is the sixth doll I made and is also one of my own characters.
She is the epitome of a scrap doll and is even stuffed with scraps from a project subsequent to her large friend.
I used the same yarn for her hair as I did her companion and also used the same cloth for her body base.
She took two hours to make.
Completed 2009
I used fabric from old clothes for his body, shirt, and pants.
The boots were created from felt.
His goggles were some wire wrapped in embroidery thread with a flexible plastic (cut from one of those removable stickers you put on car windows) to back it as the lens.
I knitted a wig and then sewed it onto the head.
He took about five days to create.
Completed 2007
His little companion is the sixth doll I made and is also one of my own characters.
She is the epitome of a scrap doll and is even stuffed with scraps from a project subsequent to her large friend.
I used the same yarn for her hair as I did her companion and also used the same cloth for her body base.
She took two hours to make.
Completed 2009
This is the fourth doll in the likeness of Mammon from the series Katekyo Hitman Reborn! by Akira Amano.
Also made entirely of felt, I posed him next to a can of Coke for size comparison. Took four days to create.
Completed 2008
Also made entirely of felt, I posed him next to a can of Coke for size comparison. Took four days to create.
Completed 2008
My unofficial seventh doll (the boy, not the dog), also one of my own characters; I made everything but the body, head and shoes (not pictured).
I bought the ball-jointed doll body online as well as the head and shoes.
However, I did decorate the head myself.
I created his hair by cutting up some embroidery thread into little bits and gluing them onto the soft plastic head.
I also painted his features with acrylics.
The clothes were created from the fabric of an old T-shirt and jeans.
I sewed on the red stripes with thread.
Completed 2010
I bought the ball-jointed doll body online as well as the head and shoes.
However, I did decorate the head myself.
I created his hair by cutting up some embroidery thread into little bits and gluing them onto the soft plastic head.
I also painted his features with acrylics.
The clothes were created from the fabric of an old T-shirt and jeans.
I sewed on the red stripes with thread.
Completed 2010
Here is my latest sewn doll crafted in a similar fashion as the third one.
I cut up some old pajamas and finished this in two days.
Completed in 2011
I cut up some old pajamas and finished this in two days.
Completed in 2011
