I’ve been wanting to make a Waldorf-style doll for awhile now. I find their sweet, simple faces and squishable bodies so dear. It seems that the online Waldorf supply stores have the nicest selections of 100% wool felt, roving, batting and stuffing at the best prices too (not that I’ve bought any, I’m trying to use up the not-quite-100%-natural supplies I have before I’m allowed to get more). At any rate, today I finally jumped in!

I couldn’t find a nice peachy-colored cotton interlock, so I had to go with white, but I used my fabric pastels to make pink cheeks:

It took longer than I expected to make, and as many of the tutorials online make clear, the hair is the trickiest part (explaining why mine is wearing a hat and has embroidery thread hair rather than loopy yarn curls). I can’t point you to a specific tutorial, as I used bits from a bunch of different ones, but there’s lots of inspiration at the Flickr Steiner Dolls set. It was fun and I see many rag dolls in my future! Or at least one or two more…