Ollie Dolly Doo Dah Dolly Pattern Book to make an 18″ (45cm) Waldorf inspired boy doll

We are delighted to bring to you the beautiful Ollie Dolly Doo Dah pattern book, one in the range of beautiful dolls designed by the talented Sherrill Church.  With this comprehensive pattern book you can create your own Waldorf inspired boy doll.  We think Sherril’s patterns are one of the very best doll patterns out there!

This full colour pattern book contains everything you’ll need to create a lovely 18″ (45cm) boy dolly with over 43 pages (which includes 5 chapter sections) along with 120 photographs.

The full colour instruction book takes you, step by step, through making and sculpting the head, making the Ollie’s body, creating a handsome face, attaching his hair and making a sweet shirt, his shorts and boxers.  The pull out patterns are printed full size on premium quality paper.

There are also instructions for every intricate detail such as sculpting Ollie’s face, stitching his eyes and mouth and attaching his hair cap and locks.  The pattern is suitable for anyone with a basic knowledge of sewing, both by hand and using a sewing machine.

Maybe you’ve tried to make a Waldorf doll before and have had difficulty in producing a perfectly shaped face. Ollie Dolly is a modified version of the traditional Waldorf doll and the instruction manual provides you with detailed descriptions and photographic evidence on how and where to place the tying strings to sculpt the facial features into the most endearing little character.  Measurements are also included for string placement to help you even further.

To create Ollie Dolly you will need the following:-

• 1/2m Doll Jersey
• 25cm Tubular Gauze (Size E)
• Binding thread/Tying String
• Strong Thread
• Silk Embroidery Thread in brown/blue for the eyes
• Silk Embroidery Thread in pink for the face and beige for bum and belly button!
• 200g Toy Grade Stuffing
• 1/2m of lightweight wadding (cut into 3 x 18″ squares) for the head ball
• A small piece of iron-on interfacing for lining the feet
• 20m of DK Yarn or Mohair Yarn for the hair chain cap
• 45m Boucle yarn for the hair
• an elastic band

For Ollie’s clothes you will need to provide…

• 1/4m Cotton Fabric for his shirt
• a small piece of linen or denim for his shorts
• 3 buttons (and 3 Snap fasteners if you don’t want to sew button holes)
• a small piece of polycotton or cotton for his boxers
• 70cm elastic for the shorts and boxers
• shoes and socks (size 0-3 months shoes and new born baby socks fit well)

You will also need the following equipment…

• a sewing machine
• needles and pins
• a doll needle
• basic sewing threads
• small sharp scissors (embroidery scissors)
• pinking shears can be useful to neaten all of your edges
• a tape measure
• an iron (a travel iron and a sleeve ironing board will make things a lot easier for you!)
• turning tool (either hemostats, a chopstick or thin dowel)
• a 3.5cm and 2.5cm crochet hook for making the hair cap and attaching the hair to Ollie’s head

We also sell other beautiful patterns in Sherrill Church’s Polly Dolly Doo Dah range HERE, plus many of the materials needed to make your dollies.

PLEASE NOTE:  Although some of the photos show Ollie in different clothes, the pattern included here only makes his shirt, his shorts and boxer shorts.