GingersDolls

Making a wig for your baby doll from Fake fur

This is for those of you that make baby dolls or even art dolls. The instructions will work on any doll and any fur with hair on it.

To begin with you will need the doll head pattern. I am using Judi Ward's "Prince William" pattern to make this wig from.

You can see that I have the face pattern piece and have taken a section from it from just above the brow and run it back to the back of the head. I traced this onto freezer paper so that it will be the same size as the dolls head.

As you can see the piece fits the original doll head-face pattern.

Next I trace out a side piece the same size of the doll head. I made a upside-down U shape over the ear as it was marked on the original patter.

I made this to fit the head for a short hair cut as this is a baby doll. If you want adult hair bring it to the nape of the neck.

At this point I have cut the new pattern out of iron-on inner facing fabric and I ironed that to the fake fur. This fur was hand dyed with Ritz liquid dye. ( red-yellow-tan ) Now it is cut out close to the weave of the fake fur. Be careful to only cut the knit of the fabric and not the hair part. When cutting the piece make sure that you mark the front of the face piece so that you can iron it to the fabric that has the length when cut extended past the knit. The sides are cut with the ear considered the long side. When cutting any knit the facing will avoid the problems of the stretch of the fabric.

Once the 3 pieces are cut out you begin pinning them together. Always make sure all the fur is tucked in the seam. I make the seam just under the original seam of the doll head so it cam be slipped onto the head when it is sewn. I also mark the front of the piece this makes matching the right sides together to the center piece.