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Elf Art Doll ITH Design
$10.00
Deck your halls with these unique and adorable Elves made with your embroidery machine.
Designed as poseable art dolls with wire armatures. Don’t worry – it’s easier than you think!😉
Face designs, head seams, hat, and body/limb seams are all stitched in-the-hoop of your embroidery machine. A bit of hand stitching will close up the body and head. All other items like fur trim or hair can be glued with fabric glue or hot glue. (super fast!)
This design includes color photo instructions and link to a video tutorial.
These elf bodies will fit other art doll heads from Ballyhoo Creations. Feel free to mix and match for your own custom elves.
ITH Design Details
- ITH stands for "In the Hoop" and refers to embroidery machine files that stitch a 3D project like this one.
- .ZIP file Includes these machine embroidery file formats: DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, SEW, VIP, VP3, XXX
- Number of Hoopings: 2 per elf
- These medium sized art dolls are around 11″ tall.*
- The body requires a 6×10 hoop or larger, while the heads use a 4×4 hoop or larger. If you have a Viking, Singer or Pfaff: I’ve already resized the Elf body to fit your 6×10 hoop.
*Finished size may vary depending on how you assemble your project
NOTE: These dolls are designed as ART dolls for holiday home decor, not play dolls for small children. Please do not insert wire armatures into dolls intended for small children.
Skill Level
Beginner Skill Level when using stretch fabrics as recommended. Hemostats are suggested for small arms and legs.
Approximate time to complete: 1-3 hours
Tools and Materials Needed
Tools
• Embroidery machine with 6×10 hoop or larger
• Sharp fabric scissors
• Small Hemostats or other tool for turning small parts
• Stuffing tool (stuffing fork, hemostats, chopstick)
• Long doll needle and strong thread for closing the seam openings
• (Optional) pliers and wire cutters for wire armature
Materials
• Head fabric: 2 pieces: 5” x 5” doll skin stretch jersey
• Body/hat fabric: 1 piece 14” wide by 11” length fleece, minky or stretch jersey (stretch fabrics make it much easier to turn right side out)
• For Hair: faux fur 8” wide by 3” length with fur pointing downward in 3” direction
• Machine Embroidery Stabilizer: No-show mesh stabilizer can be used for the head and body hoopings
• 1 yard of thin fur trim such as faux fur yarn
• You choice of Fabric Glue
• Small buttons, beads or sticky rhinestones for the lapel buttons
• Machine Embroidery thread and bobbin
• Fiberfill stuffing
• 1/8" and 1/16" Armature wire for a posable art doll
ZIP file download
Embroidery Machine files are delivered in a .ZIP file with all files and instructions.
Your download will be available on a "Thank You" page immediately after purchase and you will also be emailed a link for that same download.
Store Policies & Commercial Use
- You CAN sell limited quantities of the items you make with these digital files.
- You CANNOT share or sell these digital files, photos, or other copyright-protected materials.
- No refunds are given on digital products, this is the industry standard.
- Please refer to our Legal Page for complete store policies.
