nuis - cotton doll

fellow honest - disney's twisted wonderland

making a nui

This isn't a tutorial, as much as it is me documenting my drafting process. I'm assuming you have some basics with either sewing terms or you're willing to use google.

My goals for this was:

  • Getting as close as possible to the Twisted Wonderland nui style
  • Drafting and prototyping
  • Making my own pattern
  • Embroidery
  • Get the right fabrics

    • Clothes can come after... I'm not as good with clothes.

    I followed this tutorial (it's in Japanese, but it's clear as to the steps you take.)

  • -Roughly make a body out of newspaper
  • -Then tinfoil, to keep the shape better
  • -Cover in clingfilm
  • -Cover the whole body in small bits of tape, so you can then use a marker to draw your seams
  • -Cut the tape along the seams!
  • -You can add notches so the tape then lies flat. This is your pattern! You can re-tape and experiment to see where's the best placement for notches or darts

    • Then I copied the tape pattern to a sheet of paper, took the measurements. Then I took a photo on my phone and used clip studio paint to make a cleaned up pattern! (I just used the symmetry ruler).

    Then it was time to test!! He's pretty close to want I want, so it's only some small tweaks from here.

    There was several issues:

  • -Body was about 1cm too big all around
  • -Fringe didn't cover his forehead piece
  • -Didn't spilt the back into 2 parts
  • -I forgot his tail...
  • -His face is too high up
  • -The back hair was completely the wrong size
  • -I didn't like the shape of the arms

    • I followed this youtube tutorial about plush ears.

    version 2!

    20240920-141349

    I added about 1/2cm seam allowance to this pattern. I could’ve went up to 1cm, but since this doll is roughly 10cm, it would add a lot of bulk... The trials of nuis...


    -Need to add 1/2 centimetre to each back piece...

    -Debating making the tail fluffy.

    sewing guide (this video was referenced to get the order)

    1. embroider the face

    2. sew ears together

    3. sew all the front face parts together

    4. sew the sides of the back to the front, including side hair and ears

    5. sew the two back head pieces together

    6. sew the darts

    7. sew back hair piece

    8. sew the two back body pieces together

    9. sew back arms

    9a. add notches

    10. add front arms to front body piece

    11. sew the back body to the front body piece

    12. sew/glue tail

    13. turn inside out

    14. stuff all pieces

    I MADE MANY SEWING MISTAKES!!! this is why you prototype : )

    Next
    embroidary
    BACK←　→NEXT(coming soon...)
    top