The Lewis Hamilton doll DIY is a gift for a young F1 fan whose favorite driver is that from the Mercedes team. This is my next fabric doll from the same pattern, the previous ones are girls and a Harry Potter doll.
Polska wersja: Lalka Lewis Hamilton DIY
Materials needed to make a fabric doll
- Cotton raw material – this time I dyed the raw material in coffee to better reflect Lewis’s skin tone. I still use the fabric I bought for my first rag (I took advantage of this Allegro offer)
- Black rubberized fabric – choosing the right material for the F1 suit was one of the biggest challenges when creating this doll. Quite unexpectedly, I received a hairdresser’s apron and that’s what I used to create the torso.
- Silicone ball to fill the doll
- Sewing accessories – needle, thread, scissors.
- Black yarn – for hair
- Fabric markers – this is a big help when creating facial elements. There is a large selection on Allegro, I bought a set of 10 markers for about PLN 25.
- Stitch thread – needed to embroider the details of the driver’s overalls
- Styrofoam egg – perfect for a helmet 🙂
- Template – I created my own doll pattern. It turns out to be a shapely rag doll 🙂 Just remember to sew the hands diagonally.
- My pattern for a slim doll.
How to make the Lewis Hamilton doll?
F1 driver doll body
- The first step is to print the pattern and trace it on the fabric. I cut the head from coffee-dyed cotton raw material, and the body from rubberized fabric from a hairdresser’s apron.
- On the front of the suit, I embroidered (rather awkwardly) elements characteristic of Lewis Hamilton’s suit, i.e. his team sponsors: Mercedes, Petronas, Tommy Hilfiger, UBS.
- Then I sewed the head to the body. Then the two resulting parts should be sewn together, leaving a small gap on the side. It allows the stuffing of a doll.
- Turn it inside out.
- Stuff it with a silicone ball.
- Prepare arms: just like when making body, before sewing I embroidered the inscription INEOS. Then I sewed them on the left side, turned them over to the right side and stuffed them with a silicone ball.
- Sew the arms diagonally to the torso.
- Sew the side of the doll with a blind stitch.
- Finally, I made a few accessories for the suit with embroidered numbers and initials.
Hair
Lewis Hamilton has characteristic braids that are quite easy to recreate with yarn.
- Prepare several sets of 3 strands of black yarn and tied them with a knot in the middle.
- Sew each set using a knot on the doll’s forehead.
- Make braids
- Sew the braids on the back of the head.
Face
I painted the eyes, mouth and facial hair with fabric markers. These markers are brilliant and a great help 😉.
Helmet
I made the helmet from a Styrofoam egg. First, I cut off the top of the egg, then hollowed out the center and cut a hole in place of the glass. Finally, my daughters and I painted the helmet black. Later it turned out that in the final race of the 2022 season, Lewis Hamilton wore a rainbow helmet, so we repainted it a bit and added sponsors’ signs 🙂
The Lewis Hamilton doll is ready!
Other fabric dolls
Harry Potter doll tutorial is here.
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Nothing gives more satisfaction than doing something yourself. I haven’t even thought about DIY as my hobby, I’ve just done different “projects” when it was needed. Sometimes it’s a disguise for the Masquerade Party in kindergarten. Another time, cutting out the pumpkin and baking the witch’s fingers for Haloween. Or simply organizing holiday souvenirs. Now I decided to share my realizations with you. Let’s go it together!
