Embroidering a Doll's Face: another free pattern & tutorial

I am in the process of making a new doll, Eva, for my sweet little God-daughter's upcoming birthday.
It will be the same size of Lila and Nancy.  I like this size doll, they are 15 inches long and a good size for children.  If you want to use this doll face on one of those patterns, you can.  Eva's pattern will be made with clothes on because she is for a toddler.  Her doll is named Betsy.

 

This facial embroidery pattern is simpler than Lila or Nancy because it uses fewer kinds of embroidery stitches.  Here is the Embroidery Pattern for Lila & Nancy.

Now on to Eva!  Here is the pattern to print.  Print it at 100%, if you have a problem doing this here is a link to the PDF.

Materials:

Embroidery needles

Scissors

5" Embroidery Hoop

Embroidery Thread Colors:

Black for the Pupil

2 colors for the Iris

White for the Sclera

1 color matching your chosen hair color

2 colors for you lips, 1 light and a darker 1 of the same shade

1 skin tone color for the nose and under the eye

*Note I always worked with 2 strands of thread in my needle and knotted on the end.  So, 4 threads were in every stitch.

 I will lead you through the steps as I did them.

The Iris:

These are similar to the type of stitch I used:

I just put them close together and filled it in like this:

 However, I modified it by not stitching very much in the back.  I had to do this because the amount of thread in that small area was dense enough to make it difficult to embroider otherwise.  You will notice this change looking at the inside of the face's Iris.

For the eyebrow & under the eye, I used the stem stitch.

For filling in the upper eyelashes, pupils, & sclera, I used a satin stitch.

For the nose, I used a split stitch.

For the mouth, I used a satin stitch again.

 There are plenty of great tutorials on You Tube with these stitches if you need them.  I recommend giving it a try.  If you mess up, it's easy to fix or start over.

Who do you know that would love a doll made by you?

I would love to see any photos from your dolls.  So, please send me a picture if you can!

Here are my hair tutorials for doll making:

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