Tilde dolls have appeared quite recently, but quickly gained great popularity. Where did such an original style of sewing toys come from?
Today, Tilda is not only the name of several typographic signs in the form of a wavy line, but also a whole type, a style of making toys.
The secret of the popularity of homemade dolls in this style is simple - they look very cute, somewhat vintage (and vintage itself is popular), and the tilde patterns are very simple. But this is not an old style of sewing, it was recently invented by Tony Finager. It was she who sewed the first tilde doll and came up with this name for her.
Tony Finager explained the name of the doll very simply - she liked this name, and in their family there is a tradition of names that begin with the letter T.
A tilde can be not only a doll that depicts a person, but also all sorts of funny soft toys. Fans of this style have created many Tilda images - these are Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens, these are angels, ballerinas, tilde-bears and tilde-rabbits are certainly popular.
To sew Tilda, you do not need to have special sewing skills. As a rule, Tilda's pattern is extremely simple, it only schematically resembles the selected character, and the face is not particularly detailed (most often there are only beady eyes and a nose on the face or muzzle of a tilda-style toy). It is important that her gentle, naive image is emphasized by an outfit in pastel colors, using natural fabrics and supposedly old lace.
If you want to sew your own Tilda, look for a pattern on the Internet, there are a lot of them, but supplement the craft with your original ideas.
