First Tilda Tony Finnanger
Back in 1999, the first tilde was born. Its creator - Norwegian Tony Finnanger - not only came up with the doll itself and developed its pattern, but also built a whole business, the basis of which was the tilde doll. The story of Tony and Tilda is somewhat reminiscent of the story of Joan Rowling and her hero Harry Potter: first, obscurity and faith in a dream, then - painstaking work, and as a result - world recognition, many years of excitement, real popular love.
So, Tony designed patterns of dolls in the tilde style, sewed a lot of toys, came up with furniture and clothes for them ... She also set up a store, conducted an extensive advertising campaign, found and trained staff, filled out documents for entrepreneurship, and developed a business idea. And besides this, she published two books: “Tilda. Easter ”and“ Tilda. Christmas".
Her store opened and earned. Thousands of textile toys and accessories, doll patterns, master classes descriptions suitable for sewing fabric were sold and sold in it.
As a result, 25-year-old Tony became the owner of a beautiful business, her business inspired many other people and laid the foundation for “tildomania”.
Tilda and her distinguishing features
• Only natural fabrics: thick cotton, high-quality calico, linen, poplin, staple.
• Eye-pleasing colors.
• Conciseness, some asceticism: as a rule, only eyes are traced, fingers and toes are not framed.
• Almost always tilde "in the body", excessive thinness is unacceptable.
• Brightness of images, thoughtfulness to the smallest detail.
Tilda dolls. Secrets of Mastery
The most famous toys in this style are calm sleepyheads in pajamas, figured bathers, delicate ballerinas, vintage girls, gnomes and Santa, angels ... No less popular doll animals: hares, mice, elephants, birds, ducks, snails ... Of course , patterns for dolls are already being built not only by their creator, but also by many other craftswomen.
Sewing a tilde doll is not so easy. These toys do not tolerate negligence and untidiness. In order to create the simplest doll, you need perseverance, accuracy and, of course, love of work. Better to start with a simple toy, such as a snail:
For its manufacture, flaps of at least two colors, a synthetic winterizer and suitable threads will be required. Like doll patterns, patterns for sewing textile animals can be slightly changed and supplemented as you wish.
Sewing dolls is not much more difficult, but still requires more skill. All doll patterns are similar, they can be enlarged or reduced to the desired size and printed on a printer. Beginners can try to sew a tilde according to the following pattern:
Hair can be made from yarn, hair can be absolutely any. This and many other patterns of tilde dolls allow you to experiment and create a variety of types and characters. Eyes are usually painted or embroidered with black thread. The cheeks of a tilde doll are usually slightly rouge (this can be done using blush or a regular red pencil).
Tilda world today
In the distant 99th appeared not just a doll and not even just a store of goods for creativity. A whole world of Tilda has appeared - a world of vintage accessories, as if brought from a flea market or taken out of a grandmother's chest, a world of natural fabrics dyed in calm colors, a world decorated with handmade lace, wooden buttons, rep ribbons ... After all, a tilda is not just a disproportionate girl in a romantic dress, this is an almost lively character with a recognizable appearance, with character and style.
So, tildomania is almost 15 years old, but she doesn’t even think of declining!