Sewing Smiles Doll with Kira Wharton
Saturday, May 16, 2026
10:30 am - 4:30 pm, ½ hour lunch break
Location: Upstairs classroom (access stairs only)
Learn to sew a sweet cloth doll using the Sewing Smiles Doll pattern. This class is suitable for confident beginning sewists — students will receive tips on scrap piecing, embroidering faces, hair techniques, and creating a smooth, stuffed surface for their doll. Kira will share her decades of toy-making experience to help students create a one-of-a-kind doll, including sharing from her stash of colorful scrap fabrics for piecing the body; scrap yarn, ribbon, etc., for the hair; embroidery floss for the face, polyfil stuffing and a stuffing tool. Student Supply List (please bring the following with you to class):
- Sewing Smiles Doll Pattern
- Your sewing machine, in good working order with all necessary cords and attachments
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NOTE: Artistic Artifacts will have classroom BERNINA sewing machines available to share. For planning purposes, please email us if you want to use a classroom machine instead of your own
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Fabrics (Kira recommends pre-washing and ironing your fabric before class)
- 1/4 yd fabric for the face, arm & legs
- 8 in. square for the hair
- Your own scrap fabrics to piece the dress (scraps will also be provided) or, for a dress in one color, a fat-quarter.
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Thread to match your base doll fabric
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Sewing notions: pins, scissors; hand sewing needles and fabric marking pen, pencil or chalk
About the Instructor: Kira Wharton has been making toys from a very young age. At the age of five, she asked her mother to teach her to sew, just so she could create her own toys. In addition to her work at Artistic Artifacts, Kira is the owner of The Scrap Master Studio, where she uses scraps of fabric and yarn to create hand-sewn and knitted toys as well as one-of-a-kind zippered pouches.
