Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters
A course by Piti PitiTextile Sculptor
A course by Piti Piti, Textile Sculptor
Learn to create three-dimensional patterns and apply volumetric solutions to your character designs
In this online course, learn the tools, design methodology, and production techniques to develop a signature textile toy alongside Omar Gad, founder of Piti Piti studio and textile sculptor specialized in three-dimensional patterns and volumetric solutions.
What will you learn in this online course?
18 lessons & 6 downloads
Craft sewing techniques
17 minutes, 50 seconds
No fear of the sewing machine
8 minutes, 55 seconds
Choice of characters
3 minutes, 47 seconds
Defining the scale
3 minutes, 18 seconds
Basic pattern
4 minutes, 46 seconds
Basic piece assembly
14 minutes, 47 seconds
What's included in this course?
Begin by getting to Omar Gad and his work, along with his influences from the world of textile toys and its various categories: plush toys, soft toys, and plush art.
Next, discover the tool and materials you need to create a handmade piece before learning basic sewing techniques and how a sewing machine works.
Omar uses some designs from the anniversary collection of his studio Piti Piti to explain decisions about the choice of character and scale.
Wrap things up by taking a look at the production process and explore three types of volumetric solutions—basic, intermediate, and advanced—to create your textile toy using different characters to help you. Omar guides you through each step, from sketching, material selection, and pattern making techniques to cutting, sewing, and assembly.
What is this course's project?
Design three textile toys with different levels of difficulty—from a simple character to help you learn the basics of volume, pattern making, and production, to a complex volumetric piece with extremities and details.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Designers and illustrators interested in creating their own product collections, or looking for a different outlet for their designs, as well as designers who already make textile toys but want to find a new way to create more complex pieces.
This course is also aimed at any creative or toy enthusiast who has the desire to transform their ideas into tangible, huggable pieces.
Requirements and materials
Some basic knowledge of sewing is recommended but not essential. All you need to follow and complete the course is enthusiasm and a desire to create.
In terms of materials, you need a sketchbook, needles, thread, felt fabric, scissors, a geometry set, a pen, a pencil, cardboard, stuffing, a tape measure, a cutter, and a cutting surface. The use of a sewing machine is optional.
Reviews
- 1 month ago
el curso esta increible y el profesoe explica muy bien paso a paso
- 3 months ago
It's a great course that teaches the fundamentals of pattern making and how to translate your sketch into a soft toy pattern, which is important.
- 3 months ago
No me sirvió de mucho porque ya tenía conocimientos previos. Esperaba algo más. Pero está súper bien explicado, muy claro y el profe me cayó muy bien. Para ultra principiantes está perfecto. Igual hacer este curso me animó a seguir con mis proyectos, así que no fue dinero perdido.
- 4 months ago
Excelente explicación muy clara e interesante
- 9 months ago
¡Si estas buscando las bases para crear tus propios diseños! te recomiendo este curso 100%. Este profesor es maravilloso, domina a la perfección el arte de crear juguetes unicos... Mi parte favorita es como plasmar las medidas de los patrones base. Me he quedado con deseos de ver mas y si graba un siguinte curso ¡yo me apunto!
Since opening the Piti Piti Plush Art studio, he has developed several lines of his own products, participated in individual and group exhibitions in Mexico and abroad, as well as collaborated with renowned artists and designers such as El Grand Chamaco, Bue the Warrior, Quique Ollervides, Pogo, Tixinda, Chika Galaxia, and more.
He has also worked commercially with clients including the Galería Mexicana del Diseño, Vértigo Galería, Hula Hula, MUAC, Passion & Design, Rojo Bermelo, Pepsi, Red Bull México, Habas World Wide, Kastner & Partners, and Digital Invaders.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Hello!
- The wonderful design world of Textile Toys
- U2
So we learn to sew
- Presentation of tools
- Craft sewing techniques
- No fear of the sewing machine
- U3
Preparing the character
- Choice of characters
- Defining the scale
- U4
Basic level part
- Basic pattern
- Selection of material
- Basic piece assembly
- U5
Piece with volume
- Pattern of the body
- Body assembly (Dummy)
- Pattern of secondary pieces
- Intermediate piece assembly
- U6
Its alive!
- Pattern of the head and body
- Complex piece assembly - Part I
- Complex part assembly - Part II
- Tricks and tricks
- FP
Final project
- Textile Toys: design and creation of characters in cloth
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to design, draft patterns, and sew three-dimensional characters and textile toys, applying sketching techniques, scaling, hand and machine sewing, material selection, and professional finishing touches.
This is an intermediate-level course, recommended for those with basic sewing or textile design knowledge who want to refine their skills in pattern making and creating 3D toys.
You’ll need felt, nylon threads, small-eye needles, scissors, measuring tape, fabric markers, a ruler, a compass, a seam ripper, a basic sewing machine, and stuffing materials for dolls.
You’ll learn how to draft freehand patterns, calculate proportions and scale, and adjust measurements to turn your sketches into three-dimensional figures with volume and symmetry.
You’ll be able to create dolls, stuffed animals, custom characters, and even pieces inspired by contemporary artists, using design, pattern making, and hand or machine sewing techniques.
Yes, the course covers how to use laser cutting to achieve precise details and professional finishes in textile piece design.
Yes, the course includes exercises for drafting simple, proportional patterns of animals like bunnies and applying them to textile toy making.