Golli Goth

Get the pattern

One doll, every piece, one fat quarter

The Golli Goth base doll is a personal-use pattern: a bald calico rag doll with oversized feet, ready for whatever face, hair and wardrobe you give her.

The sheet carries every pattern piece with the darts marked (A–E), the order of assembly, and the Maker & Designer Guidelines.

Get the fat quarter fabricAssembly steps

The pattern is printed on a 45 × 30 in fat quarter by Spoonflower, ready to cut and sew.

The Golli Goth fat quarter pattern sheet: peach pattern pieces for head, body, arms, feet and ears, with the Maker & Designer Guidelines and assembly notes
The official Fat Quarter pattern sheet.

The 12-doll rule. This is a personal-use pattern. If you’re making more than 12 dolls, register for a Maker account. Apply for your code →

On the sheet

The pieces

  • Head Frontcut 1
  • Head Backcut on fold
  • Body Frontcut 2
  • Body Backcut 2
  • Arm / Under Armcut 2
  • Foot Topcut 2
  • Foot Solecut 2
  • Earfold on dashed lines

Place the ears so the base of each ear sits level with the base of the eyes.

Fabric

Calico, cotton or hemp

Choose your preferred calico, cotton or hemp. Backed curtain calico, or something similar, gives a sturdier doll that stands up to years of cuddles.

Golli is bald by design. Her personality lives in her eyes: two large black shapes, painted or appliquéd, made personal to the person she’s for.

A blank Golli Goth head outline with ears, ready for eyes to be drawn in
Blank face — sketch your eye shapes here first.

Assembly

Putting her together

Fourteen steps, in the order printed on the pattern. Take your time with the feet.

  1. Sew all the darts — except the arm dart. Leave that one open.
  2. Sew the front arm to the back arm, keeping the arm dart open.
  3. Attach each foot top to the front leg at the ankle.
  4. Sew the centre front body seam.
  5. Attach the head front to the body front.
  6. Fold the ear pieces along the dashed lines and tack-stitch them. Tack each ear to the side of the head front, with the base of the ear level with the base of the eyes.
  7. On the back pieces, seam 1.5 cm (½ in) at the back neck and 3 cm (1 in) at the lower back. Leave the centre back open so you can stuff her later.
  8. Attach the head back to the back body.
  9. Sew front to back from shoulder to shoulder. This takes in the whole head seam.
  10. Set the arms into the shoulder sections. Check the thumbs are facing forward — it’s easier than unpicking.
  11. Sew the side seams from under the arm down to the ankle.
  12. Sew the inside leg seam, ankle to ankle.
  13. Now the tricky bit: tack each sole in place, then stitch the sole to the foot top.
  14. Turn her right side out, fill with fibre filling, and stitch the back seam closed.

Licences

Making more than a few?

Licences are for makers who sell, and for the designers whose work they use. Each one is shaped around a different kind of maker.

HOBBY

For family & gifts

You make Golli Goths for the people in your life — grandchildren, friends, the new baby down the street.

ARTISAN

For market sellers

You sell handmade dolls at markets, fairs and handmade platforms, and you want every doll properly credited and certified.

STUDIO

For studios & designers

You’re a small studio or designer releasing collections — characters, garments and accessories for other makers to use.

Licence details are released with Maker registration — register your interest below.

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