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Cloth Doll Feet
Stump leg (footless) 

 This is the simplest foot style to construct.
It is made by simply sewing around the shape of the leg.
It is possible to give the illusion of a foot by tying around the leg or using different coloured material for the foot-part or painting the stump end.

Darted Ankle

By elongating the leg and sewing in a dart on the inside ankle & then sewing the outside of the foot against the leg, the stump leg can be transformed into a leg with a foot.
Pancake foot (boot shaped foot)

With this style, the foot can be shaped in many ways and is created by sewing all the way around the leg and foot.

Separate Sole

With this style, the front and back seams of the foot are sewn leaving the bottom open. The curves are clipped and seams ‘finger-pressed’ open. The sole is then sewn to the bottom of the foot.

Inserting an inner piece of card will help to make the sole more rigid and make it easier for the doll to stand.

Seamed Toe

This style gives a foot with realistic toes.
 
 The front and back seams of the foot are sewn, leaving the top and bottom ends open. 
You are effectively making a leg/foot tube open at the top, thigh end and bottom, toe end. The shape of the pattern piece needs to allow for the sewing of the toes later. (see picture below)

The toe end of the foot is then folded together so that the seams (finger pressed open) are pinned together at centre front. (see picture lower right)

A toe template (various shaped toe-tip designs) is then applied ¼ inch from toe edge and sewn around to create the required foot style.

Make sure you have a right and left foot, remember as you stand with feet together your big toes are next to each other.

The big toe is sewn prominently with 2 small stitches between it and the next toe. The other toes are top-stitched after turning and light stuffing to define their shape.

 

 

Separate foot, inserted ankle

This style is similar to the seamed toe and stump leg only combining
 the two styles.

 
 The leg is made like a stump leg and the foot is sewn separately all the way around the shape. A slit is cut in the top surface ankle end of the foot for turning, stuffing and inserting the ankle
(make sure you have a right and left foot) which is then slip stitched into place

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