I want to make a baby doll puppet with the blanket behind it for my daughter. I have one that is 30 years old, it is made of nylon, there is a hair roller in the head and you can manipulate the head and arms. I want to use some soft fleece I have to make the head. How do I make a round head, can someone direct me to a free pattern or draw me a simple sketch to give me an idea. Here is a picture of what I want to make.

Looking at the pic again it appears there may be a seam around the edge the front of the face, could there be a back , front, and gusset?

One word... "Wedge".  http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php?action=gallery&g2_itemId=8610

Actually the shape of the head above looks like it may not be a perfect round but the pattern I linked to can be played with to give you different shapes. The only draw back is that you end up with quite a few seams when you use  the  wedge method.  You could though go with what you where beginning to think was going on. Cut a front and a back piece the shape you want your head. Then use the wedge pattern shape on the sides to create a gusset of sorts. Stuffing it with poly fill would kind of round out the front and back of the face for you I think if you where using a stretch fabric.

Looks a lot like a cabbage patch doll or as the original creator Xavier Roberts called little people

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=xavier+roberts+little+people+pals&_sacat=0&_odkw=puppet+pattern&_osacat=0

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It also looks similar to the goo goo puppet

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=goo+goo+hand+puppet&_sacat=0&_odkw=doll+blanket+puppet&_osacat=0


http://www.sewbaby.com/shopbaby/product_info.php?products_id=4052

http://www.ebay.com/itm/McCalls-9373-Rag-Cloth-Doll-Pattern-Baby-Darling-Puppet-Doll-OOP-Uncut-/380464003089?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58956bf811