Rag Doll

Happy mid-month,

My friend inspired me to make a rag doll. She made one, two and possibly 3 rag dolls for her daughter. 

I have never made a rag doll before and thought I would give it a try.

She is about 15.5 inches tall and from finger tip to finger tip, she is 12.5 inches wide.

The pattern for the doll came from the book called My Rag Doll by Corinne Crasbercu. The book contains patterns and instructions to make 11 rag dolls with different outfits and accessories. 

Before sewing the doll together, I embroidered her face. Actually, Heather's face. Embroidery Library has a collection of girl, boy, women, and traditional rag doll faces. They have a library of approximately 164 faces with corresponding names. 

Other than embroidering Heather's face, creating her hair was the most fun. She has A LOT of hair. I used almost a whole skein of yarn. I thought it was going to be difficult to add hair and I had no clue how I would even approach such a task. Thank you YouTube. I watched a couple of videos and it was the clear instructions from LearnCreateSew that helped me create and attach all her hair. 

Heather's hair was the only supply that I had to buy, otherwise she is made of scrap fabric and sewing notions that I had. 

Let's hope that in 2021 Heather will find a good home.