I've had "Raggedy Ann" on my list of blog ideas for a while (yes, I occasionally have a list . . . I am a nerd!). When I had purposed to write about her today, I found it kind of ironic that my cousin Missy also posted about making dolls in her blog yesterday! Hers are stunningly beautiful, unlike any I've seen. Mine is a classic redone, and only redone once so far by me :-). She's the one whose face I posted about in mid-December, and I happily was able to finish her in time for Christmas. After so many hours of loving labor, she was hard to give away. Yet, when our darling four-year-old niece opened the box and exclaimed "my dolly!" I was quite happy. And I'm certain that in years to come, she'll realize that this dolly had a lot of love poured into her.
My mother made me a large Raggedy Ann doll for the Christmas when I was almost three, and she is still at my parents' house. I was using the same McCall's (I think) pattern and dug her out to examine some of her clothes in my sewing process. The poor doll has stains where I fell asleep on her and (so romantically) drooled on her face as a child and is torn in places. Perhaps worst of all, she smelled of mildew thanks to her long hibernation in the basement. Mom told me recently that she washed and mended Raggedy Ann, and I'm looking forward to seeing her again.
In the past, John and I agreed that we don't know why parents take naked pictures of their kids. I can see wanting to preserve bath-time memories, but only if there are enough bubbles to make the pictures modest. So, when I expressed my desire to take a picture of Raggedy Ann without her dress "because she's so cute!" John groaned and replied, "This is how it starts!" Funny man. Anyway, there you have it. I think she's cute.
P.S. John and I do communicate, and he occasionally also reads my blog. Thanks to yesterday's post, wholesome deliberations over our dining room's paint have already begun. :-)
Your cousin's Waldorf dolls are so lovely. I wish I could make them, my attempts have all come out quite ugly. I'm too cheap to buy one.
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Thank you Amy :) Its really time consuming so dont rush it :) I recommend going to Weir Dolls and Crafts. Google it and getting all your supplies there. The right supplies are really key. I buy my supplies in the Netherlands from a supplier called DeWitte Engel. But I started with Weir and they have fast shipping and good prices. And on Etsy.com there is handspun yarn for hair in abundance. If you need any help let me know. A Mamma made doll for your kiddos is soo special.. if you have kiddos that is ;)
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