Ok, you had better not look. If you look… and if you think of making a Rag Doll (from Martha Stewart, a Guest Post by Emily from Black Apple) you will become addicted and NEVER STOP!
Here is my THIRD doll, for a fellow bloggy friend Angelique. She fell in love with the one I Rag Doll I made for Pip Squeak, so I promised one for her too! She asked for Pink hair.. and here you have her disco diva!!
Here is Pip Squeak’s Rag Doll:
Notes:
1) The arms don’t have a seam allowance, so mark them out and sew them before cutting them out.
2) I added little pig tails – two pieces of felt sewing together and then added the same way the arms and legs are added – I saw some other dolls around with them and wanted them for my doll too!
3) I used a little top my little girl used to wear between 3-6months (aaah). The 3 buttons were already on it.I had to hand sew that bit, as the buttons wouldn’t “go under the needle on the machine”. I guess I could have taken the button off and sewn back on later.. either way it didn’t take long. The dolls “tights” are one of Pip Squeak’s babygrows (onesies)!
4) Instead of leaving the opening for turning inside out on the head, I left it on the side of the body. I thought it was neater that way.
Here is the very first Rag Doll I made:
Black Apple Rag Dolls rock! Go on.. make your own!!
Angelique Felix says
January 20, 2012 at 9:22 pmI am in love!
Thank you 🙂 x
Red Ted Art says
January 21, 2012 at 9:40 amAngelique – BEAM 🙂
teresa ivey says
January 21, 2012 at 12:11 amWhen you say Martha StewarD, do you mean our Martha StewarT?
Red Ted Art says
January 21, 2012 at 9:39 amOoops yes! Sorry… will go and fix it….
Maxine of the Magic Belles says
January 21, 2012 at 1:07 pmAh.. so behind on looking at your blog and these are truly wonderful! Love them all! xx
Liz Burton says
January 23, 2012 at 6:26 pmI really need to go crawling in the loft and see if I can find some of Ruby\’s old clothes!
These are too cute.
Red Ted Art says
January 23, 2012 at 7:26 pmYou must you must!! Such a lovely way to keep some of those baby memories alive!
Rbecca says
January 25, 2012 at 1:04 pmJust started to follow your blog after seeing you on \’Love All Blogs\’ – what a greta first post to read, guess what I\’ll be doing this weekend!
Red Ted Art says
January 25, 2012 at 1:44 pmAaah you are lovely! And yes, so FAB to connect via LAB!! Yay!
Lindsi B says
January 27, 2012 at 3:16 pmAw so cute! Could you please share this with our readers for Fun Stuff Fridays? http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/01/fun-stuff-fridays-8.html
Red Ted Art says
January 27, 2012 at 5:21 pmYes, popping over now !Thank you 🙂