I generally like to create at least one hand-made gift for each of my children at Christmas. This year, I started a little too late to do that -- but I did make these two rag-dolls. Both of these are hand-stitched from start to finish (thanks to my presently useless sewing machine) and were a pleasure to make. The best thing is, my girls love them. In fact, my younger daughter has already loved the shoes right off her dolly. :-)


They are wearing their underwear. A pair of bloomers and a petticoat is all I could seem to find time to make. Fortunately, the girls think the petticoats are rather pretty little dresses and they don't seem to miss the blouses and pinafores that I was planning on making. Maybe I will yet, anyway...maybe...



Creating the faces was a little intimidating, but it ended up being the most fun and rewarding part of the process. I used paint, embroidery and a little blush. :-)



I know I didn't finish all I had set out to do, but I am very happy (and more importantly, the girls are very happy) with what I did achieve! :-) I hope they will love these dollies for a long while.