Have you ever made a cloth doll?

@sasklily (240)
Canada
February 28, 2007 11:36pm CST
I've made several and have many patterns for them, but after doing the porcelain dolls, I can't seem to find much interest in them. Possibly if I did more of an art doll, it would hold my attention a little more. I made one from a Kezi Mathews pattern and they are so easy and turn out so nice, that I bought a lot of her patterns after she retired; but I haven't made any more and the patterns just sit stashed away on a shelf.
4 responses
Modestah
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I've only made the soft sculpture type dolls in the late 70's early 80's. I guess that was during the big Cabbage Patch craze. I started with Mom's spent nylons, stuffing them with fibrefill and forming faces of all different sizes and expressions...when I got comfortable with that I moved on to buying the fabric for it and following a pattern for the body and limbs. It was fun, but I've never made any "real dolls"
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sasklily
@sasklily (240)
• Canada
4 Mar 07
You could probably find some patterns on e-Bay for all kinds of cloth dolls. I haven't been listing my patterns for a while now, but may start again in the Fall.
Modestah
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
30 Apr 07
thank you for the rating! I do not seem to have the ambition I once had for creative endeavors. : /
dfinster
@dfinster (3528)
• United States
1 Mar 07
I've never made a cloth doll and don't think I've ever seen any patterns for them in the stitching magazines that I subscribe to. I think that I'd enjoy something like that and would be interested in hearing and knowing more about this. I think they'd be really cute when they're done too.
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sasklily
@sasklily (240)
• Canada
4 Mar 07
There's all kinds and you could probably find some patterns on e-Bay. I used to sell quite a few of them but haven't been listing lately.
arunkumarkt
@arunkumarkt (331)
• India
1 Mar 07
yes its a good hobby , i have done it.
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sasklily
@sasklily (240)
• Canada
4 Mar 07
I've made several, from country rag dolls to toddlers. They're fun to do.
Leykon
@Leykon (579)
• Canada
10 Mar 07
That is going to be one of my next projects,I got a lot of patterns in the second hand shops for 10 to 25 cents,so one of these days I will give it a try.also there are some free patterns on the net.
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