Ever Made Your Own Stuffed Toy?
Have you ever made your own stuffed animal, or perhaps a rag doll, sock monkey or sock puppet? Did Mama or Grandmamma make one for you? Do you collect handmade stuffed toys?
We're now selling two Simplicity patterns from 1971 for pillow toys / pajama bags and for stuffed teddy bears and plush dogs.
We recently sold a 1947 pattern for a boy and girl Piccaninny doll pair that is highly prized by Black Americana and vintage sewing collectors alike.
We also regularly enjoy looking to see what's new at Gwen LeBlanc's folk art blog at Veruka Salt (my favorite is the luna moth), and lately I've been reading about the hobby of collecting artist teddy bears.
I remember making crude doll clothes for my Ginny doll, but I don't remember ever actually making a doll or stuffed animal, other than a sock puppet. My mother did make pajama bags for our girls when they were little. Who knows, she might have used the very same pattern we're selling now, as the time would have been just about then!
stuffed animals, toys, handmade, teddy bears, doll patterns
We're now selling two Simplicity patterns from 1971 for pillow toys / pajama bags and for stuffed teddy bears and plush dogs.We recently sold a 1947 pattern for a boy and girl Piccaninny doll pair that is highly prized by Black Americana and vintage sewing collectors alike.
We also regularly enjoy looking to see what's new at Gwen LeBlanc's folk art blog at Veruka Salt (my favorite is the luna moth), and lately I've been reading about the hobby of collecting artist teddy bears.
I remember making crude doll clothes for my Ginny doll, but I don't remember ever actually making a doll or stuffed animal, other than a sock puppet. My mother did make pajama bags for our girls when they were little. Who knows, she might have used the very same pattern we're selling now, as the time would have been just about then!
stuffed animals, toys, handmade, teddy bears, doll patterns
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I remember making dolls from patterns very similar to the ones you have a piccie of. I can't remember now much about them but I do recall as a family we sold them sometimes to raise money for charity. Whenever I see some very smiliar it brings back pleasant memories. :)
I'm glad I was able to bring back such a pleasant family memory for you, scrawler.
This particular pattern is so popular you will even find photocopies of it for sale on eBay!
I made some soft sculptured dolls one time when I was in my 20's. It was when the Cabbage Patch doll craze was in it's heyday. I still have them at my mom's house and now Emily loves to play with them. I'm glad she has something special to play with when she goes over there.
Playing with old dolls at my grandmother's house is one of my fond childhood memories. I'm glad for your daughter's sake that you kept them.
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I collect dolls, and have several books on how to make my own, and dolls clothes etc. I haven't made any yet as my biggest sewing interest is quilting, I'm working on a hand made double quilt at the moment.
Hello again, nancyrowina. I've looked at your Shallow Pool dolls, and they're very interesting.
If you're that good at quilting, that you'd tackle a double quilt, I'm sure you'd make a beautiful doll. If you ever do decide to make one, please post a link to some pictures for us.
I tried making a needle felted doll once.. got tired of stabbing my fingers
Energypaws, you sound like my kind of seamstress or seamster, or whatever the politically correct form of the word is LOL. Anyway, you sew like I do ;}
I ought to do something like that for the holidays this year. DH's Mamaw has two sewing machines that are just sitting there...
LuAnnBB, if you can sew then it would be a great way to make plush memories for someone special in your life.
Any handmade item shows not only the personality of the creator, but also embodies the gift of TIME, a very precious commodity these days.
I have two treasured rag dolls that my grandmother made in the 70's. I don't sew much myself,but I've given them to my mother for repair or I'd post a picture of them. I'm sure she used a similar pattern, although mine aren't piccaninny dolls.
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Thanks for sharing, Gem, and I hope you pass those dolls on to your own children. What a wonderful memory that will be for them, that they own something that their great-grandmother made!
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Thanks for the compliment, Uncle Mike!
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