Raggedy Ann’s and Annie

I just recently started making dolls again. I believe it has been since the late 80’s that I have made any rag dolls. I have made some seasonal stuffed items over the years but no dolls. I’m not really sure why I stopped making them. I think that the appliqued/embroidered clothing and jewelry just started to sale so well that I just got known for that and therefore spent all my time creating those items over the years. At my shows, I was known as the “Pin Lady”. I’m not sure how many I’ve made over the last 24 years but I’m thinking hundreds if not a thousand or more. At some of my shows, I might of made 50 of just one kind and there were usually 50 or more different kinds of Fall, Halloween, Christmas, and Winter pins. No wonder they called me the Pin Lady!! I really loved making all those pins and decorating the clothing but I am so ready for a change. To just slow down a bit and make some one-of-a-kind items.

I have been looking at all the dolls that some of my favorite doll designers have been making and I realized how much I missed making them. I’ve made 3 raggedy ann dolls over the last few months and I feel that I’m very rusty at it, but I am happy to say that all 3 of them sold and went to live with some very nice ladies.

I’ve recently purchased some Halloween primitive folk-art doll patterns to make for the “Ohio Sauerkraut Festival” and can’t wait to get started with them. I already have a couple doll bodies made just waiting for me to make their dresses and finish them up.  I also hope to list a few on eBay and Etsy in the near future.

Raggedy Blessings for Now.