Occasionally, my husband's parents find fun things in their attic that they don't still need. If they think I might use them, they pass them along. A few years ago, they gave me a couple of preprinted Raggedy Ann doll/dress sets ... the kind that are preprinted on fabric. I kept thinking that one of these years, my girls or I might sew them.
I finally took the time to finish up a Raggedy Ann doll!
I had some extra sewing time one weekend, and worked on that orange quilt project leader-and-ender style, in between getting this Raggedy Ann doll and her clothes sewn.
I had fun trying out a new tiny-rolled-hem presser-foot for the hems on the little clothes ...
It's about a 20" Raggedy Ann doll, so it was small, but still, I was surprised to get so much done in one (long) sitting!
What fun! My baby daughter got this Raggedy Ann doll for her recent birthday.
I got this much done in that one (long) sewing session: (the doll + clothes, but no yarn hair) while also assembling this much of the center of that orange quilt top.
A couple weeks later, I stitched in the yarn hair.
Black hair on a Raggedy Ann doll? Yes!
When I was little, my sister and I had a giant Raggedy Ann doll, made by our great-aunt. The doll's yarn hair was black. So, of course, decades later, when my sister made giant Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls for my older girls, she made them with black yarn hair. And, so, it only made sense, that the newest little doll have black yarn hair, too.
She has a sweet, friendly little face. I'm glad you shared her with us, and lucky baby daughter to have her for a gift.
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