Rag Doll

Katy's birthday is coming up and I wanted to get her a doll for her birthday but I couldn't find the type of doll I was looking for. Per inspiration of my sister Alecia (thanks, leash!) I decided to make Katy a doll. I found a tutorial and pattern from Martha Stewart here. I also found another tutorial for the same doll that had better step-by-step instructions here. I'll do my best to add instructions for this doll. (Mine won't be as in depth so I would look at one of the other tutorials if you plan on making this.) Oh, and for the face I got the idea for that here.

Trace the pattern piece onto a piece of flesh-colored fabric and cut out. For the arms and legs, sew right on the line...

Then cut out around the line.

Using something long and skinny, turn the arms/legs inside out

With right sides together, sew head piece to dress.

Do the same to the back

Sew hair piece to face

Make a doll sandwich (arms, legs, pigtails going toward the inside)

Pin and sew as close the edge as possible, leaving an opening at the top of the head

Find the legs and pull them through the opening

I was going to use paint for the face but then Sean reminded me that Katy puts everything in her mouth and we would hate for her to eat paint so I chose to embroider the face. If you do choose to embroider, I would do this step before sewing the doll together.

Stitch the top of the head closed (a tutorial I found for that here) and there ya go! She needed a friend so I made another one. The pink one is Katy :)

Crayon Tinted Embroidery 2

Ever since I did this crayon tinted Fall embroidery I've wanted to do the same thing to my Salt Lake Temple embroidery I did a couple of years ago. But I was afraid I would mess it up and since it took me so long to do I didn't want to risk ruining it. Until a couple of days ago. I re-did the embroidered words at the bottom and this gave me a chance to  take a stab at coloring the temple. It was scarey but I am so glad I did it! It turned out beautiful :)