Twin Dolls for Children in Need

Meet Belinda and Bo. They are two more dollies I made for the Dolly Donations drive. Belinda's dress is made using some of the Urban Landscapes fabric I won this summer. It was a prize awarded on designer Kathy York's blog. And Bo's shirt is pieced from assorted fabric selvages. You can find all sorts of crafty and sewing uses for selvages on The Selvage Blog, published by Karen Griska who is the author of "Quilts from the Selvage Edge" (AQS, 2008). I've been saving selvages for awhile, and thought this was a good place to show some of them off and give Bo a one-of-a-kind shirt.







The first donation doll I made some months ago is shown in this post. And these donation dolls were also made to send to the dolly drive intended for children in Haiti through The Abundant Gound Foundation. While this is no longer an active drive, there are still opportunities to contribute dolls in a variety of ways, and by organizing your own dolly drive for a charity of your choice. You can learn more and get the free pattern to make donation dolls for a good cause at Dolly Donations. Although Sarah is changing the direction of her dolly donations site, you'll find helpful how-to tutorials and free patterns on her site.

Dolly Will Travel...

This is Charmaine, a doll I made in response to a campaign spearheaded by Sarah at Dolly Donations. Hers were the eyes seen in Sunday's post (the doll's, not Sarah's). Sarah hopes to obtain nearly 200 dolls from donors around the world. The dolls will be distributed to an orphanage in Haiti, and the project is overseen by The Abundant Ground Foundation. Both boy dolls and girl dolls are needed. Sarah designed and provded the free dolly pattern, and she has a number of tutorials for sewing the dolls, adding the faces, and making shorts for the boy dolls. Her stated mission is to provide dolls as a source of comfort to children around the world, especially orphaned children. The doll, that measures about 15" tall, was quick and easy to sew. The target date is to have the dolls in the hands of the Foundation by March 31. The latest count was nearly 150 dolls, so it's looking hopeful that Sarah's goal will be met. Charmaine leaves for NY tomorrow, and then on to Haiti with the other Dolly Donations!