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	Place pattern piece under clear, heavy guage plastic. Trace outline of template (outline is sewing line) with dark marker or pen.
	Sewing instructions. 1. Sew around arms and legs, leaving top edge open for stuffing. Once stuffed, sew top closed before attaching to body. 2. Sew body Front to Body Back Bottom. Leave the top half of the body bottom open. • Do not sew between Dots where legs will be atttached. 3. Sew Body Front to Body Back Top - overlapping the Top Back over the Bottom Back. Leave the back of the doll open to allow goodies to be placed in it. • Do not sew between the dots for the arm openings. 4. Stuff the Head with fiberfill or colored tissue paper, filling to the squiggle line indicated on the neck. After stuffing the head, topstitch across the line on the neck to secure the stuffing and leave the body cavity empty. 5. Attach the limbs, tucking the arm and leg tops into the body cavity openings. Sew limbs to body along already established seam line. 6. Fill the Body cavity with your memories. 7. Decorate your doll any way you choose... Face can be drawn with permanent markers or fabric or other paint suitable for vinyl. 8. Sew or glue on yarn or whatever for hair.Lines on pattern pieces are the sewing lines. Use aprox 1/4” seam allowance. Sew on marker lines - Sew on the “Right Side Out” The finished doll has the seams and seam allowances on the outside. Trim the plastic to about 1/4” or less.
deas for items for fun Club Project • plastic alphabet letters • balloons • • buttons • bows • jingle bells • stars on wire • small toys & dolls • scraps of trim & lace • pieces of playing cards • • doll club pins • small wooden shapes • feathers • silk flowers • jewelry • gems • squiggle eyes • curly hair • hearts • different colored buttons • fake pearls • safety pins • shells • sequins • something that says your hometown’s name • bits of crayons • lollypops • • marbles • mouths cut in red felt • yarn • junk jewelry • mouth shapes drawn on fabric • eyes drawn on fabric or paper.	Sewing Tip To keep your sewing machine from dragging on the plastic, place tissue paper on the top (under foot) and bottom (above feed dogs) when sewing. Tear off tissue when finished sewing.
xA simple doll for you to make to hold your “memories “ of the 2004 Kansas City Doll Fair.	Materials List • 1/4 yard of 4 oz weight clear plastic vinyl • fiberfil for head area stuffing • colored tissue paper and/or colored gift shred for feet & hands area stuffing • Yarn or ?? for hair • assorted “Trash” for stuffing legs and arms: -- thread clippings, small fabric scraps, glitter, confetti, beads, bits of ribbon, garland, yarn, just about anything you can think of... Ideas for “Memories” for stuffing body: fortune cookie fortunes, candy or gum wrappers, ticket stubs, scraps of from a workshop, trinkets, swapped items from new & old friends, raffle ticket stubs, charms, paper with friend’s name & email address written on it. Anything you want to use to remember the good times you had.
	For a fun club meeting... Everyone makes a doll before the meeting - sewn with head & limbs only stuffed. They bring to the meeting their doll & an assortment of goodies (see next page) Everyone puts their goodies into several bags or boxes - one each for “hair”, eyes, & mouths, and one bag for ‘stuffings’ and one for items to be used for clothes & jewelry. Then the goodies are ‘up for grabs’ - each person is blindfolded and takes a pair of eyes, a mouth, some hair, and a handful of items from the other boxes. They have to finish their doll with the items they grabbed. You can choose your favorite and most imaginative but everyone wins!