Rag Doll Continued pg. 2
Shoes: Cut the piece of shoe fabric as follows: Fold the 10"x 8" shoe fabric in half for the shoe pattern. When folded, the piece measures 5"x 8". Cut out two shoe pattern pieces on this doubled material (this equals four shoe pieces). Transfer the "sew to here" mark on the pattern to the fabric.
Dress: The arms, legs and body are made directly from the dress material and are not removable. Cut the 18"x 13" piece of dress fabric into six pieces as follows: Cut two pieces 5"x 7" each for the body pattern. Do not cut out the body pattern, it is a template piece. Cut two pieces 3"x 7"each for the arms. There is no pattern for the arms and they will be adjusted to the correct size when they are ready to be sewn to the hands per the sewing instructions. Cut one piece 5"x 18" for the skirt. This makes a short skirt that works well for the shelf sitter. If you are making the child's doll, you may wish to make the skirt longer. If this is the case, increase the length of the dress fabric by the additional length of the skirt. Finally, cut one piece 4"x 2" for the seat gusset, then cut out the gusset. Transfer the center back mark on the gusset pattern to the fabric.
Legs: Cut the piece of leg fabric as follows: Two pieces of fabric 4"x 9" each. This fabric can match or co-ordinate with the dress fabric to simulate leggings or tights, or it can be muslin. There is no pattern for the legs and they will be adjusted to the correct size when they are ready to be sewn to the shoes per the sewing instructions.
Various Trims: You will need a 25" piece of ribbon to tie around the waist on or above the skirt top, a 6" piece of a decorative bias trim and/or lace to go around the neck, two 5" pieces of lace and/or trim to go around the ankles to simulate socks and 40" of embroidery floss to simulate shoe strings.
Polyester Stuffing for body and head, hands and arms, feet and legs.
Weighting material for bottom of body, hands and feet for the shelf sitter. Omit this for the child's toy.
4 long Chenille Stems for arms and legs in the shelf sitter. Omit this for the child's toy.
Sewing threads to match all of the fabrics being used. When two different colored fabrics share a seam, use the lighter colored thread. Any threads that show thru to the right side of the seam can be touched up with fabric marking pens of the same or near color on the darker fabrics.
Fabric Pens: Red for the mouth, brown to draw the feature lines, and blue (or color of your choice) for the eyes. An Optional fade away marker to use for the face transfer. The face may also be embroidered, if you wish. Substitute embroidery thread colors for the pen colors.
Colored Pencils: Peach and/or pink for shading the face.
