A couple of weeks ago I shared in this post a cat doll I'd made for Freyja and briefly mentioned the other dolls I'd made over the years, "Hayling Island Rag Dolls". Here are a couple of those dolls in more detail.
As these were custom dolls, the purchasers were able to choose hair color and style, eye color, initial, dress/shirt color, sleeves or sleeveless dress or shirt, full pants or capris, shoes or none. Accessories such as a crown, wings & wand for a girl doll or other custom details like the beret on this doll. Mask and cape are also available for a superhero look… Yup, everything about the dolls were customized.
The face, legs and arms of the dolls are made from unbleached 100% cotton Kona Premium Muslin with a 200-thread count. Body/dresses on the girl dolls and shirts on the boy dolls are quilters fabric prints, again 100% cotton. Jeans are made from 100% cotton denim.
Felt hair and accessories are made with wool felt (35% wool/65% Rayon) supplied by CJs Marketplace, manufactured by National Nonwovens. Faces and shoes are painted with Tulip soft fabric paints. Dolls are stuffed with 100% polyester premium fiber-fil.
Each doll is approximately 15 1/2 inches tall.
I like to think that they still bring joy to their kids :)
Original content by @redwellies
