List of People’s Dolls in New York - Update & Congratulation!

Stephanie Victor, The President of The Abundant Ground Foundation, "We can’t thank everyone enough who shared your vision to give dolls to orphans and other children affected by Haiti’s earthquake. Thank you. Thank you!"

Congratulation everyone! We have reached our goal!

They have 203 Dollies in New York!!!

Fabulous News! Now we can start collecting dolls for the local children!

Well Done, I am sooo grateful to all of you for your support and dedication!

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This Weeks Dolls for Haiti: Well Done Everyone!

Susan sent me this fab photo of all the dollies she and the ladies of the UK 'Folkestone stitch n bitch' group made. 10 girls and 4 boys, wow they have been busy!

Bren, USA, "I think this is an AWESOME project!"  Ahhhh, Thanks!!  Well, i think your dollies are AWESOME too ;) !!!

Liz, USA, sent in these lovely dolls.  "2 of them have pockets in their bellies which was an idea of my children because they love dolls with pockets"  What a lovely idea!

Angela USA "My kids and I finished four dolls. We had a great time making these. They're in the mail!" I saw how hard your kiddy winks were working on your blog!  Well done you two, you are dolly making stars!!!

Tawnya USA " My rainbow of dollies! I had fun with these, and my kids have kissed each of these as they went into the box. There was room for 20 dollies!" They are indeed a beautiful rainbow of dollies!!! Thank you so much!

Jaye Jaye (USA) "It was a fun project to do with my boys (9 & 4.5)"  They all look so happy and ready to be hugged!

Annette  USA "I had many adventures making my two dolls and will miss them, but it makes my heart swell to know they are going to Haiti."  Thier outfits are just too adorable!

Megan, Angie, Carol, Jessica, Anna, Joanna, and Jennifer (USA) made these beautiful dollies!


Thank You Everyone for all your hard work this week!

Happy Sewing!

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I’m all Dollied OUT! - How many did I make?

Can you guess how many dolls I made for the Haiti Orphanage?!

I’ll post the number at the end of the week!

..... ok it's the end of the week :) ....
I am happy to say, I have made 72 Dollies, YAY!!!!

OK, Time To Ship!!!!!! Hmmm I’m going to need a BIG box :)

Maybe I should vacuum pack these babas!!! How exciting!

Happy Sewing Everyone!

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Joyce’s Beautiful Doll – A Story of Love and Adoption.

One of the things I love about setting up Dolly Donations is that I have been privileged to meet such kind and compassionate women from all over the world.

Thanks so much to all of you for getting in touch with me and sharing your stories! (I respond to every e-mail I receive.)

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Joyce’s Story – Her very special doll.

Hello Sarah,

I sent a doll for your project this past Thursday ........ This is a very special doll that I made several years ago. She is a Waldorf doll …… I made her dress and pinafore from scraps of polished cotton. Her sweater is made from one of my old Shetland wool sweaters that shrunk with handmade felt flowers. She has been sitting in my sewing room up on a cabinet watching over me and when I heard of your project to send dolls to the orphanage I decided that she should be in the hands of a young child who will love her dearly instead of a doll that sits on a shelf.

My three children all came from an orphanage in South Korea when they were less than six months old and each received a Waldorf doll that were well loved and patched back together when the dog got ahold of them or they just started to wear out. They are all now my little guardian angels sitting in my sewing room waiting for grandchildren to someday come along into their lives.

……… I was so inspired by your dedication to bring happiness to children living in a world none of us can ever imagine that I decided to send this doll to be loved by a child.

Thank you again for your generosity and abundant love of children and their needs.

Sincerely,  Joyce   (Portland, Oregon)

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Thank You Joyce for letting me share your beautiful story and dolly with the DD Community!

Thanks everyone, you are all truly inspiring! 

Happy Sewing!

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