Dolls for Haiti: Making your own Doll Drives!

Cindy (USA) and the other wonderful ladies in her sewing group got together and made these lovely dollies to send over to Haiti. They found an organization in Connecticut who would distribute them to orphanages they work with. All her hard work paid off as they are just adorable!

Just like me Cindy uses her dining room table for all her dolly sewing, hooray I’m not alone!

"Right now we are making dollies and turning them out at a pace where we need to find more venues to send them off to!!! We don't want to stop, but then my husband also occasionally asks me "Don't we have a dining room in this house somewhere???" We've found that we love getting together and sewing and talking and thus if we are going to be making these dollies, we need to work just as hard at finding places to donate them too.”

Congratulations Cindy and the other ladies in your group! You have done an amazing job!

If you have photos of finished dolls or softies you have made for doll drives,

please don't forget to send them in :)

I hope to be posting about our next Active Haiti Doll Drive before my baby’s due date in JUNE!!! My how time flies ..... so please stay tuned!

Take care everyone and Happy Sewing!

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Babushka Matryoshka Set of 3 Russian Nesting Dolls PDF Sewing Pattern Finished!

It’s my daughter’s 2nd birthday this week, hooray :)  and I wanted to make her an extra special dolly!

A set of 3 Russian Nesting Dolls to be exact,

but how was I going to solve the problem of getting the dollies to ‘nest’ ……

and as I was giving my little one a big cuddle I suddenly thought,

pop them safe in their mommy’s arms!!!

And with her little brother soon to be joining the family …. I thought it was rather sweet that she took to the baby dolly instantly!  

Happy Birthday Little One, Mummy Loves You!

You can find my Russian Nesting Dolls in my Etsy Shop ♥

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Take Care and Happy Sewing!

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Frog Stuffed Toy Softie PDF Sewing Pattern Finished, Hooray!

 

When I was pregnant with my little girl, we didn’t find out if she was a girl, it was a big surprise. We were given so many froggie designs for my baby shower, I referred to her as my little froggie for months before she was born! But could we find a cute frog toy, nope …. So this has been on my list!

These happy little frogs love jumping from lily pad to lily pad …

And dressing up for a dragon fly dinner!

Someone is very happy with her new froggie friend!

You can find my Frog in my Etsy Shop ♥

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Take Care and Happy Sewing!

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A Doll A Day for Haiti Children in Need.

I just found Carlene's (USA) blog with all her lovely dolls in it. For 8 days she challenged herself to make a dolly a day for a child in Haiti, and she did it! What a lovely way to motivate herself, and a fantastic gift to give!

"The whole gang! These dollies were so much fun to make knowing they were going to brighten a child's life. This by far was one of my favorite ways of paying it forward, I will definitely be looking for more sewing charities." Carlene.

Thanks so much for taking part Carlene, the dolls look lovely!

Take care and Happy Sewing!

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Renew Hope Haiti Doll Drive Completed!!

Congratulations everyone, The Renew Hope Haiti Doll Drive is Completed!!!

Thanks for everyone’s help!

An amazing 459 Dolls were sent in!!!

“We cannot wait to get these cuties to Haiti and in the hands of the children :) We received dolls from 10 different states as well as British Columbia. We are so grateful for all those who got involved, I cannot begin to tell you the impact these dolls make on the lives of the children who receive them :)”

 "I cannot stop smiling as I look at all the craftsmanship (or craftswomanship) in these dolls. They were definitely all made with love :)” Lisa Paul Renew Hope Haiti.

What an amazing achievement! Well done everyone!!!

Here is a lovely photos I received last week ….

Faith’s twin girls had so much fun making their dolls to send to Haiti, and aren’t they adorable!

“It has been such a joy to work on these dolls with my twins.”

Stay tuned, I’ll be posting details for a new Haiti Doll Drive Soon!

Take care and Happy Sewing!

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