2/11/2024 0 Comments Small dammit doll pattern![]() ![]() ![]() You will need some fabric, anything you fancy really, I used cotton calico both times. I took pictures along the way just in case someone else needed to vent a little frustration. I made another the other week to send to a friend ( I had to get mum to send me a picture of my original one so I could make a pattern). I honestly don't know where I found the words that went with her ~ mum loved her and I am prety sure she used her more than a few times for her intended purpose. ![]() She was pretty funky with mad hair and a heart embroidered onto her bottom. I have made them for a couple of noders here.Probably about 15 years ago anyway long before I had a personal computer or had even heard of the the world wide web, I made my mum a doll, a dammit doll. They are as fun to give as to get as fun little stress relievers. Type up this little poem and tie it around the doll's neck with the ribbon: I've seen some that have been knitted with intricate designs or made simply out of a sock. Now it's ready to decorate with accessories. Turn right side out, add stuffing,(don't over stuff it)and finish sewing up the opening. Place the wrong sides together and stitch around the edge leaving an opening to add the stuffing. Trace around the patterns with tailor's chalk. Fold the material in half and pin the patterns so the folded edges match. Then I repeated this step so that I had two identical patterns.Īfter gathering the materials and preparing two paper patterns, fold the patterns in half. I made the pattern out of a brown paper bag by folding the paper in half and tracing the shape I wanted. While there are a number of ways to create them mine are shaped like a gingerbread man. Cotton batting or similar material for stuffing.Yarn for hair, buttons for eyes, any accessories you might want to use to customize the doll.It takes about thirty minutes to make one, costs very little and are a true gift of time. This past Christmas one of the neighbor's daughter squealed with delight shouting I always wanted one of these!. He said I gave it to him some five years ago and it was one of the best payments he's ever received. I was surprised recently to see one in my doctors office still sitting on his shelf. Number Two Son and I have made well over forty of them over the years as gifts for friends, neighbors, teachers, noders and doctors. I liked it so much I borrowed it from her and made copies of it on the copy machine. The first one I saw was the one the school counselor at our elementary school running up and down the halls with. The origins of this doll is obscure like a story from traditions with an oral history they just seemed to appear in our community around 1988. The Dammit Doll is a cloth doll made from scraps of material from leftover sewing projects or sometimes if I'm in the mood to customize the doll I'll head to the nearest fabric store and check out their remnant bins.
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