Chasing Hawk

Such a handsome group of young men there. I love bib overalls on kids.

wordpaintervs

Thanks Chase. I love overalls on kids also. One wears Osh kosh overalls (green and white long sleeved t-shirt under it). I called their consumer affairs office and send a link to the doll webste, plus a pic of 4 boys and a girl doll (not yet posted with the girl on line). Also sent a single photo of the doll earing those osh kosh overalls. They put the pictures, etc on their "WALL OF FAME" (Whatever that is) to share with others in the department. I thought that was pretty neat. Thought I'd share that information. Hugs and things for the reply. When these 5 go out, it will bring the new total to 160 dolls.

SewExtremeSeams

How wonderful. Blessings to you for blessing sick children.

IBQUILTIN

God Bless you for all your dolls.

wordpaintervs

thanks for those precious comments on the dolls.

God Bless you all.

do let me know if you have knowledge of a VERY sick child

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MargeD

What great dolls - you are doing a great job for sick kids.

Brandi

Those dolls are so cute and such a good idea. Where did you find the pattern?

Sandrea

Gosh Vicky, you are doing such a wonderful thing for sick kids. Your dolls are so cute. You do a fantastic job on them. So nice of you to give of your time for such a good cause. I know that God will richly bless you for all your efforts. He has already blessed you with the talent He gave you for such a purpose. Hugs to you, Sandrea

Caswews

Oh Vickey- You do such a wonderful job and just are a precious person !! thank you for all you do !!

wordpaintervs

originally I got down on my hands and knees on the rug and with the local paper and a sharpy pen, drew out the doll pattern, plus tops and pants for boys and dresses for the girls (2 each since the girls are upside down or 2 in 1 girls). Now I get size 12 month clothes for the boys (only long pants as legs are 'clubby') at half off at thrift stores or via donations. I dearly love to see the boys in overalls. Each boy turns front to back to show a sleepy face. Now I make cloth templates for the bodies and cloth dress templates for the girls. It takes a yard and a half for each dress. It takes 1 yard for girl dolls and 1 and 1/2 yards for body bodies. All dolls are free including postage, so I cut corners where I can. I depend on donations to get the dolls mail out and have a non-profit bank account titled DOLLS FOR SICK KIDS at the local tri-counties bank in my town of Crescent City, CA. So far 155 dolls are sent out to a child in serious need of comfort. A postage free 'template set and instructions' are available to those that want to make their own doll for a very sick child. That is a stipulation, and if you want to make more then one, that is frosting on the cake. My newest goal is 200 total, and will continue on as long as I can. I have only 34% of my lungs and require O2 all night and sometimes in the day, but at least I am walking talking breathing and can sew. here is the web site for the dolls that Sew_tracy is hosting for me.
www.dollsforverysickkids.com

thanks so much and hope I have answered any questions you might have. I sure appreciate all the encouragement you send my way and the love you have for these sick kids. God bless each of you.

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