I made a lot of this doll-I enlarged the pattern to different sizes to use up my scraps and made simple clothes. Silks would make wondefully touchable dolls.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070804193855/http://www.sewing.circleofcrafters.com/freeragdollpattern.html
I made some monster dolls sort of like these:
http://www.squidoo.com/makeuglydolls