Comfort Dolls - Scraps for Good
 

I had posted a topic called Scraps for Good, which talks to the Sew News project of making Comfort Dolls for battered women's shelters.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...d-t189233.html

Thought I would share a few of my small ladies before I ship them off to their new owners.

Nice of you to make these for the shelter. Do you not put mouths on them because women hesitate to talk about abuse??

I copied off the pattern and ready to make some dolls. What did you use to make the eyes? I'm thinking of trying a permanent marker. Hand embroidery is tough with arthritic hands and fingers. Am planning to send mine to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation along with the clothes I make for toddlers and stocking cap-bootie sets for babies. Thinking these dolls would serve as toys for the kids too.

Great way to get maximum benefit for your scraps! Dolls are really cute but simple. Thanks for your generosity, inspiration and for sharing.

To answer both Joy and Gladygirl - no idea about the lack of mouth - the originator of the pattern did not put one on. I am guessing it won't matter?

I used a permanent marker for the eyes. A Sharpie would probably work fine. Its not so much my fingers but my French Knots are just TERRIBLE! Its the one embroidery stitch I could never master....

Take a look at the blog or Flickr - there are a lot of dolls there and quite a bit of license taken.

Just a little note for anyone who may want to help with the dolls. Including even a small monetary donation to help with the postage is always welcomed, if you can. Having worked with numerous non-profits, postage is always a killer!!

How awesome, what a great project for such a needdy cause. thank you for sharing

What a great project! I don't know of anything like this here in the UK. Thanks for sharing

UK dolls
 

Hi, Maybe you could get one started! There are battered women everywhere, and I am sure there is a shelter in the UK.

Awe, so cute, and for such a good cause!

Kathy you are correct about starting a project in UK - Pat Winters started the Comfort Doll Project back in 2007 and it was taken on by Brenda Hutchings at SewNews I think in 2010. One person DOES make a difference! YEAH!

do you need scraps? I have buckets full of them pm me with your address

I looked all over and couldn't find the pattern. Can you post a link? I'm thinking this would be a cute idea for our Project Linus group. Thank you in advance.

I would love to help but like vickig I cant find the pattern.

Is there a link for the pattern?

sorry thought I had the link posted - duh! Here you go.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...pFFI37FP0WXFxg

or if you google 'Operation Comfort Doll - SewNews' the PDF will come up.

Thank you so much.. these are just too cute.

So sweet! Thanks for the link.

Thanks. looks easy enough.

Reginalovesfabric is very generously sending me scraps for the dolly dresses. If anyone needs some to make the dresses, please PM me and I will send to you. First come first served.

Regina - thanks so much for that!