My yard sale find today
 

I found these cute dolls at a yard sale this morning. The lady said she had bought them at a yard sale several years ago. I got to looking at them and I told the lady & my husband these are dolls that I had made 20+ years ago!
What are the odds of that happening? The lady I know her and she said since I had made them I could have them. They are in need of a bath and some clothes mending but I suppose some child along the way played with them and loved them.

What is the chance of that happening? So glad you got them back after so many years. Looks to me like they have been well cared for. Love Raggedy Ann and Andy.

Wow! What a special thing to have happened! They found their way home to you after all that time! Amazing! And they look almost brand new!

How wonderful!!!!

I hope the quilts I made for my grand finds their way back to me after her mom lost everything in a storage unite rental she didn't keep up with. I would be thrilled if I Knew they were taken care of by another little girl.

They are adorable!

what a wonderful coincidence

Love your story. I made Andy dolls for our three sons when they were little. One Andy doll didn't survive (too dirty to save). However, the other two sit in a rocking chair my husband made for the boys in our plant corner in the living room. "Boys" are now 48 and 50 years old. But, we enjoy the nostalgia. I hope you do also.

That's awesome! Feels so right. You other "kids" have come home.

My SIL made those for my now 40 year old son at birth. They have been passed along to two more generations. Great memories

Oh I too made these long ago. When i told someone I was making a doll for my son they looked at me like I was crazy.

It was meant to be.

That is incredible coincidence! I'm so glad they found their way home. It looks like you used the same pattern I use for mine too, a McCalls pattern from the '70?

I don't think there is anything crazy with a small boy having a raggedy Andy doll.

What a nice story, love the dolls

I actually still have the original pattern for those. Every time I gather all the materials, I end up using the red and white stripe for something else! I also have a pattern that makes a 3’ rag doll, thatI made for my DDs when they were little, and made DDs matching outfits.

When I first read this I thought I read it wrong! What a nice coincidence, indeed!
I have 3 boys and they had cabbage patch dolls and also stuffed animals I made them. They loved them!
Native Texan, Really, some people have no imagination, right? :D

Wonderful. I call it silver threads that connect. Cute dolls.

What a great story!

I have made Raggedy Andy dolls for little boys and even made a curly, crochet wig for one Andy who had "lost" his hair. Naturally, the young man involved says he has no recollection of Andy. When Cabbage Patch kids were the rage in the early 1980's, our youngsters had the generic knockoffs. The male child had swim trunks, fleece sweatshirt and pants sets with team logos, etc. This man played tea party with his nieces a decade ago. The nieces were surprised this hunk who wrestled and played football knew how to play with them! Nothing wrong with using one's imagination IMHO.

Awww! Such a sweet story!

How precious! I can only imagine how you must have felt to realize, "Hey! These are the same dolls I made!" Too cool. Like it was meant for them to come back to you after all these years. So happy for you.

A boy with a doll will make a GREAT DAD! Love these..i used to make them too.

I love Ann and Andy, and have made a bunch of them. One Christmas I made Ann and two Andy's for my little girl and two little boys.

How cool that you ran into your own dolls! I have a similar story: When my boys outgrew their baby clothes, I sold them at a garage sale, due to space limitations and financial need. Years later, when shopping at a garage sale, I found a bunch of the clothes... some I'd dearly regretted letting go of. So I bought back my baby clothes and keep them for memory sake! I feel like I'd been given a second chance to keep them. :o