We wanted to make a rag doll but did not find a cool pattern and then decided to make a mermaid instead as we love mermaids.
Did not find a good pattern on the internet so I designed on and we worked on it and adapted it until it was working for us. We used hand sewing and machine sewing. I pinned and cut out the patterns. We did the thread for the hair and machine sewed it on. They are stuff with pillow stuffing and it works ok. We used a knitting needle to help get the stuffing in. Patience is required. The faces are hand painted and it took a few to get it right as the material sucks up the paint and makes it run which ruined a couple. Now we have the best technique and everyone who sees them wants one :)
They take a while to make but when I look at the internet ones I think our pattern is really cool and we defiantely learnt by our mistakes :)
Unfort we just get to keep the rejects ha ha ha and did not keep a photo of the best one!
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