Little Rag Dolls For Texas!

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Little Rag Dolls For Texas!

 I have a friend who is involved with the Sons of the Republic of Texas and wanted to start an early Texas Trunk History! They were going to prepare trunks (large plastic bins) to be filled with toys from when Texas became an independent state, sometime in the 1830s. Other things would be included also to teach early Texas history.

So...my friend asked if I would like to make some little rag dolls to go in each of the trunks and of course I said, "Yes!" So I got busy making my patterns for little rag dolls dressed appropriately!

This was my first rag doll I made for the trunks. She turned out pretty cute but she was a big girl about 26" tall. I knew I would not make the rest of these little dolls so big as it would take me forever!

Here you can see the larger ones and they stand about 16" or so. I gave these girls some shoes and lots of pretty hair.

Here's one more big girl with blond pig tails and three little girls who are about 8" tall. Again look at their little hair. For me that was the most fun!

This is kind of a repeat of the girls. My fingers were tired but I do hope the little children like seeing my little rag dolls. I didn't want to be forgotten so I added my name label in the back of their dresses at the hem! I'm so special like that!

Hope you've enjoyed my little rag dolls!

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