The story behind huggable cloth dolls with perky smiles and big eyes — modern-day cousins of Raggedy Ann and Andy — captured the heart of Maureen Ennis. The handmade dolls are given to children who ...

Turn an 18" doll into a "fashionista." Sew coordinating outfits quickly and easily. Author and designer Joan Hinds teams up with Nancy to sew a versatile collection of clothes for 18" dolls, each sewn ...

Shelly Figueroa isn't limited to what a handful of big-box retailers, with their racks of fluorescent-lit garments, decide Americans should wear. Instead, the Lake Oswego pattern designer makes ...

When Sandy Taylor was a girl, her whole family made doll clothes: her sister, her mother, even her father, who worked shifts at a factory. The Taylor sisters had Barbies, and those Barbies had dozens ...

Six years ago, Renita Yahara was given several large boxes of material from a friend. Yahara, of Elizabethtown, started searching online for a way to use the material that would help others. That’s ...

Life-long seamstress Betty Blanchard spent decades sewing out of necessity to clothe eight children. When her children were grown and embarking on their futures, the empty nester focused on making ...

As a young girl, Morgan Doane spent many hours crafting with her mom and styling Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake dolls. "I was a doll maniac," she said. "I had 7 million Barbies." Fast forward two ...

It’s Me-Made-May and sewist Marissa Friesen is joining thousands of creatives around the globe by wearing her handmade clothing every day in May. “It's kind of nice to see how most of my closet has ...

Little girl's gifts in minutes--sew a simple mix and match 18" doll wardrobe. Nancy and designer Joan Hinds create quick 18" doll clothes that are simple enough for beginning sewers. Learn to sew ...