Sew Inspired, LLC - Sleepless Crafter

I am a member of the facebook group “ Purely Primitive Dolls ,” with Barb Moore, author of the book “ Purely Primitive Dolls .”  She put on a challenge to follow her book, step-by-step and make an extreme primitive doll.  The only rules were to follow her instructions step-by-step, no skipping or cutting corners, and to document each step as we went along.  I accepted the challenge, and it really was a challenge.  Barb said to really put your emotions into it, so I decided to make a doll that represented me and all the pain I have been through.  I lost my mom to ALS two-and-a-half years ago, and now I have lost my two oldest daughters to my ex-husband who lives thousands of miles away. 

A few months ago I made my first Prairie Doll . She was made simple, faceless, and with not much “aging.” I have since then studied Primitive techniques and dolls, from Prims Magazines to facebook groups such as Purely Primitive Dolls, from Barb Moore’s book. So I “grundged” my first Prairie doll. I used a pattern I found from Happy Heart Patterns , which is SO much easier to follow and has better directions than the pattern from my first Prairie Doll. I stained the muslin using Rit dye before I cut out the pattern. I threw it in the dryer, then ironed out the wrinkles and went to work tracing the pattern onto the muslin. She turned out just lovely . . .