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"Oh! It's so good to see you, dear little Red. My, you've grown. Wait here just a moment, I have to put away my knitting." (Pinches cheek)
"Okay, I'm back. Yes, it's VERY VERY good to see you, little girl. Come here. Give Gramma a biiiig hug." (Licking chops)
Hi, Everybody! Isn't this a hoot? A warm welcome to all first timers who are here via Knitty Bitty's Spring Board. It's Wednesday and that is my day to reveal what I made with the Spring Board pack! You've already seen the awesome handmade goodness and giveaways that were revealed on Monday and Tuesday, right? Be sure to visit to each Board Member's blog to get in on their fabulous giveaways all this week.
To sum up about the Spring Board concept: a group of creative bloggers each received a package containing two fat quarters, rickrack, a cotton doily, a square of unbleached cotton and a spring challenge: Imagine something up, make it, blog it and give it away!
So, you guys knew I was going to make a doll, right? When I saw the polka dot print, rickrack and the doily that settled it. Just perfect for a two-faced doll. I couldn't help myself, even though it will hurt to give her away.
Gramma is on one side, telling you to have another cookie, and Wolfie is on the other side, squeezing your arm to test for tenderness.
The doll was made using most of the items from the Spring Board stack, along with some odds and ends from my stash. Gramma's face is the unbleached cotton, with wool-blend felt nose and hair, safety eyes, and stitched details. I snipped the doily to make her shawl after I reinforced it with stitches so it wouldn't fall apart after snipping.
Her feet are some thrifted corduroy. There's the rickrack around the bottom of the dress.
On the wolfie side, the big blue safety eyes look kind of wall-eyed and a little crazed. Which I guess is pretty normal for a hungry wolf. Wolfie's face is made of some thrifted gray cotton and felt odds and ends.
Gramma Wolfie's arms (both sets) are appliqued felt. She's stuffed with polyfil. The only thing I didn't use was the green plaid print, which will be joining my stash for future creative endeavors.
It was a fun challenge and of course I enjoy bringing anything from folk tales to life. All she needs is a little Red doll to sit next to her. That's where YOU come in, my friend. Because if you make one comment below, you will be entered in the giveaway to win this Gramma Wolfie doll for your very own, and then you can challenge yourself to sew her up a little Red friend. Winner will be announced on April 18th!
It would be nice to hear what your favorite childhood doll was too. Mine? It was a tie between my oversize Raggedy Ann and my Heather doll (you remember Heather: best friend to Holly Hobbie).
Many thanks to Fabric Shoppe for sponsoring the event and providing the materials, along with some extra fabric! Be sure to visit her shop for some great fabric deals.
And get ready to see what Gussy Sews has to reveal tomorrow!
I love it! I Sewing a Red doll WILL be a huge challenge, but if I win this one, I will do it. Promise!
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What a hoot! I love what you did with what you are given.
ReplyDeleteLove it! I would love the challenge of sewing a little red! You always make such gorgeous things!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely brilliant! i totally love her...him...both! :)
ReplyDeletebest wishes, doro K.
very clever ! well done !
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I can't believe that's what you dreamed up when seeing a bunch of random supplies . . . amazing!
ReplyDeleteRachel @ Maybe Matilda
Saw the photo on Flickr (I Made it myself) and just had to take a look. Amazing! So much work has gone into this, it's really great.
ReplyDeleteI love it! As a preschool teacher, I love anything with a story attached. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteLarissa: I am not exaggerating when I say that I am amazed by your creativity! So cute! When I was little, my favorite doll was Betsy. She had a soft pink body with while polka dots and a hard plastic head complete with giant forehead. My family members seemed a bit afraid of her noggin, but I loved her as only a mother could. These days she lives in our guest room closet and she only scares me a little bit when I turn on the light and see her forehead shining down at me. Have a great day! Tricia
ReplyDeleteWOW! I dont know how Ive never heard of you but Im so glad I did today! Id LOVE to win this as Im a teacher in a few different areas and love to use visuals in the calssroom & also with my girls at home.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite doll as a kid? Hm.... probably my Cabbage Patch doll that my big brother(17 years older than me) bought me for my 4th bday...which also fell on Easter that year!
xo,
Sarah
That is an adorable doll. please enter me in your give away!
ReplyDeleteWowzers! That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteWay cute!! My favorite childhood doll was the.... My Buddy doll. You know, the one that ended up being dubbed Chucky in those super lame, wannabe horror movies? He was drug around by me from my toddler-hood until the time my little brothers took him in the backyard and took turns peeing on him. They were performing an exorcism.... good for nothing brothers.
ReplyDeletei love red riding hood - dressed up as her for halloween this year!
ReplyDeleteOK, please tell me that you are going to offer a pattern for this in your shop! Please. On my knees, please.
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome! Love the styling and everything. Super fun, fabulous job. This could start a whole series of two-faced dolls based on classic tales ;).
ReplyDeleteI loved dolls as a kid so I had quite a few interesting ones along the way. One of my favorites was the 'Feels So Real' doll. It had a metal skeletal structure inside of it so the baby felt like it had bones. Kind of sounds creepy typing it out, but it was actually a really cute doll haha.
Granny's face is amazing! I love the way the lines echo the face of the wolf. My mom's friend sewed dolls, and my mom commissioned one for for and one for my sister. She made the blankets, and my dad made the cradles.
ReplyDeleteSome people are just born so talented. I know that your sewing skills have been honed over much practice and probably many seam rippers but the artistic eye is truely a gift. Thank-you for sharing that gift with us who have none.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite doll was one of those with elastic on her feet that you slip over your own feet so that you could dance with her. Oh how I use to glide across the floor....
Wow! Love the Wolfe. Especially those eyes ;) Great doll...a doll even my boy's wouldn't mind playing with. I always wanted a Raggedy Ann doll growing up of my own. My sister had one and well lets just say it was off limits. Maybe that's why I love handmade dolls. I had two favorites my Snoopy doll and my Betsy McCall doll ♥♥ I still have them in a box. I could never seem to part with those two friends.
ReplyDeleteVery cute - my favorite doll was a Holly Hobby type doll that my aunt made for me that had my color eyes and hair and a pretty yellow dress. I have no idea what happened to her!
ReplyDeleteWOW! You are amazing. The doll is incredible. (or, the dolls ARE incredible?) LOL!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite doll was also an oversized Raggedy Ann. I'm told that I was afraid of her for years because she was bigger than me. And at some point, I abused the poor thing with magic marker "makeup."
Here's hoping that this wonderful doll never has to undergo a 5yr old's makeover!
How cute these dolls are - great job!! I have always loved my old raggedy ann and still have her sitting in my sewing room. She holds so many precious memories.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute doll! Red Riding Hood was one of my favorite stories as a child. My favorite doll was my Raggedy Ann who I still have. She's a little worse for wear but she's in her 40's so held up pretty well!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog so much! I just made the tooth fairy pillow for my daughter and she loves it. Will you be selling this pattern anytime soon? Please enter me to win the contest!
ReplyDeleteI remember my favorite doll, but it's been too many years ago to remember her name, or if she even had one. So fast-forward about 30 years to Jess's favorite, which was "My Baby Beth". I made many outfits for her out of scraps left from clothes I'd made for Jess. Beth and the outfits are still being played with today... no, not by Jess, but by my granddaughter. :) And I'm now making doll clothes for Courtney's own doll, Ava. (Click on the "sewing" tag on my blog sidebar if you're interested.)
ReplyDeleteYour "Granny-Wolf" is AWESOME!! Who but you would've come up with an idea like that! Love it!!
This is soooo cute! I can imagine myself using it as a prop when reading "Little Red Riding Hood" to the little ones.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite dolls from my childhood is a tie between Bert & Ernie and Raggedy Ann & Andy (which I still have -- although Bert is missing his shirt).
Thanks for the inspiration!
what an adorable doll! i love it! i would love to win it and then be able to make the "little red friend".
ReplyDeleteThis is truly a work of art. I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! My favorite dolls when I was little were Cabbage Patch dolls. I had about 5 of them and it was so much fun to play family with them!
ReplyDeletelarissa! this is amazing!! i love what you created. love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea. So Cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, seeing this post made me squeal... I used to have a wolf/grandma doll when I was a little girl, it came from my grandma... I no longer have it and often think about it... I haven't seen another until YOUR post... Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis doll is ABSOLUTELY ADORBS!! I can only imagine how much fun my girls and I could have playing with this. Gramma Wolfie would givve new meaning to the bedtime story!! AWESOME!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea! I'm going to sew up a few - one for each granddaughter - and give it to her with a copy of the book. Love your blog - so glad to have found you.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have one favorite doll - I loved them all and treated them equal as if they were real live friends.
Me encanta! Larissa you are very creative! I love your blog because I always find nice things to get inspired from. I didn't have a lot of dolls as a child, we were very poor in Mexico and maybe that's why I like them so much now that I'm an adult. I can't tell you which was my favorite doll. But I know that I always stayed with the desire to have a real Barbie, since I just had the stiff imitation ones.
ReplyDeletethat is absolutely too cute! what a creative idea! Here's to hoping I win :)
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That doll is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever use of the materials - love that doll!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite doll as a child was a knit (or crocheted?) over-sized Raggedy Ann doll that met an untimely end when our VW van caught on fire...
Okay, so wonderful and clever! I just love this.
ReplyDeleteGasp! I love LOVE this, Larissa!
ReplyDeleteYou gave them such perfect faces!!!!
hugs from Brazil!
This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! What a creative idea :)
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what a wonderful doll!
ReplyDeletei loved cabbage patch dolls when i was little
ReplyDeleteThat is so amazing! I love the multiple personality feel to the doll... I'd love to give the hood a try!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job on this doll! I would love to win this for my little girl.
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed,
Melissa B.
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www.minimomentsoflife.blogspot.com
What a wonderful doll! My favorite doll when I was little was my Hollie Hobbie doll that my mom made me. She also made me a matching outfit with a bonnet. I also loved My Friend Mandy. Anyone remember those?
ReplyDeleteFor serious?? Could you be any more full of the amazingness?! LOVE what you came up with! You inspire me with your designs. Every time. My favorite doll growing up was my big teddy bear. Freddy The Teddy, or FTT for short. He went with me everywhere,and I still have his poor deflated threadbare body in my closet because I can't bear *ha...punny* to part with him. I keep hinting to my husband that I would LOVE to have him magically restuffed and restored for my birthday/Christmas/Mother's Day/Anniversary gift to no avail. Maybe some day. :)
ReplyDeleteTeehee! Such a stinkin cute doll. Grandma is beautiful, actually, and I love Wolfie's claws. SMILE ATTACKS! What an awesome, awesome creation.
ReplyDeleteGENIUS! I love your blog and I love this doll. I had a lot of little boys around growing up so non of my dolls survived GI JOE and Transformer attack long enough to really love them. I recieved a lot of hand me down Barbies but they always had chewed up feet and bad hair cuts. I'm trying to make up for it now. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThis one might be my favoritest yet, and just the right companion for 'Hallowheezie' I think. A black cat probably could handle a multiple personalitied friend...
ReplyDeleteThis is so great, Larissa. I love the little details like Gramma's glasses and the wolf's teeth. You've done it again, you genius crafter, you!
ReplyDeleteWow, amazing in such a short time you created magic! My favourite toy was a doll in her own suitcase with clothes and accessories( I still have that doll many moons later) and intend making clothes for her again- sadly she is all that remains of a fabulous childhood gift!
ReplyDeleteLorraine
Okay--that's about the cutest thing, ever! Such a creative take on the materials provided! My childhood doll was a Ragedy Ann. I loved her painted on heart and the music box in her back.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable!! I so "heart" your doll. You are so clever and talented. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteLarissa, you really outdid yourself! It is so clever and cute! I didn't know you were going to do a doll, but I knew whatever you did would be soooo cute! And I was right!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite dolls (I had a lot of favorites! I loved dolls!) were the Raggedy Ann and Andy set my mom made for me, my Chrissy doll with the growing hair, and my Baby Alive that ate, drank, peed, and pooped!
Please pick me!
That doll is so awesome!! How creative!!
ReplyDeleteI had a Little Orphan Annie doll that I just loved when I was little!!
your doll brought back a flood of memories of one of my favorite dolls. It was believe it or not a Red Riding Hood Doll...The top had Red and then if you flipped it over and her dress went up (down) it would cover Red and reveal a two faved doll grandma on oneside and the wolf on the other. Grandma wore a night cap this covered the wolf until it was time for the wolf to come out and then he wore the night cap and covered grandma's....I kept that doll with me (on every move from the US to Germany to the US to Germany back to the US) until I was 15 and then had to leave almost everything behind in a move.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing what you made it was so nice to spend sometime in my past.
Oh so cool! I love it! You do such wonderful work!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these are adorable. My favorite doll was Josefina--named after my favorite uncle Josef.
ReplyDeleteYes, I would provide a happy home for your grandma/wolf creature.
Thanks for great giveaway!
Lucie (Lucka73601@gmail.com)
Just great! My mum made dolls for a little while, but I don't remember having one. I do remember my Tiny Tears doll though, you could make her pee!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute doll--if it came to live in my house my daughter and I would be fighting for it! Maybe if you came up with a pattern it would be better. . . .I know, I know. Add it to the list!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite dolls when I was little were my Raggedy and Andy dolls. I still have them in all of their 70's retro glory. The Ann was definitely more well loved than the Andy doll. Her hair is a mess and mostly detached from her head, but I still have a pleasant wave of nostalgia wash over me whenever I run across her.
Love it! That is so creative!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, I had a stuffed pink dog with long black ears, whose front paws were connected together so that I could slip it over my wrist and hug it all night without losing it if I let go. I still have him. Never want to let him go!
How clever and very fun! I had a Chatty Cathy that I liked a lot when I was a child and a Raggedy Ann that was actually a P.J. bag that was pretty floppy without the pj's stuffed inside.
ReplyDeletethat's a lovely doll. I only watch your blog and don't comment, but this time I had to :):)
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic work ;-)
This is just genius! Love how you used the different items. My favorite doll was my cabbage patch kid named, Dahlia :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative use of your materials! I love this. I didn't play with dolls a whole lot as a child, but there is one doll that my mother kept & she now resides in my home with my children, so that's very special to me. To see my children using something from my childhood.
ReplyDeleteOhhh my what a cute doll!! Adorable! My favorite doll was called Baby Magic. She cried real tears, or was it Drowsy...or maybe Laura or Barbie or skipper or Tammy .... I can't pick a fave. I grew up in the '60's when girls played with dolls until they were at least 12! Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane this morning!
ReplyDeleteThat is the cutest thing ever! : )
ReplyDeleteGrowing up I was never really a doll girl. I did however have dozens of stuffed animals, I still have some too! : )
Oh my gosh - this is the cutest! My kiddo is a major Red Riding Hood fan - she would lose her mind if this came to live with us!
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing such an amazing giveaway!
Emily
That is so amazing! I love it! My favorite doll as a kid was a sock doll my aunt made for me. I can't wait to start making things for my new niece, now...
ReplyDeleteMost brilliant doll ever!
ReplyDeleteYou doll is so wonderful! I loved my Bonnie Braids Doll the best. Yes, I'm very old.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I love it!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite childhood doll was a Gerber baby doll I got the day I was born. She went everywhere with me and still sits on my bed at my dad's house.
ReplyDeleteI love the doll you made. It would be a great addition to my classroom's Little Red Riding Hood Unit.
Wow- fabulous job! When I was a little girl, my favorite doll was one my mom sewed that had two heads and no legs- I'm sure there's a name for it but my brain is jello lately.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
i love her/him!! what a great dollie, and you are so creative!!
ReplyDeleteso cute! i would love to win. kate(_)lanahan(at)hotmail(dot)com.
ReplyDeleteSo creative! I love it!
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You're genius! This is simply amazing!!! And to think that some lucky person is going to win it!!!! :D
ReplyDeleteThis is so adorable and creative. I can't believe you made it. I need to jump on the crafting train myself.
ReplyDeleteThis is SO cute! I didn't have a "favorite" doll as a child...maybe a cabbage patch doll?! Lame!!! But now that I have a daughter, I SO VERY MUCH LOVE, LOVE, LOVE dolls! Especially handmade ones!!!
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I run a dayhome and this would be such a fun way to tell the story to all my toddlers! I love things like this- wish I had your talent :)
ReplyDeletethat is so stinking cute! so sooooo orginal and perfect. my little girl would LOVE that.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing!
This is adorable! My favorite doll was a hard plastic big girl doll, like an American Girl doll, only the cheap version. I wonder what happened to her.
ReplyDeleteOooooh, fun. So modern retro and classic all at the same time. I'll take it!
ReplyDeleteI did not play with dolls, never liked them, but now have 6 kids. Go figure.
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They are awesome! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteOh My Goodness.....how cute.
ReplyDeleteAlot of work goes in your projects. That monkey is absolutely the cutest thing ever.
I love it. I may just have to challenge myself and attempt a two face doll soon.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite doll was a Little kiddles pocket size doll.Love your little red.Hope you make up the pattern for your shop.
ReplyDeleteYour doll is so cute. I love what you made with your packet of fabric. My favorite doll was a pink stuffed doll with a plastic face. She was great for hugs.
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