rag doll making

[JoseyJo]

I thought I'd like to try this, and have found some lovely unusual patterns on sale in the US. They are probably very ambitious for a beginner (!) but I'd love to find some similar I can buy in the UK and have a go at. The ones I really like are, I think, called folk art dolls. One company which make some I really like are www.catandthefiddledesigns.com who do epatterns so I could try to get one that way, but I wondered if there was anyone selling something similar in the UK?
Also, does anyone know of a good free pattern (any sort of ragdoll) I can get online which I could maybe try to begin with. I also like the idea of trying to make a flip-flop doll (or topsy-turvy doll?) as use to love them when I was little. Again the only pattern I've found online is at the cat & fiddle site, so if anyone knows of a UK pattern I could find, please let me know.
Are there many doll makers on this site? Thanks, Jo

[silvermaid]

They have some nice patterns here
http://www.ragdoll-fairy.co.uk/html/..._patterns.html
and it looks like there are lots of free patterns here
http://www.allcrafts.net/dolls.htm#clothdolls

Melanie

[Caroleecrafts]

I make rag dolls, they tend to be monochromatic usually in calico, they have sold quite well in the past but sell them 'not as toys'.

[Steffi]

These are a few free patterns that I have come across

http://anniescupboard.blogspot.com/2...ggedy-ann.html

http://lilliemaes.blogspot.com/2009/...-tutorial.html

http://www.seedesew.com/search/label/tutorials

I know that there others I just can't think of them at the minute

[Bev Stayart]

Why don't you try to make your own pattern? That's what I have always done. You can be as creative as you want to be and it will be uniquely yours.

[JoseyJo]

Thanks for those tips and links. The tutorial on the sewdesew site could be very helpful when I come to try. I do fancy making my own designs, but I'm not sure I'd know where to start unless I had made one from a pattern first - goodness knows what proportions I'd end up with!!
Jo

[sewtobed]

I have an old Jean Greenhowe (I think!) book which has lots of rag doll patterns in including a topsy-turvy doll.

You're most welcome to it if you'd like it.

I'm off on holiday tomorrow (for a week or so) so if you are interested PM me and I'll dig it out when I get back