| The Original Doll Baby Easy Fashions to Sew - 8 Mix & Match Outfits, Full-size patterns, Fibre Craft Materials Corp, 1984, 17pp plus attached patterns
Patterns and full instructions for making adorable clothes for the Doll Baby -- a Cabbage Patch clone doll created by Martha Nelson Thomas so that folks during the 1980s could make their own versions of the extremely popular but often hard to find and expensive toy.
Outfits to make include - "Sunday Best" dress and pinafore,
- Flower Garden dress and pinafore,
- play overalls and blouse,
- "Sleepy-Time" pajamas and cap,
- fur coat and hat,
- christening gown,
- boy's "Sunday suit" formal shirt and pants,
- boy's everyday pants and shirt.
In excellent condition with complete uncut patterns bound to center.
The Doll Baby Story
Kentucky native Martha Nelson Thomas is the creator of the Original DOLL BABY. She began making dolls as a child and says, "that's the way I played. I'd make the dolls and my sisters would play with them". Her mother, a seamstress, taught her to sew, and her three sisters and four brothers provided her with a deep understanding of the importance of fantasy in the minds of children.
Pursuing a career in art, Martha enrolled in the Louisville School of Art. During her senior year there, Martha created her first life-sized painted doll. From that first soft-sculpture doll, Martha began developing what is now known as her DOLL BABY.
Various features of her DOLL BABY have been developed over the years. Martha comments, "when I hit upon a nose that I liked, I stayed with it; and when the toes developed, I kept them.
Martha's philosophy about dolls is simple...they are meant to be loved, cuddled, slept with, and most of all, played with. She feels that too often we seem to forget that it is the child who gives life to the doll and not the reverse. |
