Meet Ruby

Do you ever fall for projects in a magazine and disappear down an unexpected route?   I did that with my rag doll.
My cousin had made a rag doll for her granddaughter, complete with a whole wardrobe of clothes.  What a good idea, I thought.  Then just as I heard about Christine's creation, I saw a pattern in the English Womens Weekly magazine.  Eventually I got the enlargement done and cut out the pieces.   And only then did I realise that I couldn't stitch this on the sewing machine and everything would need to be hand made.  

Slowly the pieces came together and she began to look like a doll.  The DBEM said she needed a name so I christened her Ruby.

Creating Ruby's head of hair - and what a boring process that is - took most of one afternoon.
Conclusions from this foray....

• Ruby will have only this one set of clothes; a dress, knickers and shoes.  The pattern called for pajamas and slippers and I did have notions of a raincoat and boots (ha ha)
• Ruby will never have a sibling.   I am sworn off making rag dolls!!!