Polly Anne, A Cloth Grandma Doll from the 1820s, 8 Inches Tall - A Design for my Pattern Business - Moss Hill Patterns Both Digital or Printed

Polly Anne, Cloth Grandma Doll

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I began creating the Polly Anne dolls after seeing one in a book of antique dolls. The charming original was from the 1820s and she’d been named Polly Anne after the grandmother in the early American family that cherished the doll. That original Polly Anne doll now resides in a museum in the eastern U.S.

 

Polly Anne is an 8-inch primitive doll, made with available fabrics in a few simple steps. She has a base that gives her stability when she stands. Her facial features are embroidered in a primitive style like the original. She wears a simple skirt, top, and a bonnet.

 

Little Bonnet Betsy, A Primitive Cloth Doll, 10 Inches Tall is a design for my pattern shop, Moss Hill Primitives - Both Digital or Printed

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It’s been said that the simple things in life often are the most loved, a saying that certainly applies to dolls. We know that the humblest of dolls, lovingly stitched together from whatever scraps of cloth were at hand, can be a child’s fondest treasure. 

 

Little Betsy represents this style of simple, handmade cloth doll where someone might have rescued material from the scrap bag to make a sweet doll. Her face is drawn in pencil and enhanced with a little ink. Even her under clothing is penciled onto her. She’s 10 inches tall and wears a skirt, a top, a shawl, shoes, and of course her bonnet!

Pansy Poppet, A Cloth Primitive Queen Anne Doll, 18 inches tall, designed for my pattern business, Moss Hill Primitives - Digital or Printed

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This pattern helps you create a doll that would have been treasured during the reign of England’s Queen Anne in the early1700s. Back then, dolls were popular playthings for children and adults alike. They were either wooden or cloth and often wore elaborate clothing in the style of the Queen Anne period.

 

“Poppet” is an old British term for a lovable child or a favorite doll. I call this doll “Pansy Poppet” because I’ve designed her facial features like those of other Queen Anne dolls, and she’s adorned with a painted pansy on her bodice.

 

Pansy Poppet is 18 inches tall. This pattern gives you instructions for making her head, body, arms, and legs, along with her face and hair. You also have patterns and instructions for her skirt, as well as her painted-on bodice, stockings and shoes. My poppet patterns have been featured in both Early American Life and Prims magazines in recent years.

Pierre Pierrot, A Primitive Cloth Doll, 15 inches tall, Designed for My Pattern Business, Moss Hill Primitives - Digital or Printed

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Pierre is based on the famous clown character Pierrot, popular in France and Italy going back to the 1500s. Since then, the Pierrot character has charmed audiences in plays and operas around the world, sometimes as a broken-hearted lover, sometimes as a witty joker, usually naïve yet often wise. And always appealing.

 

The traditional Pierrot costume is equally well known. The character is almost always in white clothing with black accents, the same as his clown-face makeup, and usually wears a pointed hat.

 

This Pierre doll is a primitive version of the Pierrot character. Pierre is 15 inches tall, not counting his pointed hat. This pattern gives you instructions for making his head, body, arms, and legs, as well as for creating his face. I paint these faces right onto the muslin with no underpainting at all. You also have patterns and instructions for Pierre’s shirt, pants, shoes, collar ruff, and hat.

Anna Jane ~ A Primitive Cloth Doll, 12 Inches Tall Designed for My Pattern Business, Moss Hill Primitives - Digital or Printed

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Anna Jane is a 12-inch primitive cloth doll of the type popular in America from the mid-1800s into the early 20^th century. These dolls were homemade and had hand-sewn clothing, and often were the most-loved dolls in the household. 

 

This Anna Jane pattern gives you instructions for making her head, body, arms, and legs, as well as for creating her face and hair. I paint these faces right onto the muslin with no underpainting at all. You also have patterns and instructions for her skirt and bodice, pantalets, petticoat, and shoes. I’ve given Anna Jane’s dress a dividing bias strip as a colorful embellishment.

Abigail, An 18th Century 12 inch Queen Anne Cloth Doll ~ Designed for my Pattern Business, Moss Hill Primitives - Both Digital or Printed

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Abigail is a Queen Anne doll in 18th-century clothing.

 

Queen Anne dolls are named for Anne, queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1707 until her death in 1714. During this period, carved wooden dolls dressed in period clothing became popular for children and adults alike.

 

This pattern helps you create a cloth Queen Anne doll. She wears a shift but no underwear, because women in the 1700s wore shifts plus many petticoats as undergarments. Underwear such as pantalets and bloomers became popular as late as the mid-1800s.

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My prototype of Pierre Pierrot has sold, but one can make one's own Pierre at my second Etsy Store.

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