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Questions from the comments answered! Dogs eating button eyes, how to dry a 3′ rag doll, and more! It’s Raggedy Rescue Q & A 2!

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In this video, I’m taking some of your questions and comments and sharing what I can to hopefully help in your Raggedy Rescue adventure! All opinions are my own and I’m always happy to learn. If you have a question I didn’t answer, or a tip or trick, please leave it in comments.

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The dolls I don’t come from friends or local thrift shops I’ve purchased from shopgoodwill.com. Search “raggedy”
Depending on your preference, you can choose from a wide variety of doll stuffing. I suggest searching for “doll stuffing +content.” For example: “doll stuffing cotton”
Carbona Stain Devils Stain chart – which product to use on what kind of stain (including mildew!) https://carbona.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sd_new_chart.pdf
Safety Eyes – available with and without shank backs! I mentioned in the video that you can cut off the back, but if you’re specifically looking for an eye to glue on, you can buy them that way. You learn something new every day!
Amazon has a wide variety. You can also find doll eyes in much smaller quantities at your local craft store.
Embroidering on an already stuffed doll – this shows me embroidering a heart instead of an eye, but the technique is the same.

Raggedy Ann & Andy Pattern Tidbits:

I primarily use McCall’s Crafts Pattern 8377. The pattern is out of print but you can often find it on Etsy or Ebay. If you have sewing friends, it’s worth asking if they might have a copy. I’ve had several gems come my way from friends!
Other McCall’s Numbers for Raggedy Ann & Andy: 5499, 2447, 846, or 713 (10″, 15″, 20″ & 25″). The patterns include the doll pattern, clothing pattern, and instructions.
Simplicity pattern 8043* is in print and certainly less expensive in most cases, but I haven’t personally tried it yet. The clothes and dolls look almost identical to the older McCalls patterns. Simplicity owns McCalls now, but I do not know if their pattern predates the merger. If you’ve already compared the two patterns, please let me know.
The Raggedy Ann & Andy clothing pattern shown in this video is a vintage 3002 McCalls Sewing Pattern for 15″, 20″, & 25″ dolls. I found mine on Ebay.

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What do you do when a button eye is missing? How do you deal with rips in the face?

It’s the first Raggedy Rescue Q & A!

In this video, I’m taking some of your questions and comments and sharing what I can to hopefully help in your Raggedy Rescue adventure!

All opinions are my own and I’m always happy to learn! If you do it differently or have other advice, I’d love to hear about it.

Have questions I didn’t answer? Leave them in comments and I’ll help if I can.

As mentioned in the video, I primarily use McCall’s Crafts Pattern 8377. The pattern is out of print but you can find it on Etsy or Ebay. If you have sewing friends, it’s worth asking if they might have a copy. I’ve had several gems come my way from friends!

Other McCall’s Numbers for Raggedy Ann & Andy: 5499, 2447, 846, or 713 (10″, 15″, 20″ & 25″). The patterns include the doll pattern, clothing pattern, and instructions.

Simplicity pattern 8043* is in print and certainly less expensive in most cases, but I haven’t personally tried it yet. The clothes and dolls look almost identical to the older McCalls patterns. Simplicity owns McCalls now, but I do not know if their pattern predates the merger. If you’ve already compared the two patterns, please let me know.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions. ♥

Looking for a different video. Check out all of my Raggedy Rescues here!

I have a new page here on Sewhooked where I will be keeping a list of my favorite supplies. I listed the ones used in this video below, and you can see the full list here.