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From: Sancin
Date: 06-13-2005, 02:30 AM (1 of 16)
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Hi all I will try this route as nothing has turned up on web searchs. I am looking for a topsy turvey doll pattern. She is asleep on one side and flips over to be awake - is about 12-14" in size and has articulated arms. She has a sweet face that is in three pieces giving her some depth. These three pieces are the key. There is a lot on the web but tend to have very simple faces or are mystical. The face on the one I am looking for is the face of a doll I had as a child and on one I made my daughter but they weren't topsy turvey dolls. I got my pattern from a doll maker, but my mother got hers from the newspaper and I have an ~ 12 year old newpaper pattern article and defunct address (Crafts to Sew - Scarborough Ontario) that has been tacked to my bulletin board for years. Any help will be appreciated. Nancy  
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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From: Hogmami
Date: 06-13-2005, 09:59 AM (2 of 16)
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Try Keepsake quilting or Correcting Threads. I saw one in their catalog a couple of months ago.
Carolyn
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User: Hogmami
Member since: 09-30-2004 Total posts: 800 
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From: joannequilts
Date: 06-13-2005, 10:05 AM (3 of 16)
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http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_kid_crafts/article/0,,HGTV_3256_1369448,00.html http://members.tripod.com/barbscraftbooks/cloth_doll_patterns.htm http://www.sewfunpatterns.com/DollPatterns.html |
User: joannequilts
Member since: 12-22-2000 Total posts: 3070 
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From: Sancin
Date: 06-19-2005, 12:44 AM (4 of 16)
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Thanks - not quite what I was looking for. I will continue to search and if anyone else spies this thread and has an idea, let me know. Nancy *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895
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From: Janice Duerr
Date: 06-25-2005, 11:03 AM (5 of 16)
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Here are a couple links for the topsy turvy doll patterns: http://showcase.netins.net/web/dollpatterns/Patterns_TTurvey.html http://www.clothdollsupply.com/past.html Janice in Harbor Beach, MI |
User: Janice Duerr
Member since: 03-27-2004 Total posts: 2 |
From: Emmy
Date: 06-25-2005, 11:09 PM (6 of 16)
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Hi all I am looking for a topsy turvey doll pattern. She is asleep on one side and flips over to be awake - is about 12-14" in size and has articulated arms. She has a sweet face that is in three pieces giving her some depth. These three pieces are the key. Hi Here's a link that has a few topsy turvey dolls http://www.clothdollsupply.com/past.html I don't recall one exactly like that, but there might be another doll with the face, and you could combine that head, scaled up or down, with one of the tt doll patterns sold there. There are a few, but you have to search for them, they are not indexed and they are not all called topsy turvey, there is another name for them. I had a tt doll as a child and made one for my daughter too. Good luck! Emmy 
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User: Emmy
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From: Sancin
Date: 06-26-2005, 12:51 AM (7 of 16)
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Janice and Emmy -What wonderful sites! Thank you so much. I think the Laura Wheeler dolls are what I am looking for. On looking at these patterns and pictures I wonder why I quilt and sew as I have made a number of dolls, in fact learned to sew making my own doll clothes and love the feelings when something 3 dimensional comes out of flat paper and fabric! Nancy *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895
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From: MaryW
Date: 06-26-2005, 07:04 AM (8 of 16)
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A reader from one of my tip a day newsletters sent this in. There are a lot of sites selling these patterns. Here is one, http://www.gailsdollpatterns.com/Patterns_TTurvey.html I hope this helps you. They are rather unique looking dolls. Jameela in Qatar MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: Sancin
Date: 06-26-2005, 08:25 PM (9 of 16)
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Thanks, Mary and Jameela: It is interesting that this site is the same site as Janice's recommendation -http://showcase.netins.net/web/doll...ns_TTurvey.html I think the the mysteries of the internet will always remain a mystery to me! 
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895
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From: ymatlosz
Date: 07-15-2005, 01:50 PM (10 of 16)
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This eBay seller has a number of vintage patterns for these dolls: http://stores.ebay.com/Vintage-Doll-Patterns-and-Tranfers Yvonne |
User: ymatlosz
Member since: 07-15-2005 Total posts: 1 |
From: bren
Date: 07-30-2005, 09:32 AM (11 of 16)
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I was looking around on the net and just came onto this doll pattern made out of empty sewing spools...I thought someone might be interested in it ...there real cute. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,1789,HGTV_3352_1893074,00.html Bren:
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User: bren
Member since: 11-30-2002 Total posts: 489 
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 07-30-2005, 12:46 PM (12 of 16)
Thanks, Bren, I have a lot of spools that I have been saving just because I couldn't bear to throw them away.. I was going to try to remember how my DGrM used to make spool dolls for me, now I have instructions for a very cute one that will appeal to several little girls I know.. Thanks a million ! ! 
Sew With Love
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User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: bren
Date: 07-30-2005, 02:10 PM (13 of 16)
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Hi Libby... that makes me glad I posted it !!! enjoy...I may try one myself.
Bren:
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User: bren
Member since: 11-30-2002 Total posts: 489
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From: Sancin
Date: 07-30-2005, 05:57 PM (14 of 16)
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Thanks from me as well Bren! Not exactly topsy turvy I was looking for but like this idea. I had lots of spools and pill bottles I put out at my last garage sale and they were grabbed up very quickly for sunday schools and play schools. However, much to the disapproval of others, I like Coats threads so do have more accumulating!
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 08-01-2005, 01:02 PM (15 of 16)
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I like Coats thread also.. Its my machine that chews it up.. I just had to quit using it except for "Old Faithful".. (my singer 221 antique)...
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022
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From: acdngydr
Date: 08-14-2005, 10:57 PM (16 of 16)
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I have a topsy-turvy doll cut out and ready to sew, and bought enough fabric for 3-4 more -- and that was about 5 years ago! I don't remember why I never finished them, but thank you for the reminder -- that will be my next project! (p.s. my pattern was in a magazine - the photocopy no longer shows the name of the magazine, date or issue |
User: acdngydr
Member since: 08-14-2005 Total posts: 8 
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