#giant doll
Since I started with Andy, I thought I’d share a couple more cloth doll stories (warning, this is a longer post). This is starts as the story of Bedelia. She’s at least as tall as Andy, over 4 feet, and was handmade by her person’s great grandmother many years ago. But over the years, Bedelia had a lot of adventures and when her person wrote to me, she looked like this:
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We agreed that in Bedelia’s case, a spa was definitely in order, as well new hair (her person opted for all new) and eye repair.
Here she is in her spa (not the best photo, I know, but her person said “Awesome”):
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Here’s here heart being made and installed with a bit of her original stuffing:
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Here stay was a bit longer than expected, because it took some time to locate just the right color hair yarn, but finally she was ready to fly home!
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Her family wrote:
“She almost doesn’t look like the same doll, she looks so good!"
Now Bedelia’s stay at the hospital had coincided with that of a very small doll, named Rosebud, who is only 6 inches tall.
Rosebud had had many bodies over his life, and it was time, once again, for a new one as a new generation had decided to love him. Here is Rosebud’s original diagnosis photo:
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Rosebud wasn’t being recovered. He would get a new body, with a heart from his old stuffing and a touch of his old body (you can see the fabric in the inside heart photo). Here’s the heart being made:
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Here’s Rosebud with his new body:
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In addition to a new body, Rosebud got a separate, new blue jumper, which wasn’t removable but added an extra layer of protection to his body. Here he is all better!
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Rosebud’s little person was ecstatic when he got home! I saw the video and as his mom wrote “ He was beyond excited to have his buddy home and in new clothes and no more holes. “
Now some of you may be wondering… why didn’t you split up these two posts? why are they together? Well, as I mentioned at the start, they were in the hospital at the same time, and I couldn’t resist a photo of one of my tiniest patients (actually, probably the smallest doll) and one of my larger ones together. :-) Here it is for you all to enjoy:
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