A PINS-AND-NEEDLE DOLLY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 11 July 1925, Page 17

A PINS-AND-NEEDLE DOLLY.

Perhaps it will be a puzzle to guess what a puns-and-needle dolly can be. Well, when you make the doll, instead of giving her any legs you just sew two pieces of white flannel to her body, one piece to hold pins and' the other needles. First make the doll’s body by cutting two oblong pieces of material. Sew them together all except one end, and then stuff the bag thus formed with cotton wool, bran, or clippings. Then sew up the remaining end. Tie some cotton tightly’ round one end to make the head, and then with coloured silk mark in a pretty little face. _ The hair can be black darning wool stitched across and across. The arms are thin pieces of wood (match sticks will do) or pieces of hat wire. Cover with silk and attach to the doll’s body. All that remains to be done is. to make a wide silk dress in some artistic colour, gathering it up under the arms of the doll. A little bonnet is made to match, finished with a- loop o.f ribbon for hanging up. Sew two pieces of white flannel with “nicked” edges under the skirt to the doll’s body, to be furnished with pins and needles. A piece of ribbon is tied round the neck in a bow for a finish, or else a short length of flower trimming, which is allowed, to trail down one side of the frock.