In a sweet score of seventies vintage joy, The Bobbin Mama's came into ownership of a large stack of cut+sew+stuff Sad Boy dolls. Our love for this childhood image has influenced our designs for the Summer 2010 line. Parts + pieces of Sad Boys show up on patches and in appliques. If your lucky like us and live on the shores of Lake Champlain, you can take a class this July in our cozy Craft Lounge to cut, embellish, and sew up your very own Sad Boy doll.
As a girl in the seventies, I would often tag along with my Nana on trips to the fabric store, a magical place full of fabrics, notions and endless possibilities. My favorite spot at the local fabric shop was the ever changing selection of "poor boy dolls" or cut, sew, and stuff dolls. I stitched up my very own "poor girl doll" with blue gingham skin, black mary-janes and yellow braids. I would pick through the patterns dreaming of stuffed elephants, teddy bears and musical instruments.
It was such a nostalgia trip to open up a box of glorious fabric donations (Thanks sew much Aunt Carmen!) and stumble across sheet after sheet of classic seventies pink + white gingham, rosy red cheeks, sweet black + white sneakers and that quizzical Sad Boy "smile". Living a modern existence of endless plastic dolls and action figures strewn across every floor, it was a fond childhood memory to recall my siblings and I playing with handmade hand-sewn toys.
The Bobbin Mamas have since cut and sewn and stuffed and stitched up many a Sad Boy doll for our shop. The first three, of course, went straight to the giddy hands of our children and are currently well loved couch buddies and floor pals. Other dolls have been lovingly hand-sewn for sale at our Etsy and Artfire shops, while some dolls still lie un-cut waiting for the next student to learn the skills, patience and joy that comes with the creation of their own "poor boy doll".
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