![]() ![]() ![]() I stuffed it & stitched up the hole I’d left for stuffing. I then attached hands, feet & head, then sewed front to back. ![]() Now I need a Snaperific poem to go along with him.įor the pattern, I drew out the shape I wanted then cut the hands, feet & head away from the body, cut those out of muslin and the body out of black adding seam allowance to all the pieces. One of my friends has suggested Voldie, Umbridge & the Malfoys as possible future candidates to be dammit dolled. I’ve left him with a, shall we say “blank” expression? (Read: I suck at faces.) I’ve seen Snape as a dammit doll before and decided to do one of my own. I’ve been feeling a bit… erm, craftipated, and decided on a simple & fun project that might help me get back on the crafty track. My original post on Craftster, January 27, 2007: What? Sometimes a girl has to vent her frustration! Of course, I can’t do that in an ordinary way, it has to have a fandom twist to it. Just grasp it firmly by the legs, and find a place to slam it,Īnd as you whack it’s stuffing out, yell, Here’s a little dammit doll you cannot do without, When you want to kick the desk or throw the phone and shout, I have made them for a couple of noders here.If you’re not familiar with Dammit Dolls, the idea is this: a basic soft doll with long legs to hold on to, usually accompanied by a poem that goes something like this: They are as fun to give as to get as fun little stress relievers. Type up this little poem and tie it around the doll's neck with the ribbon: I've seen some that have been knitted with intricate designs or made simply out of a sock. Now it's ready to decorate with accessories. Turn right side out, add stuffing,(don't over stuff it)and finish sewing up the opening. Place the wrong sides together and stitch around the edge leaving an opening to add the stuffing. Trace around the patterns with tailor's chalk. Fold the material in half and pin the patterns so the folded edges match. ![]() Then I repeated this step so that I had two identical patterns.Īfter gathering the materials and preparing two paper patterns, fold the patterns in half. I made the pattern out of a brown paper bag by folding the paper in half and tracing the shape I wanted. While there are a number of ways to create them mine are shaped like a gingerbread man. Cotton batting or similar material for stuffing.Yarn for hair, buttons for eyes, any accessories you might want to use to customize the doll.It takes about thirty minutes to make one, costs very little and are a true gift of time. This past Christmas one of the neighbor's daughter squealed with delight shouting I always wanted one of these!. He said I gave it to him some five years ago and it was one of the best payments he's ever received. I was surprised recently to see one in my doctors office still sitting on his shelf. Number Two Son and I have made well over forty of them over the years as gifts for friends, neighbors, teachers, noders and doctors. I liked it so much I borrowed it from her and made copies of it on the copy machine. The first one I saw was the one the school counselor at our elementary school running up and down the halls with. The origins of this doll is obscure like a story from traditions with an oral history they just seemed to appear in our community around 1988. The Dammit Doll is a cloth doll made from scraps of material from leftover sewing projects or sometimes if I'm in the mood to customize the doll I'll head to the nearest fabric store and check out their remnant bins. ![]()
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