The story behind huggable cloth dolls with perky smiles and big eyes — modern-day cousins of Raggedy Ann and Andy — captured the heart of Maureen Ennis. The handmade dolls are given to children who ...

Inspired by her son’s wish for “a friend just like me,” Marty Postlethwait has comforted nearly 3 million children with ...

Not so long ago, I had a love affair with cloth doll making. I spent years burning the midnight oil, honing my craft as I discovered new and exciting techniques that resulted in whimsical little ...

STRONGSVILLE - When veteran crafter and Oberlin resident Kristen Sutcliffe set out to write a craft book for tweens, she knew that explaining how to embroider, sew and paint to beginners would be easy ...

WADSWORTH, Ohio — Jan householder is waiting on the pediatric floor of MetroHealth Medical Center . "Getting ready to give doll 70,000 to a special little girl, she told us. You heard that correctly: ...

The exhibit "Portraits of Childhood: Black Dolls from the collection of Deborah Neff," on view now, includes 135 handmade dolls and more contemporary dolls from The National Museum of Toys and ...

EUNICE, La. — Located on Highway 190, one mile past the Walmart, you will find Cajun Girls Corner. Owned and operated by Kindy Devillier, she is the craftswoman behind all the Mardi Gras decor inside ...

After his mother passed away, Fritz Peltonen is now in possession of her porcelain doll collection. She made most of these dolls by hand: In total, there are nearly 2,000 of them. Peltonen said he’s ...

REPORTER: SANDRA JAMES GOT THESE INCREDIBLE DOLLS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. THEY WERE LIKELY HANDMADE BY A TUBERCULOSIS PATIENT IN ALBUQUERQUE. SANDRA LOVED THEM UNTIL SHE GOT OLDER, AND PUT THEM IN ...