Shoulder bags
It’s wonderful for a doll to have a shoulder bag filled with spare clothing, and we have a number of shoulder bag designs which you can experiment with. Click on the heading to view and download our Shoulder Bag Designs.
Doll and Child Wraps
It is very nurturing for the child to wrap up a doll, and for this we suggest making a Doll Wrap. Children love to play out games of ‘real life’. Carrying a doll on their back is what their mother or older siblings do with a baby, and the Child Wrap is designed for this. Click
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Shire of Kalamunda media release: Uthando Dollmaking Exhibition
October 2013: The Shire of Kalamunda’s media release about the Uthando Dollmaking Exhibition at the Zig Zag Gallery.
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The Witness: Inspirational teen to share doll-making passion
August 2013: The Witness (a KwaZulu Natal newspaper) has an article about: Inspirational teen to share doll-making passion teaching underprivileged children. “Where most teenage girls give away their old bought dolls, Lesley Jung (14) has given away hand-crafted dolls that she makes herself from scratch…”
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How to make a doll
Read our guidelines Choose a pattern Join a Uthando group Send dolls to us!
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