This paper doll holds safety pins in the sewing room!

An old-fashioned paper doll for your sewing basket. She keeps the
bobbie pins together in one place! Go here to see more paper
 dolls for your sewing collection. Click to download the 
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       This little paper doll should be hung in your sewing room or on the mirror overlooking a bedroom dresser, wherever you keep your sewing basket, pins and needles. She may even look sweet hanging from the inside cushion of a sewing basket lid. She is the keeper of safety pins you see . . .

Supply List:

• pretty colors of fancy ruffled crepe paper
• tacky white glue
• yarn for hair
• ribbon for hanger
• hole punch
• white poster board
• safety pins
•  brown or black marker for the face
• colored pencils for the skin coloring
• lace trims

Instructions for Paper Doll:

1. Swipe and print out the pattern below.
2. Cut from it the drawn half doll from the printable.
3. Fold a piece of typing paper in half to trace around the pattern. Make sure to line up the folded edge of the paper with the center cut of the paper doll. This will give you one complete doll when you unfold the paper after cutting it out.
4. Now trace around your paper pattern on top of white, light weight poster board.
5. Use a hole punch to make the hole between the paper doll's fingers. This is where you may thread safety pins for the doll to hold. 
6. Cut pieces of ruffled crepe paper and glue these to the neck for the collar and waist for the skirt.
7. Draw a face on your doll for her features.
8. Use the colored pencils to color in the dress, face, slippers and skin.
9. punch a hole in the doll's head and tie on a ribbon to hang the doll from.
10. Glue on the yarn hair in any style you like