When I see the word ornate I think of the dolls I used to make as fundraisers for Amma’s humanitarian projects. I wonder when, and if, I will start making them again!
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Very ornate! I used to make cloth dolls too but nothing like yours, mine certainly weren’t ornate.
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Homemade doll of all kinds are special!
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Wow – that’s amazing. What kind of materials are they made out of?
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Many different materials….. among them ribbon, various types of beads and threads, fabric, wool, and trim.
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Super unique. Thanks for sharing!
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I love these! They almost make me want to take up crafting, and that’s saying a lot.
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🙂
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awwwww…I think I may be in possession of one of your Kali dolls. She came to me a couple of years ago thru a friend (Melody) who was at the Sai Baba ashram in Crestone CO. A woman she didn’t know came up to her with a little beat-up doll (dirty, torn dress, some hair missing, etc) and said something to the effect: “You’ll know what to do with this.” Puzzled but acquiescent, Melody brought it home to Iowa and when she stayed at my house a few months later, had the intuition to bring it with her.She repeated the instruction “You’ll know what to do with this – do you know what it is?”I just gawked and tears came to my eyes. I had wanted one of these little Kali dolls for so long. . . .I snuggled her into my Amma doll’s arms and took her to the next Amma venue that year – straight to Iswari and Sudamayi at the doll hospital.She was lovingly restored and returned with new hair, new clothes and unbroken jewelry. She resides in a place of honor on my puja table. Wanted to share with you as the photos of your dolls brought up the memory of her “coming home” to me. LoveAditi
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Aditi….. It looks like you wrote two versions of your story and both were published. Which version did you mean to have as a comment? I don’t think you meant to have both of them here, did you?
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Very cool!
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Good job!
janet
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Thanks!
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