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I have loved dolls, sewing, floral arrangements, and crafts since I was a little girl. I was always making or sewing something and always wanted to design my own dolls. Finally, I was able to do so by creating Linda Walsh Originals and designing my own doll patterns.

My passion is for the fashions of the Victorian Era and I would have to credit my grandmother for that. When I was a very young girl she gave me a very old print of Godey’s Fashions for August 1870 that belonged to my great, great aunt Flossie (see the picture below). I was captivated by the dresses and from that moment on I was hooked.

In fact, sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. From that moment I wanted to make beautiful Victorian dolls and create my own Victorian doll patterns. If you click on any of my Victorian doll pattern pages you will see that my Victorian “Lady” dolls are all faceless. Why are they faceless? I made them this way because I wanted each to have its’ own distinctive personality. My feeling is that faces overwhelm the dolls personality and, therefore, have a greater impact on her personality. I wanted the clothing, hair, accessories, color scheme, etc. of the period to determine the personality of the doll.

In our family most of the women think the Victorian Dolls should be faceless, while the men think they should have a face. For those of you who are doll history buffs, many cultures over the years have made “faceless” dolls as they believed that faces contributed to vanity and a “faceless” doll showed that beauty truly lies within. I hope you enjoy making my Victorian “Lady” doll s and hope you agree they should be "faceless."

I have also been a genealogy buff all my life and wanted to find a way to honor some of my family’s ancestors so I decided to name most of my patterns after them. Hopefully, somewhere they are smiling.

I don’t think I've met any woman who doesn't still carry a soft spot in her heart for the favorite doll she had as a little girl. I know I do. My problem is that I've never seen any doll I didn't love. For me, I love all dolls. New, old, seasonal dolls, primitives (the uglier the better), Raggedy Anne and Andy, it doesn't matter. So, I designed a wide variety of different doll patterns, as well as some craft patterns. My doll patterns are designed for all those grown-up girls who are still little girls in their hearts. My dolls are meant to be loved and displayed as decorations by grown-up girls in their homes and are not intended as toys or products for use by children. My doll and craft patterns range from easy for beginners to difficult for the advanced seamstress who wants a challenge.

My Linda Walsh Originals doll patterns include: Victorian doll patterns, Victorian Raggedy Ann and Andy doll patterns, primitive doll patterns, primitive Raggedy Ann and Andy doll patterns, colonial doll patterns, country doll patterns, snowmen patterns and snow-lady patterns, bridal doll patterns, scarecrow patterns, witches and ghost patterns, Frankenstein patterns, angel patterns, graduation doll patterns, Santa patterns, pilgrim doll patterns, baby doll patterns, woodland doll patterns, little boy doll patterns and multiple craft patterns.

The Victorian “Ladies” are faceless but, the rest all have faces. Some of the faces are drawn, some are painted on, and some are embroidered on.

All of my doll patterns are available as either print patterns, Instant Downloadable E-Patterns or Emailed E-Patterns. What’s an E-pattern? It’s just an electronic version of a print pattern sent via email or instantly downloaded by you on our website. Please click on E-Patterns for more information on my E-Patterns.

I also have an E-Catalog which contains pictures of all my doll patterns as well as their print pattern price and E-pattern price. My E-Catalog is a .PDF file that is available for you to download and read using Adobe Acrobat. It is available on my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website under E-Catalogs.

All of my patterns come in a plastic reseal-able bag and contain a digital photo on the front cover, listing of supplies on the back cover, written instructions, diagrams, and individual pattern piece sheets. The instructions and diagrams are written so that you can follow them in steps, one after the other, from start to finish. The pattern piece sheets are all individual full size pattern sheets. Please click on Pattern Examples for more information.

All of my doll patterns are classified as to their degree of difficulty. There are three levels which are as follows: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Each classification has a symbol which is shown on my Pattern Classification’s page and each pattern is now labeled as to their degree of difficulty with the appropriate symbol. If you would like to see a complete list of all my patterns and their respective classification and symbol. Please visit my Pattern Classification’s page.

 Also, I now offer FREE patterns and FREE craft, sewing, or small business related articles. Please visit my The Best FREE Crafts Articles blog for all the FREE Articles I have written and visit my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website for all my FREE E-Patterns. I hope you enjoy the FREE e-patterns and FREE articles.

In 2011 I created my "It's Raining Baby Showers" website and "It's Raining Baby Showers Gallery" to help you with decorating and gift giving for an old-fashioned baby shower. I just LOVE baby showers and LOVE decorating for them. I hope you do, too!

There's a lot to learn about us. If you'd like to know more about us and all our blogs please visit our Linda Walsh Originals Information website. We have a lot to offer all the "grown-up girls" just learning to sew to the more experiences seamstress who wants a challenge. Plus, we offer tons of information on our blogs for fellow crafters, doll artists, designers, bloggers, and artisans. If you love making dolls and crafts as much as I do I hope you will enjoy my doll and craft patterns. My hope is that you enjoy my patterns as much as I enjoyed designing them.

Many of my handmade doll designs are available for purchase as home decorations for grown-up girls on my Linda Walsh Originals Dolls website. Plus, my Linda Walsh Originals Dolls website also contains handmade dolls & crafts that I have made from other designers patterns which are also available for purchase as home decorations for grown-up girls.

Thanks for visiting my website.

Linda Walsh