Having made the jointed Dragon Baby, I decided to try making a jointed Waldorf type doll. I used the pattern for “Minnie” in Karin Neuschütz’s great book, “Sewing Dolls.”

I used internal plastic safety joints for the Dragon baby. This pattern called for leather or fabric “buttons”. The “buttons” are used on the outside of the joint to help fix the heavy duty thread that joins the joints to the doll’s body. I had some very thick wool felt that was almost the same color as the doll’s skin so that what I used.

Here’s the wool felt “button” I used for the shoulder joints

The doll in the book looks like a toddler. My doll is much leaner, definitely a school age child.

And I tried another “first” with this doll. I “pinched” the her knees and elbows to give a more defined looking joint.

i’m glad I tried out this pattern. It didn’t turn out to look like the doll in the book, but that’s just fine. I like this doll just as much.