The story behind huggable cloth dolls with perky smiles and big eyes — modern-day cousins of Raggedy Ann and Andy — captured the heart of Maureen Ennis. The handmade dolls are given to children who ...

WADSWORTH, Ohio — Jan householder is waiting on the pediatric floor of MetroHealth Medical Center . "Getting ready to give doll 70,000 to a special little girl, she told us. You heard that correctly: ...

Inspired by her son’s wish for “a friend just like me,” Marty Postlethwait has comforted nearly 3 million children with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND, Ohio — They are only 12 years old ...

Not so long ago, I had a love affair with cloth doll making. I spent years burning the midnight oil, honing my craft as I discovered new and exciting techniques that resulted in whimsical little ...

From a distance the dolls’ faces looked blankly pleasant. But closer inspection revealed painstaking work that created a nose’s bridge and the individual stitches that made up each eyelash that make ...

A handmade crocheted doll inspired by the viral inauguration meme of Sen. Bernie Sanders raised more than $40,000 for Meals on Wheels America when it was sold in an online auction Tuesday. The maker ...

In Yozgat, central Türkiye, 52-year-old Zehra Bağcı has been knitting handmade dolls to support children living without ...

What do dolls mean to you? It’s the question that curator and handmade doll maker Aiysha Sinclair is asking visitors to the Savannah Doll Show, her thoughtful new exhibition at the Beach Institute.