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Pattern to Make Soft Sculpture Body for Bean Butt Baby (BBB) Cabbage Patch Kid

Soft Sculpture Body for 12" BBB

Pattern and Instructions for a replica body for your 12” BBB Cabbage Patch KidsTM

**No longer available on etsy or ebay due to copyright issues. Please contact me for questions.



Introduction

 If you have a Bean Butt Baby (BBB) that needs a new body, it is easy enough to make one with this pattern.  The pattern pieces are for the body only.

 You cannot use just ordinary knit fabric.  Trust me, I’ve tried.  You will not get the same look as a Cabbage Patch KidTM.  Jersey knit stretches a lot; therefore, your doll will be a lot bigger than the pattern.  You have to use an interlocking 100% polyester fabric.  Joann’s Fabrics and Walmart sell something similar, but it is stretchier than the original CPK fabric and snags easily.  The original Cabbage Patch KidsTM were made with a fabric called Windsor Comfort.  The factory was called Atlanta Fabrics, based in Atlanta, Georgia.  In the 80’s when the craze began, billions of yards of fabric went out from this factory.  Unfortunately, the factory is now closed.  Fortunately, Dolskin fabric (similar to Windsor Comfort) is now available in my etsy shop!

 Be sure to follow me on facebook (cpkdiana) and my blog (cpkdiana.blogspot.com) to stay up-to-date.  If more fabric becomes available, I will post it on my page.   

Materials Needed

1/4 Yard Dolskin Fabric "Flesh" colored (available on ebay and etsy)

remnant of White Sweatshirt Fleece or Fleece (You can also use a scrap from an old sweatshirt, or use flannel but double it for thickness)

Machine Thread: Coats and Clark 9175 (Peach Tint) and White Thread

Embroidery Floss (for soft sculpture): DMC 543

Doll Needles, Size 5" and 3"

Chenille Needles

Thread Magic

Needle Threader (optional)

Disappearing Ink Pen

Poly Pellets

Premium Fiberfill (Airtex is best)

5.5" Hemostat for stuffing

1/2" PomPom for stuffing belly button

Stabilizer or Tracing Paper to help move fabric through sewing machine

Open Toe foot for stitching line on arms and legs


Here's a photo of the original doll next to my "flesh" fabric:



And here is a photo of a Coleco Cabbage Patch Kid next to the one I just made (mine is on the right).



Front and Back of finished project:








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