Since I started to volunteer at our local Op Shop I have become known as “The Doll Lady” to the other volunteers. It started when we were about to throw away a baby doll whose face had been painted over.
“Don’t chuck him out.” I said “I might be able to get those marks off.” I took him home and cleaned him up and before long the other volunteers started putting dolls aside for me to tidy up.
I wash them, tidy their hair and either find or make clothing for them. We usually put them out whenever we open on a Saturday and they are usually snapped up really fast.
Basket of dolls at my house waiting for attention
Cabbage Patch dolls redressed.
Baby Alive and friend.
A baby doll I brought home from the Op Shop
Baby waiting to go back to the shop.
Messy hair Bratz
Dress knitted in red 2 ply
Here are the girls after I had reattached their limbs.
Redressed in baby clothes with a cot quilt and blanket.
Buzz, Woody, Jessie and Bullseye.
Here is a list of some of my rescue doll stories.
- Op Shop Dolls Remembered
- Op Shop Barbies
- Op Shop Dolls: Unwrapped
- Op Shop Dolls: It’s A Wrap!
- Op Shop Dolls: Disney Princess in a Homemade outfit
- Op Shop Dolls: Retro Surprise Bag Part One
- Fashion Doll Friday: Just Play Jo Jo Siwa
- Op Shop Dolls: More Transformations
- Op Shop Dolls: Same Sized Friends
- Op Shop Dolls: Babies Galore and Positively Crazy Hair
Dolls, Dolls, Dolls 
I have a Star Doll Canada 1965 ,she has a leg missing and a cracked lower abdomen . Is it possible to buy a body or a leg ?
Regards Gail .
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Hi Gail I think that you would probably have to search the internet. Someone might be selling a doll for parts that you could get a new leg from or a torso. I don’t know of anyone who makes a business of selling parts for broken dolls. Wouldn’t that be a great idea?
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That’s wonderful 🙂
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