Creepy pixie doll pajama bag pattern

200812081332 Kitschy Kitschy Coo scanned the instructions from the first issue of Good Housekeeping Needlecraft magazine (1968-1969) for making this nightmarish pixie pajama bag.


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Nightmarish? That's just a bit too delicate.

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um, totally creepy! I think my grandma had a very similar ornament.

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#3 posted by Anonymous , December 8, 2008 2:52 PM

wtf is a pajama bag?

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I expect to see this exact same kind of story twenty years from now when the new generations discover some of what is hot in today's crafty world.

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I really don't see this as nightmarish or creepy. At least no more than any doll. It seems rather abstract and fanciful, if anything. Not saying I particularly _like_ the design, I've seen better, but it is is simply an easy to fabricate doll intended for non-professional home crafters. Are the stylized designs I've seen in Craft: magazine creepy as well?

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#3 Indeed. Why the extraneous elf?

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I don't know... this is just the kind of thing, like a toy robot, that as a kid, I could very easily imagine coming alive at night. You know... 'clown wants to eat me' . I think that sort of creepiness is convey by a lot of anthropomorphic ornamentation.

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You are correct. This IS very creepy.

But I wonder why?

Is it because of the color? The shape?

I think that creepiness simply supervenes on this image.

Keep up the good work!

NS

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#10 posted by Anonymous , December 8, 2008 5:08 PM

I'm pretty sure a pajama bag allowed one to store the pajamas intended for that night in a fun way, to look like a stuffed animal. Or to pack them for a trip, for a kids' sleepover? I think these are still pretty popular, no?

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notedscholar,

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#12 posted by Tenn , December 8, 2008 6:36 PM

MOMMY! DADDY! THE POSTMAN IS HERE, AND HE HAS UNKMAIL!

Buhbuhbuh can'tsleepelveswilleatme.

I've never seen one of these @10. Have you?

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good lord, what did they do with kermit's head?

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nyc jason - occasionally a superstar becomes dissatisfied with the colour and configuration of his face...

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"And there’s the creepy doll
That always follows you
It’s got a ruined eye
That’s always open…

And there’s a creepy doll
That always follows you
It’s got a pretty mouth
To swallow you whole… "

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"Mom! The pixie won't give my my pajama's back..."

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Ugh... growing up, I always found Annalee dolls to be frightening. This looks like a demonic version of one of those things... :(

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Oh, I know why it's creepy. It's Mister B Natural.

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Sorry -- there's nothing cooler than a '50s pixie

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