BoTwal
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Bo Twal provides lovely, soft, handmade cloth dolls to girls and boys in underdeveloped countries. Sewists with in the children's country are paid to sew the dolls and distribute them to the children. This program provides comfort to the children as well as income to the needleworkers. Funds to pay the sewists are raised through the sale of doll patterns and kits.
The first doll pattern for sale, the Bo Twal Sewing Smiles Doll, is the same pattern used by the international needleworkers when they construct the dolls to donate to the children in their country.
Bo Twal means cloth kiss in Haitian Creole.
You can reach us at: contact [!at] botwal.org
A special thank you to our logistics partner, PeaceQuilts for Haiti. Learn more about their work at haitipeacequilts.org.
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Emily on Jan 21, 2023
5 out of 5 starsInstructions are clear and seem easy to follow. The patterns are adorable and I cannot wait to make some of these for my baby's nursery!
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Keri on Feb 18, 2021
5 out of 5 starsExcellent patterns, and the colors really help keep them organized!
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Ann on Feb 14, 2018
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful pattern from a shop with a most noble cause. Instructions easy to read and follow. Thank you for all you do.
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ltanahashi on Jan 24, 2018
5 out of 5 starsVery charming pattern. Clear, detailed, thoughtful instructions. Thank you.
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Nancy on Nov 11, 2017
5 out of 5 starsI will be making these dolls - the pattern and directions are easy to understand.
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Tara on May 5, 2017
5 out of 5 starsI just LOVE these patterns ... the owl caught my attention first as we grew up with soft toys called ookpiks - and this was a similar soft toy. Seeing the rest of the menagerie I couldn't resist!
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Katiesfolly on Oct 26, 2016
5 out of 5 starsThe instructions are absolutely fantastic! Exceptionally well done project - and so creative. Thank you -
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Margaret on Feb 8, 2016
5 out of 5 starsClear instructions - fast delivery. Looking forward to making these - thank you!
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About BoTwal
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A sewist a Haiti working on a Bo Twal Sewing Smiles Doll. -
Here she is embroidering the face. -
The sewists made 40 dolls! -
A happy doll recipient! -
And another happy doll recipient!
Bo Twal provides lovely, soft, handmade cloth dolls to children in underdeveloped countries.
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