It was a dark and dreary spring day and I was nervously watching my line up of horror shows, when one came on featuring a doll quite like mine. This doll had an owner about my age as well, who trusted and loved her doll with all her heart. But it seemed the sweet smile that this Raggedy Ann carried, was just a front. In fact, the Raggedy Ann in this movie was possessed by some evil spirit and would move at will without the hands of her owner controlling her. The idea that my lovable rag doll could fall suspect to that same demonic notion as I slept innocently in the night was simply uncomfortable to say the least. So without further adieu, I quickly picked up my cloth friend and handed her over to my mother for immediate deportation to the island of Goodwill. I don’t know how my Raggedy Ann finally met her demise, but hopefully she stayed out of trouble and went out like the trooper that she projected herself to be.

My love for her over the years always remained, and often times I thought about my red headed friend. Many early stories of her and her sidekick brother Andy told of adventures in magical places and the meeting of strange new faces. They even had an animated television series that ran from 1988-92 to mark their resurgence since her original debut in the 1918 book ‘Raggedy Ann Stories’ by creator Johnny Gruelle. Images and captions of the two have even been reprinted on fabric for die hard Raggedy Ann & Andy fans alike. From ‘Raggedy Ann & Andy with Toys’ to ‘Raggedy Ann & Andy with Puppies’, the cotton prints found at J&O Fabrics are the perfect novelty item for the young at heart.