The premise of this study is to create a Ojibwe family, a birch bark house for them to live in and all the Ojibwe bits and bobs to go with a lifestyle congruent with the Ojibwe tribe. The first thing we did was attempt to make a wigwam from twigs and fake Birchbark. I’ll reveal this when we have finished. The next thing was to dress our Ojibwe family, who consist of a male (actually a female doll who we hope will become a male as time passes and we add traditionally male accessories to his/her body!), a female and their baby. We have chosen the simplest of clothes which they would have worn in the past. We will be adding to them as our study progresses, but for now I thought I would show you all how we went about making them. It really was very simple.
The Female Ojibwe Doll’s Clothing








The Male Doll’s Ojibwe Clothes





And here are the two dolls together, one male and one female (can you tell the difference yet?):
Dressing a Ojibwe baby

I like the dresses. My youngest was standing beside me, when I was reading your post, now I have to dress some dolls myself… Yes, he´s still active, but he will soon go to bed with his Ojibwe-styled babydoll. Thanks for sharing!
LOL! Thank you. I hope your son enjoyed his Ojibwe dolls!
How simple is that? Thanks for sharing, the outfits look great, and very easy to do!
Thank you Viv.
Adorable!! And educational.
Thanks Phyllis!
This is interesting – I’m curious to see more of the transformation.
It’ll come. When I’m not sure. We all have sore hands from sewing leather. It’s a bit tougher than cotton!
We are enjoying watching the transformation of your Ojibwe family. The children are going on every day to see what is new. We are looking forward to seeing the completed clothing. Fun!
Have a lovely evening, Claire.:))
We’ll be adding bit and pieces as well as head gear. It’s quite hard to sew leather with a normal needle so certain projects are taking a bit longer.
They look great! Can’t wait to see it all pulled together.
Thanks Marie. This was much simpler than the medieval doll costumes!
Oops, my comment didn’t post. Nice and simple to put together, I like the end results of it. I’m on my own personal quest to design a new outfit, well actually several, and have so much to do for my new projects.
This project really didn’t take very long at all! We will be improving them as time goes on!