Why Josephine? Because she wasn’t just a showgirl in a banana costumer… she was an outspoken activist and even a spy! Born in St Louis, Missouri, in a time of segregation, she puller herself out of poor origins and devised a vaudeville act full of dance, acrobatics, and humor that made her famous in the capital cities of the word!

Materials
For Josephine

• 2.5 mm (c/2) crochet hook
• 100% 8-ply cotton; colors used: skin color, white, black, yellow, small amount of pink
• Yarn needle
• 8mm (1/3in) safety eyes
• Stitch marker
• Fibrefill stuffing
• White plastic beads
• Transparent beading cord

For the Bananas

• 2mm (US B/1) crochet hook
• 100% 4-ply cotton; colors used: yellow

Finished Size
Josephine: 20 cm (7 3/4in) tall
Bananas: 4cm (1 1/2in) tall