--- title: Lil' Bernie Dolls Are Selling Way Faster Than the Creator Can Make Them description: A Massachusetts seamstress can't keep her handmade "Lil' Bernie" dolls in stock because so many buyers have ordered the $50 items. authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Writer url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 350 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology published: '2016-02-10T15:15:50.000Z' modified: '2016-02-10T15:15:50.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - 2016 presidential campaign - Bernie - Bernie Sanders - Democratic candidates - Feel The Bern - pubdesk word_count: 263 canonical: https://money.com/lil-bernie-dolls-sanders-for-president/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Oliver Konink holds a Bernie doll during a rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Ore., on January 23, 2016, to show support for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ahead of the first primary caucus.](https://img.money.com/2016/02/160210_em_berniedolls2.jpg) *'Lil Bernie dolls sell for $50 plus $7 shipping at lilbernie.com, but they're sold out for now.* Fans of Bernie Sanders would never call the aspiring presidential candidate a stuffed shirt. But the Vermont Senator *is* a stuffed doll now, courtesy of a crafty fan who now can't make her creations fast enough to satisfy demand. Months ago, Massachusetts native Emily Engel posted her adorable, hand-sewn "Lil' Bernie" doll, complete with flyaway white hair and black button eyes, as a lark onto her Facebook and Instagram accounts. Then the orders started pouring in, swamping her Etsy store, Engel told the *[Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2016/02/09/berniedolls/83J0cbuD7HDG0bl0AQOK2N/story.html)*. (Engel, who owns a tailoring and alterations business in Ludlow, Mass., now sells the dolls on [LilBernie.com](https://lilbernie.com/), where they're currently sold out.) Engel told the *Globe* she looking into mass-producing the dolls, but she couldn't figure out how to do so while keeping manufacturing in the United States. So for now, she's just sewing away herself, averaging between 10 and 15 a week. Each Lil' Bernie costs $50 a pop plus $7 shipping, but that doesn't seem to deter fans. Engel did give away one of the dolls, though — to Sanders himself at a campaign event in Springfield — and she has donated $2,700 of the proceeds she's earned so far selling "Lil' Bernie" to Sanders' campaign. For the time being, a message at LilBernie.com says that the dolls are--as you probably guessed--sold out. But you can sign up to be notified via email when orders will start being accepted again. Given [Sanders' strong performance](http://time.com/4215117/new-hampshire-primary-results-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-fight/?xid=homepage) in this week's primaries in New Hampshire, demand for Bernie--the doll and the real guy--may be high for some time to come. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/lil-bernie-dolls-sanders-for-president/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Entertainment", "item": "https://money.com/entertainment/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Lil' Bernie Dolls Are Selling Way Faster Than the Creator Can Make Them" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/lil-bernie-dolls-sanders-for-president/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/lil-bernie-dolls-sanders-for-president/", "name": "Lil' Bernie Dolls Are Selling Way Faster Than the Creator Can Make Them", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-02-10T15:15:50.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/lil-bernie-dolls-sanders-for-president/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/lil-bernie-dolls-sanders-for-president/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2016-02-10T15:15:50.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Lil' Bernie Dolls Are Selling Way Faster Than the Creator Can Make Them", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/02/160210_em_berniedolls2.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1397, "caption": "160210_EM_BernieDolls2" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha C. 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