Hello! I hope this post finds you healthy and happy and safe in this now year old troublesome covid pandemic. We have been taking care and being careful. I have to say I’m rather glad ...
Hello Dollmakers! Last Thursday at Attic Window Quilt Shop, we had our last class for Gail Wilson’s New York Doll. She’s the lovely primitive doll with the separate fingers....
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Well, Hello again, I apologize for my long absence! Nothing but a senior moment hit me....I lost my password to my email account associated with this blog and it took until now to regain cont...
Oh my! Soooooo long since my last post. So sorry about that! We had stuff happen, like new grandbabies, kitchen remodel, international travel to celebrate 40 years of wedded bliss, etc...
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Eternal Winter. Oh, I am tired of the snow, cold and wind. Come on already Spring! ok, now that I have that off my chest.....here are some pictures of what I have been doing while shut ins...
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Hello dollmakers! You have probably been wondering what I have been up to! New grand babies! I have been busy. So busy I forgot to publish this draft from a year ago! So here it is, ev...
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Yes, my husband has some of my dolls. Once in awhile, he asks to own one of them. I like that he likes the dolls that I make. Of course, they are sweet - all due to the excellent design of G...
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Hi dollmakers! Happy Holidays to you and yours. I hope this holiday season finds you enjoying the season. Things have been hopping around here! This fall we held week long doll bees to f...
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Hello Dollmakers! This morning, while I was having my coffee, I think I heard a collective sigh of relief from all those parents whose children have gone back to school today. In celebratio...
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Hello Dollmakers, Happy first day of August to you. Gee, the summer is flying away and I have not yet finished my goal of listing 3 new dolls on my Etsy site. It seems that the dolls that we...
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Meet Baby Samantha Hi Dollmakers! I have been busy enjoying my newest grandbaby, Samantha! She arrived March 21, 2012. She is a cute little redhead and is so sweet. She is starting t...
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Use Your Feet For Doll Clothes Hello Dollmakers! Today I'll be getting out my special feet.... but not the ones at the end of my legs that always have sock monkey socks on them. When...
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Hi Dollmakers! You've probably wondered where I have been, it's been so long since I posted. I was busy making merry over the holidays, and then getting thru the yearly medical checkups a...
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Are you ready for that time of year when you need to wrap up something special for that some one special? It's too early to even think about it, but I don't want to find myself with so many unf...
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Are you thinking you might like to try your hand at an Izannah Walker style doll? Besides my Gail Wilson Izannah's I have three Dixie Redmond dolls in the works. They are still in the pre-sc...
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Here she is - the doll from the Gail Wilson retreat in early October. She is one of the dolls from Gail's journey to create a doll just as the real Izannah Walker did back in the last half...
Hello dollmakers! We are taking a break from dollmaking (shhh, don't tell the dolls!) for 4 weeks in honor of the annual fall shop hop around West Michgan fabric stores. Today my eldest dau...
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Hello Dollmakers! Here's what happens when you can't find some one to mind the little one while you make dolls: you give the next generation doll maker a start! My middle daughter Hazel ...
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HI doll makers, today is the day we finish up the MYO dolls that Hannah and Samantha (and Mom helped too) have been working on for awhile. The first day (gee, was that last year??) they sc...
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Hello Doll makers! Happy doll day to you. Yup, she's finished and up on the Etsy Shelf where I keep all my Etsy offerings safe and dust free. Here's a picture of her before she went up on...
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Julie's work table - almost cleaned up Hi Doll makers! Today I am straightening up the sewing table. My machine is in the shop for it's yearly cleaning and it's a good time to dust and cle...
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Oh my, I feel like a pirate finding a pot of gold in the sand! For in with all the junk mail yesterday was the MOST ADORABLE tiny sock monkey for my Hitty. Many thanks to Linda H from Sequ...
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Hot off the presses - or guess I should say, the sewing machine: A carpet bag designed by Sarah C. of Two Sister's Fancy Goods for my yet unfinished Izannah Walker doll from Dixie Redmond's on...
New York Doll designed by Gail Wilson, made by me years ago in an online class. Hello doll makers! Today I am working on finishing up the NY doll bodies and turning them outside right. ...
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Gail Wilson's Pincushion doll with a few tweaks You know how it goes, right? You make the bodice a bit bigger because in the past you have issues with clothing being a tight fit (you stuff...
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