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12" BROOM SNOWMAN This guy is just under a foot tall and is proud enough to be double-breasted. He has a handmade hat, his scarf is a homey flannel denim blue homespun, he has pine green flannel mittens, a stuffed and painted carrot nose, special old-time buttons for eyes, and guess what - a little broom from real broomstraw and a twig. His stuffed wool body is antiqued to soften his look and he stands on his sewn-in wooden base.
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14"LINSEY-WOOLSEY PRIMITIVE ANGEL My favorite doll still of my cloth dolls is Historical Folk Doll #1, the one with the primitive hands. Keeping her best features - the hands and her hair (of mohair), she gets her name from the wonderful vintage linsey-woolsey fabric that I dress the finished ones in. Since it would be impossible to supply vintage fabric in the kit, another historic fabric, osnaburg, is provided instead, with similar off-white and texture qualities. She gets around by wooden wings that have been painted and antiqued and which are held on by a hemp cord. Kit $48.00 Add
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TREETOP ANGEL With her prim and quiet look, the Basic Doll from the Early American Doll Series has been chosen as the model for this important role in Christmas tradition. She has been specially made to slide onto the top spire of the tree with a cloth covered tube provided in the kit. To match the texture of her body, her wings have been painted and antiqued. She is in all antique white with an old-fashioned rolled style to her mohair wig. Kit $46.00 Add
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VERY SMALLS Very Small Angel Very Small Snowman Two Very Small Santas |
 
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PRIMITIVE ANGEL ORNAMENTS (4") Very colorful and popular folk-style ornament and for the kit there is a spectacular set of fabrics to make three different ones. Easy to do but still with great detail: needle-sculpted noses and mohair wigs with old-time buttons for trim. Kit for 3 $24.00 Add
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7" PRIMITIVE
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CINNAMON DOUGH RECIPE CARD 1 Card $4.50 Add
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11" TALL PRIMITIVE ANGEL |
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13" TALL PRIMITIVE SANTA Kit $48.00 Add
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9" PAINTED CLOTH SANTA Kit $34.00 Add
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*Recommended on finished Santas are the addition of three small finished wood toys (blocks, drum and pulltoy) to hang from his belt. $36.00 Add to Cart |
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PAINTED CLOTH ANGELS (8"
and 5" size) 8" Kit $32.00 Add
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PAINTED CLOTH ANGELS IN
COUNTRY COLORS 8" Kit (for 2) $38.00 Add
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THE MILLENNIUM ANGEL Pattern #102 (with antiquing medium and hair) $18.00 Add
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PEACE ANGEL Pattern #104 - Pattern includes special antiquing medium, cheek pencil,
fiber for hair and felting needle for applying hair. $18.00 Add
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THE LINSEY-WOOLSEY SANTA Requests for more Santas inspired this one in my favorite - vintage linsey-woolsey. He stands by himself carrying a handmade basket of birch twigs by my assistant, Kathi, and he holds a sack on his back, a walking stick in the other hand, and on his belt a handknit striped stocking. He is about 12" tall with a needle-sculpted nose on an antiqued cloth body. The overall look is subtle winter whites. Pattern #103 (with wood base) $18.00 Add
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REMEMBER ANGEL - 2002 ANGEL |
| 17" QUILTED CLOTH SANTA KIT FOR ALL THE FABRICS - I have assembled a limited edition of all
of the fabrics (about 70) necessary to make this santa in the old
browns palette that I used. The 60 squares used to make the 4-patch
quilt for his robe are from my own stash of many years and all pre-cut,
many overdyed, ready to sew. Except for a few accessories, everything
is here, including body fabric, lead feet, leather for his belt, fabrics
for shoes, stockings, pants, tunic, sack and cap with floss for the
tassel. For other accessories, visit the Just
For Santas page.
This fabric kit is optional (or you can gather all your own fabrics),
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18" MOLDED CHALKWARE
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NEW PENNY RUG 18" SANTA KIT OR PATTERN - Very limited number
of the kits available due to the hand-dyed wools. Pattern (mini-kit)
is also available. Kit Info: 18"
Santa and all materials, patterns, instructions. You only need stuffing. |
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I have added a section of things
"Just for Santas" to my Supplies for Kitmakers. Here you will
find most of the supplies, including toys to make and other accessories
for Santas in this scale. Or, you may purchase the items necessary to
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| Long ago I began to make small ornaments mostly of painted wood with lots of attention to detail - these are part of my second series having retired the old ones and gone to a more people ornament size of around 3". Santa has old mustard robe and he holds a staff and painted lantern, while on his back is a backpack. The blocks are small versions of stacking wooden blocks that were covered with paper lithographs in the 1800's. All visible sides are papered with prints of my water-colored paintings of old toys. The sheep pulltoy is similar to old German ones with extra tight curly wool and a painted wooden bell on the narrowest of ribbons. The stockings are handknit using the tiniest of needles and embroidery floss as yarn. Two striped combinations available - one earthy, but rich and the other deep jewel tones. Try not to pick - get both as they are great companions. The horse pulltoy is painted wood with a flax tail with an attached saddle. Sage green, mustard and old red. The skates are special for their utter simplicity and charm. Like old-fashioned skates that had to be strapped on, they have wooden soles with linen string ties, while the blades are cast in my own mold in a blackened brass. Mustard Santa $32.00 Add
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HISTORICAL DOLL ORNAMENT SERIES ORNAMENT NO. ONE (2004-05) ~ An Izannah Walker
type doll made with a papier-mache molded body. She has a typical Izannah
style dress which is made of mustard colored fine silk purchased specially
for me in India and she also has pantalets in case of peekers.
$95
ORNAMENT
NO. TWO (2005-06) ~ The new doll ornament for this year to add to
the collection of Historic Doll Ornaments is a tiny Joel Ellis doll
(Springfield Wooden Dolls made in the late 1800's). I feel particularly
attracted to these dolls because I was born and raised in Springfield,
VT. True to the real Joel Ellis, this little doll is sold undressed.
Joel Ellis thought that the dolls should be undressed so children
could see and be fascinated by his wonderfully crafted joints. This
3-1/4" doll has a tiny
molded and painted head atop a jointed wooden body and teeny pewter
hands and feet just like the original. $95
ORNAMENT NO. THREE (2006-07) ~ This is the third
in the series of historical doll ornaments and is the much loved Hitty
(read more about Hitty on my Hitty page). This tiny Hitty
is a less than 3" tall
and is handcarved on every single little wooden arm, leg
and body done on my own presawn blanks (to help with production). They
have separately molded heads of papier mache in order to get Hitty's
sweet face and her signature curls. I then paint each and every one as
I do all my dolls. They are undressed (a quandary) because after all
that work to make all of her wooden jointed body as close to the real
Hitty as possible, I just cannot cover that up. I will be sending with
each doll a small pattern for dress and undies if you are so inclined
as to want yours dressed. I am afraid that to dress them would not only
cover up all her jointed wood qualities, but make them prohibitively
expensive. However,
I must admit the little dress belling out over her gartered legs
is pretty sweet, so a small outfit on a hanger will
be available to order separately if your tiny Hitty must have clothes
(see the Hitty page for the choices). $95 for undressed doll and patterns. NEWS ABOUT DOLL ORNAMENTS FOR SEASON 2008 Time for the new ornament again. I usually have a few ready in time (barely) for Christmas delivery and these few mark the debut of the new edition which then stays in production indefinitely. Previous ones are shown above. All are about the same 3 inch scale and can be ordered with or without a hanging loop. I have two in the works for this next season, but one, the Queen Anne, has quite a bit more R&D until she is ready for production. So, the second doll will be ready for sale before Christmas in limited quantity of 24 of a companion to the Joel Ellis - another Springfield Wooden, my Mason and Taylor version. She is also jointed wood with a papier mache head, blonde wavy hair and the standard pewter hands and feet with the tiny boots done in the special Dutch blue they were so famous for. The price for the Mason and Taylor will be the same $95 as the other ornaments are, but the Queen Anne, due to her elaborateness, will be $150. The Queen Anne will have a limited first run of 50 in time for receipt on Valentine's Day. She will have the distinctive QA look with a papier mache head with tradtional wooden body, open gown with stomacher and lacing and cap. Mason
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A DOLL'S CHRISTMAS TREE Finished $150.00 Add
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A COLLECTOR’S FEATHER TREE Finished $425 Add to Cart |
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